Lois the Sheep from a local petting zoo visits with children after a May crowning ceremony at Sacred Heart Church in Patterson on Good Shepherd Sunday, May 7. The crowning of the Blessed Mother followed the parish’s monthly family Mass and included a procession with first-graders and some second-graders in the parish’s religious education program.
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Renee Shampnoi, a first-grader in the religious education program, carefully climbs to crown the Blessed Mother.
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Deacon Mark Shkreli leads prayer during a May crowning ceremony for first-graders in the religious education program at Sacred Heart parish in Patterson May 7. The ceremony followed the monthly family Mass offered at the Putnam County church.
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First-graders each receive a cuddly lamb figure from religious education teacher Carol Luby.
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A May crowning ceremony for first-graders in the religious education program at Sacred Heart parish in Patterson took place on May 7. The ceremony followed the monthly family Mass offered at the Putnam County church.
