How The PalmCross® Came Into Existence

Ron Foht experienced many retreats prior to March, 1985 when commissioned lay leader for a three-day retreat. The PalmCross® idea evolved from this team experience. He carved his very first PalmCross® to symbolize the power of prayer and unity as each team member either delivered a talk or prayed in the chapel holding the cross in the palm of their hands. The cross was sculpted from walnut wood with no finish applied. Ron was amazed as the PalmCross® eventually took on a beautiful, burnished, walnut sheen from the oils of the hands of the many people who prayed with it. Ron carved another nine crosses for family and friends before officially offering it to the public in December 1997.

Each PalmCross® is engraved with our trademark and year of copyright (1997). The numbers e.g. 2011/120 indicates the cross was carved in 2011 and is the 120th cross sculpted that year. The design of Christ's Corpus (also available without a Corpus and three Medallion styles) is artistically free-handed for each cross. You are invited to use your cross as a symbol of the power of prayer in your life. It may be used for retreat team formation, special occasions such as birth, baptism, marriage, receiving first Eucharist, in times of illness and treatments, etc. We welcome you to keep your PalmCross® within accessible reach so it remains a symbol of Christ's presence and power through your community of believers.