Gulf Pine Catholic

18 Gulf Pine Catholic • November 12, 2021 St. Vincent de Paul students celebrated All Saints Day a little early during the regular school Mass on Friday, October 29. The third grade students lead this Mass every year. To prepare, they each choose a saint to research and study. Then on the day of Mass, they dress as that saint and lead the rest of the school through the Readings, the Prayers of the Faithful, and bringing the gifts to the altar. After the Gospel is read, the students tell the congregation which saint they are dressed as and share some information about that saint. “Our third grade All Saints Mass is always one of my favorites. Many of our parents and grandparents join us and we have a full church,” said Carol Church, princi- pal of SVdP. Gracie Domke as St. Rose of Lima and Maddie Allen as St. Clare of Assisi Zach Seacrest (St. Michael the Archangel) and Tripp Walsh (St. Bravo) All Saints Day Mass participants All Saints Day Mass S t . V incent de P aul C atholic S chool , L ong B each On Wednesday, October 20, we celebrated our grand- parents with a special Prayer and Pledge. Our second grade students led the prayer ceremony. We introduced the patron saints of grand- parents, St. Anne and St. Joachim. Second grade per- formed a special song and made a special video for the grandparents. After prayer and pledge, grandparents were invited to a small reception for fellowship. Back-to-School picnic Grandparents Celebration St. Vincent de Paul Catholic School came together in fel- lowship for our annual Back to School Picnic. It was wonder- ful to be able to come together as a school family.