Comdhairdeas agus Dia dhaoibh go léir to our Rang 5 pupils who celebrated their First Holy Communion at 11.00 a.m. Mass on Saturday 26th September 2020 in St. Mary’s Church, Maghera. We are grateful to see you celebrate this special day in your sacramental life as you receive the Body of Jesus. Your joy and enthusiasm for Holy Communion is an inspiration to all of us! Fr. Doherty PP commented after the simple ceremony on the great reverence displayed by the children.
My thanks to our teachers who helped to prepare the children for this special day and assisted during the mass. An Chéad Leacht / First reading was read by Múinteoir Ciara, Múinteoir Gemma read the Guī an Phobail /Prayers of the Faithful and Mrs Aiveen Downey was responsible for the music liturgy which added so much to the celebration. Class teachers R4 2019/20 Múinteoir Aisling and Múinteoir Ciara along with R5 teacher 2020/21 Múinteoir Gemma helped to prepare the children for First Communion in school. We are grateful for the parental support in helping to prepare the children at home too. It was great to hear the children saying the mass responses throughout the ceremony.
We thank God too for blessing us all with such lovely weather on the last of all our sacramental occasions for 2020.
Mrs Mc Master
