Church tradition holds that November is the month for remembering departed relatives and friends, and we are doing that in several special ways here at Ursuline this month.
On Thursday, November 1, Ursuline celebrated All Saints' Day Mass. During the offertory, a basket filled with the names of deceased loved ones and family members was brought up and placed at the altar. Students, faculty and staff, parents, alumnae and friends of the school submitted the names of these family members and loved ones through our website, so that we could remember them during the liturgy. The Ursuline school community prayed especially for those people during the All Saints' Day mass, and will continue to do so during morning prayer and prayer services throughout the rest of the month. The basket will reside next to the altar in the chapel in our convent on campus for the rest of the month, with our prayers and gratitude for their lives.
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| Stephanie Gioioso '13 brings the basket of names up at the offertory during mass. |
Students also wrote the names of deceased loved ones and family members on cut-out footprints, which are now decorating the hallways of the school. These cut-out footprints serve as a reminder of the footprints each person left on our hearts, and the lasting influence they continue to have on our lives.
The deceased loved ones and family members of all those in the Ursuline family will be in the thoughts and prayers of the school community for the remainder of the month of November.
