Join us Sunday, February 15 for our Mardi Gras celebration! The event will begin with the  Burning of the Palms in the courtyard for Ash Wednesday and will be followed by a Pancake Breakfast in Parish Hall. Did you know the tradition of eating pancakes started when Pope St. Gregory prohibited Christians from eating all forms of meat and animal products during Lent around A.D. 600. … So Christians made pancakes to use up their supply of eggs, milk and butter in preparation for Lent.