“House of Bread,”
Laid in a manger where animals are fed.
You feed us now with your Body and Blood.
I worship You, O God of Love!
What: Catholic Vacation Bible School
When: Last week
Where: Our church’s grade school
Who: Me, my kids, and at least 100 others
How: By the grace of God, my friend, by the grace of God!
CVBS 2008 was a whirlwind week that, as always, was totally worth it. There is so much that I could say about this event that in the end, I decided to just let the pictures tell the story. The theme of this year’s school was “Holy Mary of Guadalupe, Ever Virgin.” Or, I should say that was the secondary theme. The primary themes were faith, hope, love and fun.
Yes, they had piñatas.
Section I: In the Nursery
Section II: Music, Memories and Making Friends
Section III: Projects, Petitions, Praise and Prayer
“Okay, kids, take out your rosaries!”
Blessed be the Name of the Lord,
So we lift up holy hands in one accord,
Singing, Blessed be the Name of the Lord!
Here I am to bow down,
Here I am to say that You’re my God.
You’re altogether lovely,
Altogether worthy,
Altogether wonderful to me!
Section IV: A Surprise Visitor
Our Beloved Brother Isaac of The Franciscan Friars of the Renewal
And those are the highlights from our whirlwind week!
Some of you have asked about the particulars—specifically, what is the name of the program that we use. Her name is Jean and you can’t have her! : ) Jean is our church’s Coordinator of Elementary Religious Education and I have written about her before. She put together this CVBS program using the book Our Lady and the Aztec by Josephine M. O’Neil (St. Anthony Guild Press).
If you are interested in speaking to Jean about your church’s VBS, email me and I will put you in touch with her.
All for the Greater Glory of God,
Beautiful! It looks like Jean is a true treasure!
I just love the St. Juan Diego craft…those are so adorable!
What a great CVBS program. I’m impressed.
This brought tears to me eyes! We just finished our VBS and it was no where near as amazing as this. You are so lucky! If you could email me about your wonderful Jane, I would like to pass this information on to my parish. You can email me at: tony_amy at q dot com
Thank you!!!`
What an amazing week. Thanks for sharing the wonderful pictures.
I really wanted to jump in and cuddle that last baby in the rocker wearing a pink top and shorts!
Oh what looks like a blissful week for all the kids… Incredible! I echo the sentiments of awe written above! I’m so glad you shared this Margaret, so as to inspire parishes around the country toward similar, meaningful VBS programs! What an example!!
I also loved your posting on your boys’ accompaniment during your weekly holy hour. What an awesome vision for the future that was for me… I pray my children will desire Christ in such a way!!
this looks absolutely amazing!
when I get married and have kids I might just have to move out to Minnesota 🙂
What a blessed and busy week!
Great photos, Margaret! They also bring me slightly off-topic: what is your blog photo etiquette? I usually only post my family. When I wrote some posts about my 8yo’s tea party, I asked every mom for permission before putting up a group photo. How do you decide? Thanks.
Thanks for the pic!
Do you know the instructions for the little Juan Diego? Very cute. We studied him as 1 of 5 saints in our program this summer!
Thanks for sharing,
Gretchen
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