Parish youth at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Leoti helped “bury” the Alleluia at Sunday Mass Feb. 19 by putting a small slip of paper with the word “Alleluia” printed on it in a flower pot filled with dirt. Father Tim S. Hickey, pastor, told them to expect a blooming lily on Easter Sunday. During the season of Lent, the declaration of “Alleluia” is omitted from all liturgies, only to reemerge at…
