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.