Baptism here at school

Kia ora kotou everyone, 

Last Friday was Sienna's special Baptism day and it was amazing. Sienna's family plus room 1, 8 and 10 came to attend the baptism. When we all came in Sienna was wearing a stunning dress with flowers all over it. Esther started us off with an opening prayer she read delightfully. Once Esther finished her prayer all the disciples came down the isle with one special item, you could see the excitement on Sienna's face. When Sienna got baptized her face light up, she is now an official a member of Gods church! Once she got baptized, she went down the isle and came back up in a beautiful white dress. After the baptism we sang some hymns and had eucharist, everyone sang incredibly by the way. After the mass we had some special baptism cupcakes. 

A big thank you to Sienna's family for those incredible cupcakes, the disciples for helping with the mass and reading so wonderfully and of course Miss McHeyzer for organizing this special baptism. A big congratulations to Sienna for having her first sacrament done, baptism, we hope you had a wonderful time.  May God’s blessings be with you and your family always. 

I hope you all spend some time to reflect on your own baptismal day and remember how special it was to be welcomed into our Catholic Family. 

Sasha Oldehaver

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