[Magdalen] Youth Sunday

[Grace Cangialosi]

So is this instead of the Feast of the Assumption on August 15th? I thought that was when the big celebration of Mary took place.

> On May 3, 2015, at 8:16 PM, "Ferdinand von Prondzynski (sms)" <f.von-prondzynski at rgu.ac.uk> wrote:
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> I'm currently travelling and so not in my home parish, but if I had been I would also have been at the May Festival and crowning. In our case this is done with a procession of the statue of our Lady and the crowning takes place at the end of the procession. Usually the procession is accompanied by the hymn 'Ye who own the faith of Jesus', which is a real ear worm and tends to play in my head for the rest of the day.
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> Ferdinand
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>> On May 3, 2015, at 17:19, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Our May "crowning" at the 11 a.m. Solemn Mass was a solemn procession with
>> station at the already crowned BVM statue, where the shrine was censed and
>> the Regina caeli recited before we moved to the altar to cense it and
>> continue with Mass. I do remember the use of a step ladder and the holding
>> up of a little girl so she could crown the BVM, but that was some years
>> ago. Previously this Sunday would have been called the annual Marian
>> Festival. Today's Marian hymns: Hail, holy Queen enthroned above (Salve
>> Regina Coelitum), and Sing we of the blessed Mother (Hymn 278, Rustington).
>> 
>> On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 4:53 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
>> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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>>> For the neighborhood RC church, the nearest church to my home,
>>> it was a well advertised May Crowning of Mary, which involves
>>> primarily youth.  And as we all know, "May is Mary Month"   :-)
>>> 
>>> Get the flower garland and stepladder ready!
>> 
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>> --
>> Scott R. Knitter
>> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
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