Making Christmas special with your family!

Making Christmas special with your family!

by | Dec 20, 2018 | School, The Latest

Our parish school’s Catholic Identity Subcommittee is wishing all Prince of Peace families a very Merry Christmas and New Year. We hope that your family is able to enjoy this special time of year together and most importantly to experience our Lord in a deeper and more meaningful way.

In order to help our families do this, we would like to suggest a few ways to incorporate the liturgical calendar and its many wonderful opportunities to enrich the faithful lives of our families! Here are just a few ideas from your Catholic Identity Subcommittee but many more wonderful ideas can easily be found on-line!

  • First thing Christmas morning, before opening Santa’s gifts, process throughout the
    house singing “O Come all Ye Faithful” as we place all the baby Jesus in the nativity
    set. End the procession with a family member (possibly the youngest person who can
    read) reading us a short account of the birth of Jesus from the Gospels.
  • Throughout the Christmas season (until Epiphany on January 6), we light a white candle
    in the middle of the Advent wreath and sing “O Come all ye Faithful” before saying
    Grace at dinner each night.
  • Moving the “Three Wise Men” from a nativity set each night from Christmas until the
    Epiphany so the kids have to find the three wise men on their journey to find Jesus.
  • Do a 12 days of Christmastime celebration starting Dec 26th to Jan 6th Epiphany (or all
    the way to Candlemas/Feast of the Presentation on Feb 2nd!) by keeping all decorations
    and celebrations up and/or with small gifts and surprises for each member of the family
    each day (examples would be a special homemade treat, a small gift like a book or
    socks, a family activity). This is a special way to continue the joy and celebration of
    Christmas through the liturgical Christmastime.
  • On Dec 26th Feast of St Stephen go out as a family to help the less fortunate (donations,
    soup kitchen, etc)
  • On Dec 27th Feast of the Holy Family plan an epic family day. Start by going to Mass,
    then draw ideas from all family members from a hat to decide each activity throughout
    the day.
  • On Dec 28th Feast of the Holy Innocents when we remember the innocent infants King
    Herod killed for fear of the baby Jesus the family can do one or all of the following: 1)
    bless the children at home by invoking the Trinity as a sign of the cross is traced on each
    of their heads; 2) pray for aborted babies and an end to abortion; 3) eat soft or red
    foods (pudding, oatmeal, jello, red velvet cake, etc); 4) let your children rule the house
    for a day by picking a family outing and dinner menu.
Celebrate the Feast of St. Lucy – 13 December

Celebrate the Feast of St. Lucy – 13 December

by | Dec 11, 2018 | The Latest, Parish Life

Reminder! The Feast of St. Lucy is on Thursday, 13 December. Learn about and pray for the intercession of St. Lucy when you celebrate with your family!
 
Who is she? All that is really known about St. Lucy is that she was a young martyr during the Diocletian persecution of 304 A.D. The story passed down to us is that Lucy was born of noble parents, but her father died when she was around 5. Lucy devoted her virginity to the Lord, but her mother, not knowing this and looking to settle Lucy’s future since she was suffering from a bleeding disorder, arranged for her daughter to marry a wealthy pagan man. Lucy was told in a vision that her mother would be healed. Believing this, she told her mother to distribute their riches and the patrimony. When Lucy’s betrothed heard, he was angry and denounced her to the governor. After Lucy refused the governor’s order to burn a sacrifice to the emperor’s image, she was sentenced to be defiled in a brothel. However, the guards could not move Lucy, even when they hitched her to a team of oxen. When they piled branches around her to burn her to death, the branches would not light. In the end, Lucy met her death by the sword. *taken from thehomelyhours.com
Official Winter Storm Closings

Official Winter Storm Closings

by | Dec 7, 2018 | The Latest

Our winter storm related closings and delays are posted below. Please continue to follow this post. As always, make the best decision for you/your family regarding safety of road conditions in your area. And, note that if the campus is closed absolutely NO ministry is permitted on campus.

as of 3p on 10 December:

  • the Adoration Chapel will likely open after the 8.30a Wednesday, 12 December Mass
  • Mass resumes with 12n on 11 December
  • the Parish School opens on a delay on Tuesday, 11 December:
    • Morning Care will begin at 9:15am.  Regular drop off 9:45-10:15 for ES and MS will begin at 9:55.   Please note your safety is of the utmost importance.  If traveling to school is dangerous on your route, please make your school decision accordingly.  Work will be sent home for your child(ren)in case of absence on Tuesday.