Newsletter for Wednesday, April 26, 2016
Dear Parents,
During the Month of May, a month both named for and dedicated to Mary, Catholics have long honored Mary by placing a crown on her image. The tradition in the United States and many other countries has been for school children to have a "May Crowning" ceremony, with a procession, pretty dresses and a wreath of fresh flowers that are placed on the statue. This Sunday, May 1st, at 10:00am, we invite you all to join with the 2nd and 3rd graders as they present the Family Mass and May Crowning.
This past Saturday, the 2nd grade class was part of a beautiful ceremony marking their First Holy Communion. A big thank you to their teachers, Kathleen Wilkinson and Rory McKillion for preparing such a prayerful and respectful celebration. All 2nd grade students will get to wear their beautiful first communion outfits again when we celebrate the May crowning on Sunday.
When children receive confirmation, the third sacrament of initiation, they are showing that they are responsible, prepared individuals who are ready to become full-fledged members of the Catholic faith. They renew the vows their sponsors made for them when they were baptized. The bishop anoints the confirmandi with chrism accompanied by the words "Be sealed with the Gift of the Holy Spirit". This reaffirms the graces of the Holy Spirit conferred on the child at baptism. We offer our congratulations to the all candidates who will be receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation Friday evening at 5:30pm. Please remember that all Confirmation candidates will be dismissed at 12:30pm on Friday, April 29th.
Thank you to all who attended the parent mandatory meeting last night. Congratulations to the O'Shaughnessy Family, the winners of the $500 off tuition raffle. It was a very productive evening and we have received a lot of positive feedback about the topics we covered. | |
