The Holy Thursday foot-washing ceremony is a hallmark of every Holy Week and recalls the foot-washing Jesus performed on his 12 apostles at their last supper together before he was crucified.

On March 28, 2024, Holy Thursday of Holy Week leading up to Easter Sunday, Rev. Rhey Garcia, pastor of Sacred Heart R.C. Church, washed the feet of 12 parishioners who represented the 12 Apostles.

The ceremony of washing another’s feet -- which follows the Gospel account of Jesus washing the feet of his 12 disciples -- “is not something folkloric,” the pope said during Holy Thursday ...

The Episcopalian Community of Christ Church in Redondo Beach hosted a washing of the feet ceremony on Holy Thursday. Christians mimic this act of servitude by Jesus who washed the feet of his 12 ...

Pope Francis in 2016 modified the church’s official rubric for the foot-washing ritual during the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, formally allowing women to be selected.

The Holy Thursday foot-washing ceremony is a hallmark of every Holy Week and recalls the foot-washing Jesus performed on his 12 apostles at their last supper together before he was crucified.

MAUNDY WASHING OF THE FEET — Bishop William Cavins washes the feet of Sister Ann Rowland, as Bishop David Maldonado looks on, during a Holy Thursday prayer service presented by the Faith Leader ...

Holy Thursday’s foot-washing ceremony reflects the biblical account of the Last Supper in the Book of John, during which Jesus cleaned his disciples’ feet, telling them to go and do likewise.

New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond washes the feet of prisoners inside the Orleans Justice Center during the annual Holy Thursday Washing of the Feet Prayer Service on Thursday, March 29, 2018.

Boston Archbishop Sean O'Malley has decided to wash the feet of both women and men during this year's Holy Thursday foot-washing ritual, a year after angering Catholic women by washing only men's ...