Saint Athanasius

We celebrated with our moms/ homeschool group.

Date:
May 1

Activities:
We made Bishops' hats.
We also made Trinity Shields.

Food:
Anything Greek

Information:
A Greek Bishop and an early Church Father, he is a Doctor. He was the great defender of the Blessed Trinity.

Prayer:

O God, the Rewarder of faithful souls, grant that by the prayers of blessed Athanasius, Thy confessor and bishop, whose venerable festival we celebrate, we may obtain pardon. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen.

Link to my Shutterfly:
http://stannehomeeducation.shutterfly.com/1075

May Crowning Party

We celebrated our Mother Mary with a May Crowning. We hope to make it an annual event here in Pearland! I'll list here some of the dishes that we served. We used the awesome website called Catholic Cuisine for reference. The dishes were based on the titles of Mary, as found in the Litany of Loreto. We prayed the Litany as a group, and the children caught on quickly to the response of "pray for us!" That gave me goosebumps to hear all those children in unison!

Morning Star Sandwiches

Tower of Ivory; House of Gold









Mary Blue Punch, to symbolize Mary being assumed into Heaven












Assumpta Salad, a salad based on the herbs and fruits named for Mary












Twelve Apostles fruit salad












and the children especially liked the crown cupcakes that symbolized Mary as the Queen of Heaven and Earth and Queen of Apostles, Saints, and Martyrs!








Everybody brought flowers to give to Mama Mary. And we all dressed in blue to honor Our Lady, too!












We then crowned the Virgin of Guadalupe.












The children painted picture frames to remember the day and also had some nice coloring sheets of Mary pictured as our Mother.













Mary, help of Christians, and our Mother in Heaven, pray for us!