Post by zooba on May 24, 2007 12:47:02 GMT -7
Hello Guys, finally I got down to copying the photos from my son's First Communion.
It was on Mothers' Day - almost two weeks from now.
Our son is 8 now, but goes to the second grade of primary school, so his a year younger than his friends. The preparation took almost a year, both at school and at special meetings in church.
Generally you should prepare for the event in your local parish but we were going to a nearby parish, where his school is situated and where I grew up and where the vicar is children and human-friendly (what is not always the case).
This is the picture of us in front of the church after the ceremony: img62.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pomszyrodzinarazjeszczect7.jpg
My son is holding a small loaf of bread that the children got from church to share with their guests - it is not typically Polish tradition but still I liked the idea.
Then it is Piotrek at the table - children get either a small medal with Virgin Mary or Cross as a traditional gift along with their own copies of the New Testament. img170.imageshack.us/my.php?image=piotrekprzystolelt9.jpg
And a glimpse of our house, the table and me - I have no idea what I was doing at the moment. img170.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jakiposiekej7.jpg
After the eventful Sunday there was so called "White Week" when the children go to church every day dressed in the robes (alby). At the end of the week they even planted a new tree, under which a sealed bottle with all the names was buried.
It was on Mothers' Day - almost two weeks from now.
Our son is 8 now, but goes to the second grade of primary school, so his a year younger than his friends. The preparation took almost a year, both at school and at special meetings in church.
Generally you should prepare for the event in your local parish but we were going to a nearby parish, where his school is situated and where I grew up and where the vicar is children and human-friendly (what is not always the case).
This is the picture of us in front of the church after the ceremony: img62.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pomszyrodzinarazjeszczect7.jpg
My son is holding a small loaf of bread that the children got from church to share with their guests - it is not typically Polish tradition but still I liked the idea.
Then it is Piotrek at the table - children get either a small medal with Virgin Mary or Cross as a traditional gift along with their own copies of the New Testament. img170.imageshack.us/my.php?image=piotrekprzystolelt9.jpg
And a glimpse of our house, the table and me - I have no idea what I was doing at the moment. img170.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jakiposiekej7.jpg
After the eventful Sunday there was so called "White Week" when the children go to church every day dressed in the robes (alby). At the end of the week they even planted a new tree, under which a sealed bottle with all the names was buried.
boys are boys...
