May is almost half over. Has your parish had a May crowning?

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May is almost half over. Has your parish had a May crowning? Is one scheduled?

Hint: Vatican II did not forbid them. šŸ˜‰

To my knowledge, my parish hasnā€™t had one in 40 years. šŸ˜¦
 
:yup: Yup, first Sunday in May Mary is always crowned at the end of all the Masses. After the Saturday night Mass we have a procession around the block that the church and school are on with Mary and we pray the rosary. Then the Litany of Mary and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. šŸ‘
 
Yes, one Parish had it a week ago, the other (Marian named Parish) saved it til this week as it was the 140th anniversary and they waned the big crowning to be part of the celebratio.

BTW, what math says the 10th is almost half of 30 šŸ˜ƒ
 
I forgot to check,(today was my first day home). But IIRC, usually we have one, it usually isnt a big ceremony, but it is done
 
No, none done, none scheduled. Matter of fact, Iā€™d never heard of a May crowning until I started coming to CAF.
 
Yep, and it was beautiful.

Traditionally in our parish, the soon to be First Communicants lead the procession and place flowers by the statue.

The Confirmandi follow, the boys (in suits) are joined by the KofC and form an honor guard while the girls ( in light blue graduation style robes) process up to the statue. One of the girls (in a white robe) will place the crown on Maryā€™s head.

Hereā€™s a pic

http://www.saintcyrils.org/images/may crowning 09/may crowning.jpg
 
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No, none done, none scheduled. Matter of fact, Iā€™d never heard of a May crowning until I started coming to CAF.
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When I was in Grade School, in the 40s/50s we had a special May Crowning of Mary every year. The 8th graders were the ones who processioned into Church and one of the girls had the honor of crowning a statue of the Blessed Virgin. I remember, one of the girlā€™s mother was very competitive about having her daughter crown the statue. I donā€™t think she got to. I donā€™t remember the role of the boys.

In High School we had May Day crowning of Maryā€™s statue outside on the campus which was beautiful. I went to an all girlā€™s school, Notre Dame.
 
Yep, we just did one for the CCD kids the other night. It was very nice.
 
First Sunday in May, every year.

Normally, two children, one boy, one girl, from the 1st Communion class have the honor. We do it at each Mass.
 
Next Sunday will be a Procession. We have a new statue of Mary. Mary of the Welcomes. I saw her still in the crate. She is beautiful. We are getting new carpet in the church & the Bishop is coming! There will be a rosary & food & bands. Not sure of how all this will go down since Iā€™ve only been back for a year. Husband was babtized at Easter & he isnā€™t too sure what he thinks about Mary. He reveres her as Jesus mother. But feels more comfortable just praying to Jesus. Iā€™m interested to see what he will think of his first procession & all the Mary ā€œstuffā€.
Iā€™ll report in next week.šŸ™‚
 
Wowā€¦ that takes me back to Catholic school. šŸ™‚ The May Crowning was my favorite time of the year, where many of the students took turns reciting the ā€œHail Maryā€ in front of the altar. I remember saying it nervouslyā€¦ :rotfl:

Sorry, just had to ramble. šŸ˜ƒ

Ironically Yours, Blade and Blood
 
Our parish always has the Crowning of Mary on Motherā€™s Day; and that took place today.

:getholy::harp:
 
Yes. My home parish had one last week, and the Cathedral, which we visit frequently, had it today.

Betsy
 
My parish has 4 seperate crownings:

One for the Families group
One for the Children/Parochial School
One for the Spanish Ministry
and another one in case you missed the rest I guess.

Nobody knows why we have so manyā€¦
 
The parish waits until the last group of kids receive first Communion, which will be this coming Saturday so the May crowning will be on Sunday followed by a First Communicants Communion breakfast. The school holds theirs at the end of the month. Not sure why they donā€™t participate in the parish oneā€¦something about keeping things separate, which I donā€™t agree with at all but it is the principalā€™s call.
 
We had ours yesterday, on Motherā€™s Day. It was outdoors and the weather cooperated! Thank you, Blessed Mother!
 
We will have a crowning next week MOnday for CCD. I have not heard of the parish having other crownings and none were listed in the bulletin.
 
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