Ceremony of Light

On Monday,the 1st of March,all the 6th classes went to St.Sylvesters Church at 8pm.At least one parent from every 6th class student had to be there and they had to arrive at around 7:50pm to 7:55.At the beginning we all sang 'Christ be our Light'.After the song Father Tanham welcomed us .During the Presentation of candidates,every parent promised that they would help us to stay away from dangerous drugs.All the children had to make two promises;1.I promise not to take any alcohol until the date stated on my Commitment Card and I ask the Holy Spirit to help me keep this promise.2.I promise always to avoid dangerous drugs and to help other people to do the same.I ask the Holy Spirit to help me keep this promise.The next song we sang was 'Close to You '.Father Paul told us a story about light.The story was about a man who went to a stadium and asked to turn off the lights.Once all the lights were off the man turned on his lighter and everyone could see the tiny flame,because,though the light was small it was powerful.After the story,some students read some readings.Keith,from our class,read great.Then,after the readings,Father Paul told his homily.The Prayers of the Faithful and Alex's dad read great.Once the Prayers of the Faithful were read,some students went up to light the Paschal Candle and Claire represented our class.Once the Paschal Candle was lit,some adults went up to get some of the flame to light everybody elses candles.When the candles were lit,Father Paul told the parents to give us our candles.Once we had our candles,we had to blow them out,but before we blew them out the whole church looked really nice.Our final song was 'Be not Afraid'.Before we left,we got blessed and we all shook hands with Father Paul and Father Tanham.

Bye for now!!!!