On Sunday, December 12th, the Children of Mary Sodality at St. Joseph School held its annual installation for new members. Membership is open to girls in grades three through eight who attend St. Joseph School. New members are Third-Grade students Evelyn Macko, Lily Martin, Abigail Rubin, Sophia Surowaniec, and Fourth-Grade students Hayley Benes and Ivanka Warnajtys.
During the installation, Children of Mary President Gabriela Pianka invited each student and a member of their family to the altar to place traditional Children of Mary blue capes on the girls’ shoulders. Following this special moment, Rev. Grzegorz Chodkowski, Pastor of St. Joseph Basilica had the girls recite their Acts of Consecration. Then, with the assistance of Children of Mary officers Leah Boudreau and Emily Macko, Rev. Chodkowski placed a Miraculous Medal around the neck of each new member. In addition, Elizabeth Sabaj, President of the Holy Rosary Sodality, presented rosaries to the girls.
As members of the Children of Mary Sodality, the girls actively participate in various parish activities such as processions on important feast days and the Fatima processions on the 13th of the month from May through October. The girls also participate in First Friday adoration, where they pray the rosary in front of the Blessed Sacrament and join parishioners in singing the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. In addition, they take part in a variety of service activities, including organizing and preparing the parish Advent Angel Tree. Sr. Mary Ann Papiez advises the Children of Mary Sodality.
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