Lunar New Year
Published: 02.15.08
VALETA ORLANDO | FC
ORLANDO | Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Maria Huong Nguyen, right, Sister MyDung Pham pray during a Mass commemorating the Lunar New Year at St. Philip Phan Van Minh Parish Feb. 7.
Lunar Rocks
Published: 02.15.08
Courtesy Photo
WINTER HAVEN | Students at St. Joseph Catholic School in Winter Haven get a close-up view of moon rocks on loan for two weeks to the school from NASA, beginning last month, in celebration of Catholic Schools Week. Mary Kay Swider, teacher, said: “The moon rocks are national treasures. They show dimensions of our world that God has given us. An interesting fact that I learned when I took the class at NASA about the moon is that Buzz Aldrin had taken a consecrated host and wine to the moon and had special permission to have holy Communion on the moon. He took a vial of the blood of Christ and the holy Communion from (the) zipped pocket of his space suit and consumed them on the moon. This shows the reverence that the astronaut had for the sacrament.”
Pictured in the photo from left to right, are Kristen Stricker, Alexis Van Ryswyk, Gabrielle May, Hattie Lou Burdin, Mary Swider, Camryn Hattaway and Alayna Garber.
First ashes
Published: 02.12.08
MELANIE L. DODSON | FC
Sister of Mercy Immaculata Knox gives first ashes on Ash Wednesday Feb. 6, to three-year-old Carolyn Breaux, a member of the F.I.S.H. (Fellowship Invites Serving and Helping) program for preschoolers at Ascension Parish in Melbourne. Sister Knox prepared the children by explaining, “The cross shows how much God loves you and I’m going to make a little cross on your forehead to show everyone God loves you.̶ Carolyn shared, “I know God loves me because I have fun with my daddy and mommy.”
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