November 1, 2010
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Happy All Saint's Day
Today is one of the kids favorite solemnities, the feast of All Saint's Day. The kids were thrilled when I found their costumes from last year. With the baby due in just over three week and Cursillo starting this week (I'm on team) making new costumes wasn't something I have been able to tackle. So we recycled last year's costumes and I was very happy they still fit (well enough).
Matthias was his favorite saint...St. John Vianney; Augustin was St. Don Bosco and Samuel was an angel.
Every year our parish has a "parade of saints" the Sunday closest to All Saint's Day and Brad helped Samuel participate this year, by going up with him. The other boys processed in by themselves and were very excited.
After Mass we attended our home schooling All Saint's Day party which was a wonderful time for all of us. Lots of great food, lots of fun games and candy and of course kids in costumes. A few pictures of my little boys all dressed up.
Today, the actual solemnity was a laid back day. We went to Mass this morning (in costume again) and then spent the day at home relaxing and doing school work.
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I love the idea of a "parade of saints." How darling!!!!
@blueskies8 - it's really fun for the kids and cute for the adults to see. The kids all line up before Mass in the sacristy (which is huge and doubles as a chapel for daily Mass) and then process in w/ the alter servers and Father as Mass begins. Then they all line up on the bottom step of the sanctuary and Father asks them one by one which saint they are and they then go back to their seats with their parents. Parents often accompany the little kids and help them with their saint if they need it. I love it, it is so fun to see and I'm so glad our parish does something like this.
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