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To: netmilsmom

I like placing the four altars at the four corners of the building. Do you go out to the street too?


5 posted on 06/13/2009 2:10:01 PM PDT by Salvation (With God all things are possible.)
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To: Salvation

Actually, because of the position of the building, yes we do for the first two altars.

We have people that drive from all over Southeast MI to attend. There are not that many processions around anymore so I love to hear that another parish is doing it!

Honestly, the biggest expense is the canopy. If each altar is given to a group in the parish, they go all out and take a lot of pride in it. Dividing them up means that they are not pricey.

When my girls dropped petals, I went to a local greenhouse and explained what we were doing. I had bags of them. If you can’t get that many, tell the girls to rip them as they go.
We have the moms leave the girl’s baskets (we used our Easter Baskets!) in the vestibule before Holy Mass. Everyone brings as many petals as they can from home and then a lady from the Rosary society kind of evens them up, so all girls have some to drop. If you encourage white dresses (or at least light colored ones) it’s so pretty, words can’t describe it.

And of course no one really has a problem with kneeling on the lawn. But sometimes you end up on the asphalt. Just a bit of Purgatory time off!


6 posted on 06/13/2009 2:20:49 PM PDT by netmilsmom (Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
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