Second-grade students may design a blessing cup as part of their preparation for First Communion. Parents are not obligated to purchase a blessing cup; it is an optional activity of the second-grade learning centers. A blessing cup, paint, stencil, pin, and brush are all included in this take-home activity. Only the painted blessing cup will need to be returned so it can be fired in a kiln. Heidi Bonagura, of Create on Lake, graciously prepared a “how-to” video viewable below.
The blessing cup is only available by ordering online to the left of the video. Full payment online of $12.75 is required. Ordering begins on Friday, February 11 and continues until 9 PM on Wednesday, February 16. If you choose to order a blessing cup for your second-grade child, you may
pick it up in my parish office between 3:30 and 5:30 PM--Thursday, March 3.
After your second-grade child has painted the cup, you will need to return it to my parish office before 5:30 PM on Tuesday, March 8. I will take all cups at 5:30 PM to Create on Lake for the finishing step and email you when the finished cups are available to be picked up in my parish office.
No online payment, no order. You break it, you bought it.
Kathleen Eckerman
St. Mary's Parish
Director of Faith Formation