Let Us Rejoice and Be Glad…

Posted by Laura on Saturday May 15, 2010 Under Celebrations, Faith, The Big Picture

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{JM, O & S} sure are!  This day, that they have waited for for so long, finally arrived! I promise, this is the last of the First Holy Communion posts – along with the Vittles post up right now.  We’re hoping someone, somewhere, is still interested, while we indulge in posting about this happy occasion… (READ MORE......) | 3 Comments

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’3 Clean Hearts’

Posted by Laura on Saturday Dec 19, 2009 Under The Big Picture

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{J, O & S} made their Sacrament of First Reconciliation last Saturday! It was a nice service, considering they were only 3 of 78 other kids celebrating the same sacrament that day- and that was only half the class!  The other half made theirs the previous Saturday.

They all did very well, and I… (READ MORE......) | 4 Comments

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They Just-Can’t-Wait…

Posted by Laura on Thursday May 21, 2009 Under The Big Picture

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Our three 6 year olds have just flat out had it. They have been waiting to make their Holy First Communion, fully aware of all it means and how very special it is, for at least a couple of years now.  At every mass, they have watched us parents and their big sister go up to receive Jesus in… (READ MORE......) | 7 Comments

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Sacraments, Chickens and Randomness.

Posted by Laura on Tuesday May 19, 2009 Under The Big Picture

This past weekend was a crazy and bitter-sweet one.  We traveled out to western MA, where I am from, about 2.5 hours away, because my God-Daughter was making her First Holy Communion, at the same time as our niece>my brother’s and his wife’s daughter! Same morning, separate churches, separate towns.  Don’t you love it when 2 all-important events are to happen simultaneously, and you have to choose which one to… (READ MORE......) | 5 Comments

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