The Third Sunday of Easter held much happiness for the 22 First Communicants in Greenwood Mississippi. The first mass was at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish with 6 happy First Communicants.
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- Sister Kathleen gives last minte reminders as the students from IHM line up for the Entrance procession.
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- First Communicants stand with their sponsors to recieve the blessing from Father Kim and the congregation.
A beautiful class picture at the close of Mass.
The second mass of the day was the 11:00 at St. Francis. The two Communicants here attend St. Francis School and as the day of their First Communion came closer, the two children counted down the moments until they could recieve Jesus with the rest of us. It only seemed right to sing with them, “This is the day!”
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- “This is the day”…
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- Father Cam is known for always having props for his homily. This Sunday the two First Communicants were called upon to assist him.
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- Later in the Homily Fr. Cam had the 2 children sit with him in the sanctuary as he spoke to them and shared memories of his First Communion.
At the close of Mass they were all smiles.
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- As the native dress indicates,you may realize that Sierra and her family are Nigerian. All want to celebrate with her this happy ocassion. Her little brother looks on waiting for his turn next year!
Brylon’s family is unique in that his Great Grandmother was an early convert at St. Francis Parish and when she arranged for her own baptism, she included all her children in the recption of the Sacrament of Baptism on the same day. This picture shows four generations of Catholics who have belonged to the St. Francis Church community. Brylon couldn’t be happier! Monday morning, with a gleam in his eye, he asked if he could receive again on Wedensday at the school mass. The innocence and joy in his heart was a gift to behold!
At 1:30 we had the celebration of First Communion at the Spanish mass. This community celebrated with 14 children, thus bringing the total number of First Communicants for the weekend to 22. The church and the city of Greenwood is blessed to have so many of its children happy and excited about their reception of the Lord’s Body and Blood. May this joy carry them through the ups and downs life will bring them as the Lords love grows and deepens in their hearts.
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- Sister Kathleen smiles as the last group of Children line up waiting anxiously for mass to begin,
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- The new Communicants are presented to the Congregation.
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- At the close of mass the usual pictures were taken of this happy group of 14 young Hispanic children along with Fr. Kim, the pastor, and Sister Kathleen, who helped Sister Elena with the final prepartions for the day’s celebration.
God calls you…We invite you.