Confirmations

Our son was confirmed on Tuesday, April 19th by Bishop Mark Barchak at St. John Gaulbert Catherdral.  It was beautiful ceremony.  The photo above is H with the Bishop and his sponsor, his Uncle Chris.   Hunter chose St. Isidore the Farmer as his saint.  

Our family with the Bishop

My family

Our god-daughter was also confirmed last month at St. Michael's Church.  

Her saint was Maximilian  Kolbe.

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~peace and blessings~

Lisa

~peace and blessings~

First Communion Day

Our daughter on her First Communion Day

 

Miss M made her First Holy Communion on Sunday, May 5th.  Here are some of the photos from her special day.  Mass was at 10 am, then the parish had a reception following for the children.  We then hosted a luncheon at our home for our family. 

 

 

Above is the altar cloth made from the banners each of the children designed and made. 

 

 

 

The children renewed their Baptismal promises, while holding their Baptismal Candles.

 

 

 

During the Offertory, the children brought a rose to their mothers.  Loved that!

 

Maddie read a prayer petition she had written. 

 

 

Here is Miss M receiving the Body of Christ for the first time. 

 

Our Family

 

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~peace and blessings~

Lisa

First Communion Party

 

Miss M made her First Holy Communion on Sunday, May 5th.  We hosted a luncheon following the mass for family.  The food buffet, pictured above, included a cheese platter, BLT dip with Beer Bread, Deviled Eggs, Veggies and Dip,  Sliced Baked Ham with Hard Rolls, Macaroni Salad, Potato Salad, and Tossed Salad.  There was plenty of food and more than enough leftovers. 

 

For dessert, I made frosted sugar cookie cut-outs.

 

A local cake baker made the cake.  It was as delicious as it looks!

 



 

I made chocolate cupcakes topped with whipped frosting.  I made the cross cupcake picks, too.

 

 

I also had personalized lollipops and small popcorn containers filled with kettle corn and cinnamon popcorn on the dessert buffet.  The banner is from Etsy. 

 

~peace and blessings~

Lisa

First Holy Communion Invitations and Stickers

 

Above are the stickers I made for the envelopes for Miss M's First Communion Invites.  I think they came out very well.  I used the template on the Avery website and made them in about 4 minutes. 

 

 

These are the invites.  I had wanted to have some custom printed, but decided that the budget didn't allow that splurge.  I found the pack of 20 invites at the local Hallmark store for around eight dollars.  Not too shabby! 

 

~peace and blessings~

Lisa

First Holy Communion Cupcake Toppers

 

Miss M will be receiving her First Holy Communion on May 5th.  I ordered a cake for the day, but am also making cupcakes.  I am working on the toppers today.  The circle is from textured cardstock.  The cross is white cardstock.  Both were cut with the Cricut using the Easter 2010 cartridge.  I am planning on adding a faux diamond to the center of each cross.  Then I'll attach them to a lollipop stick and place in each cupcake. 

 

~peace~

Lisa

First Holy Communion Banner

 Madison will be making her First Holy Communion in May.  The children are required to each  make a banner that will be sewn together with the other communicants' banners to create an altar cloth for the altar at church.  Madison is a very "blingy" girl, so I was quite surprised when she chose to make her banner very simplistic.  I have been putting this project off for weeks....so today when I went to JoAnn's for materials, I found out that they were closing the store and everything was on clearance.  Fabric was being sold by the bolt, so needless to say I didn't fair very well there.  The good news is that they are opening a brand new store next door next month.  I managed to get what I needed at Michael's and Walmart. 

 

 

I used iron on letters and the cross is also an applique.  I made the host and chalice from cotton fabric.  I used Heat n' Bond Ultra Hold fusible webbing to attach the cut-outs to the banner fabric. 

 

~peace and blessings~

Lisa

First Reconciliation

 

 Miss M made her First Reconciliation today after 10:00 Mass and a Penance Service.

 

 

The children acted out the story of the son who left home, and then returned to his father, who welcomed him with open arms.  In this case, it was the daughter, who returned home.  Here, Miss M is replacing the daughter's hat with a crown. 

 

 

Then the children sang a song and demonstrated the sign language they've been learning in class.

 

 

 

Here she is waiting her turn to enter the confessional.  I'm so very proud of her!

 

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~peace and blessings~

Lisa

Rite of Blessing

 

On December 2nd, Miss M will be making her First Reconciliation.  Today was the Rite of Blessing and Committment for the students and parents.  Above is Miss M before heading to mass this morning.

 

 

 

This is a blurry picture of her walking in the procession at the beginning of mass.  My camera died right after I snapped this, so it is what it is, I guess. 

 

~peace and blessings~

Lisa

Cross Lollipops

Tomorrow is the last day of Religious Education for the school year.  The students will celebrate with a final Mass and a party to follow.  Miss M asked me to make Cross Lollipops for the children in her class.   This idea is from Catholic Icing. 

To begin, buy several packages of Jolly Rancher Candies and lollipop sticks.  I bought 3 bags for 1.00 each and was able to make 10 crosses.  Each cross uses 5 candies.   I chose the original so the pops would have a stained glass effect.  The smoothies would probably work just the same. 

Heat your oven to 225 degrees F.  Line a cookie sheet with aluminum foil, shiny side up.  Lay out the middle candy, with room to add the four additional pieces, on your sheet.  Bake in oven for one minute to soften. 

Remove from the oven and use 4 jolly ranchers to create the cross.  Return the sheet pan to the oven for another 5-7 minutes. 

Have your lollipop sticks (or wooden skewers) ready to add to the melted candy when you take it from the oven.  You'll have to wiggle the stick into the candy to make it adhere.

This is a photo of the candy right after I added the sticks.  Allow the candy to cool and harden, then remove from the foil lined pan and wrap in a cellophane bag with a ribbon tie...or just eat one! ;0)

Here are our finished cross lollipops in bags ready for tomorrow's party!

~peace and blessings~

Lisa

Mary

Love this modern version of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Just had to share.

~peace and blessings~
Lisa

Catholicmom.com Printables

Lisa over at Catholic Mom.com has some great printables for children of all ages for each Sunday's gospel. Our 5yo enjoys the coloring sheets and the information and ideas about how to follow the gospel during the week ahead. Visit this link to view and print your own set: http://catholicmom.com/category/sundays-gospel/

Also, each Lent, Holy Heroes offers a Lenten lesson each day for children. My daughter enjoys the video and participating in the suggested activites. You can sign up for the emails at www.holyheroes.com

Peace and blessings,

Lisa