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To: NYer

Parents and Children, Come Dressed as your Favorite Saint !!!
Prizes for the Best Costume in each Category!!!
Price of Admission - one bag of candy per family!!!

RSVP to ckrieger@stveronica.net by Fri., Oct. 28!!!!!

PRIZE DONATIONS NEEDED!!
PLEASE DROP OFF IN PARISH OFFICE!!
THE MORE PRIZES, THE BETTER!!!

Prize donations can include: fast food, restruant, or store gift certificates, small toys or religious objects, marketing/promotional stuff from the place where you work (e.g., hats, shirts, mouse pads, drink bottles, pens, squishy balls, etc.)

GAMES

  • Bowl over the 7 Deadly Sins
  • St. Andrew's Golf Links
  • St. Michael Halo Toss
  • Phlatten the Philestine
  • St. Francis Bird House Toss
  • St. Elizabeth of Hungary Bread Toss
  • St. Peter Fishing for Men
  • St. John Bosco Basketball Toss
  • Pin the Halo on the Angle

ACTIVITIES

  • Wall of Saints
  • Guess the Saint
  • Saint Trivia
  • Moses, Know Your Commandments
  • Mortification Mush
  • Saints Coloring Table
  • Prayers for the Faithfully Departed
  • Guess the Amount (M&Ms, Candy Corn, Cheese Balls)

We will end the eveing with the "Litany of the Saints"

St. Veronica Catholic Church, Chantilly Virginia.

I'm more than half tempted to show up as St. Gabriel Possenti, complete with pistol.

11 posted on 10/22/2005 4:09:36 PM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: ArrogantBustard
That is just fabulous!!!! Do they do this every year?

I'm more than half tempted to show up as St. Gabriel Possenti, complete with pistol.

Naw ... too complex and confusing. Go classical! Go as this saint .....

Can you name him?

12 posted on 10/22/2005 4:38:42 PM PDT by NYer (“Socialism is the religion people get when they lose their religion")
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To: ArrogantBustard
That is EXTREMELY cute!

I'm going to Email the announcement to our youth director for some ideas for next year!

I like your idea about St. Gabriel Possenti, too.

Don't forget the lizard.

15 posted on 10/22/2005 4:51:43 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
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To: ArrogantBustard

We just didi this. Probably had over 150 children and parents with Mass, parade of the Saints, games, food, free will offering.

It was great!


32 posted on 10/31/2005 9:52:01 AM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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