Hope in the Heart of Jesus

Our October meeting focused on the virtue of Hope and the beautiful St. Monica.  We began, as we always do, with a coloring page...this one again from Charlotte. 

We also added to our holy card collection by making our own holy card of St. Monica.  It used the original image of St. Monica that we used for our binders...

And we added a special prayer:

Lord,

I offer up my sufferings.

Give them signs of

Hope.

These special little prayer cards are going into our binders this year, along with our new coloring pages.

Our main theme for this meeting was to always put our Hope in the Heart of Jesus.  So what better craft than something with the Sacred Heart.

We decided to make Girls' Group T-Shirts!

They were so much fun...

Each T-shirt had a heart stamped to the front and the girls used fabric markers to add the details to create the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

But the best part?

The center of the heart was blank.  The perfect place for the girls to write their names...right inside Jesus' heart.

They turned out great.

And many of the girls put them right on.

Beautiful!

But, of course, that could not be the end...

Not when we have the famous Mrs. A and her cupcakes!

Amazing!

YUM!

Oh my God,

Because you are all loving, powerful, and faithful,

I have hope to be happy with You in heaven.

Keep planting seeds...

Rose Buds and Rosaries

We gathered for our last January meeting ready to bead! 

We chose the virtue of Hope for this meeting.

Our goal was for every Rose Bud to complete a rosary that could then be sent to our area FOCUS group.  FOCUS then distributes them to missions, spreading God's hope to all. 

We had some special visitors to help us get the job done!  With 27 girls, many under 7, we needed all the hands we could get.  But, really, the girls did a fantastic job following directions and keeping up, so it proved to be a wonderful experience for everyone involved.

We began this meeting with our usual coloring pages until all the Buds arrived.  This week we colored an image of a rosary.  It didn't take the gals long to color it, so as a challenge, they were asked to write the Hail Mary on the back. 

Very nice...

Although it became very distracting to have Mrs. A setting up the snack just a couple of tables away!

Isn't it beautiful!

But before we could indulge, we had work to do.  And luckily for us we had a resident expert!  Mr. R was there to lead the way, instructing us on the pattern of the beads and how & when to tie.  We also had several lovely ladies from our parish Altar & Rosary Society to help out too.

Mr. R explained to the Buds that once a rosary is completed, it should be prayed for the intention of the person that will receive it.  So the girls got busy on the rosary that they will later pray and send along.

All these beads?

Almost done with the first decade!

Mine looks like hers...must be right!

On to the second decade. 



 Working hard!

Still stringing...

Almost done!

As the girls finished up, they gathered to sing songs with Mrs. S.  Thanks Mrs. S. for stepping in without notice!!

And then the time came at last!  The girls were thrilled when they finally were able to dig into that cupcake rosary.  The only problem...

Which one to choose?

And so all the girls were off, another meeting complete.  At our next meeting we will take some time to pray our newly made rosaries for all those who will receive them...that they will be filled with the Hope of the promises of Christ.

Keep planting seeds...