Confirmation & 1st Eucharist

 

Homemade cake for Zeke’s celebration. 

Zeke asked his Uncle Ben Hawkins to be his Confirmation sponsor.  The Mass was in Ellendale (70 miles from our home) on Friday, April 13, 2012… the kids, at least one parent, and sponsor were to be there early.  The parish served a meal for those of us who lived far away – very nice.  The rest of us arrived around 6pm to reserve seats and let the little guys run off some steam before Mass began at 7pm.

The kids did a great job during Mass.  They are so uninhibited and raised their hands eagerly to answer the bishop’s questions about their knowledge of the gifts of the Holy Spirit.  The Bishop’s homily was once again so perfect for the kids and adults alike.  He always reminds us that Confirmation is not the end of our Catholic learning, but only the beginning.  He encourages kids and parents to keep learning about and improving their knowledge of the Catholic faith.

Zeke’s classmates from LaMoure with Bishop Aquilla and our local priest, Fr. Okafor.

Waiting for pictures with the Bishop.

Grandpa and Grandma Green Acres with Zeke (above) and Eric and I with Zeke (below).

Grandpa & Grandma Golden Acres with Zeke.

Zeke, newly confirmed!

Bishop Aquilla came to the social hall and visited with as many families as possible.  He is really a blessing to our diocese.

Due to the late night Mass, we celebrated on Saturday.  We tried to make the day special for Zeke.  My dad took both Zeke and Graham fishing on Saturday morning and into the afternoon.  My brother (Collin), his wife (Anne) and their children came out to visit in the afternoon.  It was the most gorgeous day!  We spent time outside and Zeke was able to build a fire …thank goodness Grandpa Golden Acres stepped up to help or we might have all been smoked off the patio!

Louis, barefoot and ‘smore’ happy.

Grandma Golden Acres dishing up the smores.

On Sunday, our parish, Holy Rosary, celebrated the newly confirmed.  The kids dressed up again and greeted parishioners.  They brought up the gifts and sat up in front.

Eric is their teacher.  He does a really great job!