Today is the feast of Pentecost, which is the birthday of the Church!
We began by singing “Happy Birthday” to the Church and celebrating with cupcakes…yum!
For our opening and closing prayers today, we prayed some traditional Catholic prayers to the Holy Spirit: Come, Holy Spirit and St. Augustine’s Prayer to the Holy Spirit.
We learned about Pentecost, prayed through today’s First Reading from Acts of the Apostles, learned about the symbols, gifts, and fruits of the Spirit, and read an articles about the gifts of the Spirit which we receive in fullness when we are sealed with the Spirit at Confirmation. Here is the worksheet, and the article we read:
Our next gathering is our LAST ONE OF THIS YEAR, on May 29th! I will have a summer schedule with our service and social opportunities for you at that time.
Special recognition to Chloe Bayer, Morgan Bayer, Daniel Daily, and Troy Bosse for receiving awards at the DPHS Underclassman Award Ceremony this past week. They each received awards for outstanding success in their classes, and Troy was recognized for receiving Highest Honors. In addition, we have some Star Award recipients among us! Morgan received the Student of Character award, Daniel received the Student Who Serves award, and Troy received the Student Scholar award. Many congratulations to our talented parish youth! 😀
This week, the DPHS Seniors will receive their awards, as will the Jr. High students, and the 8th graders will graduate and officially become high schoolers!
And most exciting of all, a number of our members will be receiving the sacrament of Confirmation on Sunday! Please keep them in your prayers as their special day approaches.
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