Great Kids, Great Families
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St. Mary Parish To Send 300 Stuffed Bears With Prayers to Honduras
By St. Mary Parish School
Wednesday, Dec 5 2007, 09:34 AM
Families from St. Mary Parish in Menomonee Falls will be sending stuffed toy bears and prayers to families in Honduras this December as they participate in a service project sponsored by the Child Ministry program at the parish.
300 toy-sized “Prayer Bears” will be hand-stuffed by over 200 parents, grandparents and children on Sunday, December 9th, as part of a Fiesta themed service day at the church. Parish members will connect with the culture of their sister parish, Puerto Cortes, in Honduras by attending mass together, then making the prayer bears during a gathering which will feature a Fiesta including lunch and music, with piñatas for the children. Afterwards, the bears will be sent to Honduras, as an expression of the prayers and support St. Mary parishioners have for the people of their sister parish.
Each bear has a pocket, in which a two-sided prayerful message card will be inserted, one side with a prayer in Spanish and the other an expression of hope and joy, chosen by the family working on each bear. Harcourt Religion Publishers in Orlando, Florida, has generously donated the bear kits. Parish members have responded to a request for donations of enough polyester fiberfill to fill all 300 bears.
As part of the Christian Formation program at St. Mary in Menomonee Falls, the Child Ministry program provides religious education for children in kindergarten through fifth grade. Barbara Searing, Director of Child Ministry, creates and organizes family service days at the parish.
For more information, please contact Barbara Searing at 262-251-1154, or via email at searingb@archmil.org.
