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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-06-13, Page 17wr 1 Crossroads the weekly boos bl piste Listmyol_ Sasser* Wiagkam ,&dv.aace • Times a4Moist forest Vie deride IS rood by ,500 people s the "heartland of Midwestern Qatari°. (Hased,on 3,5relidere each .1 s, esu) . Published verywesoiln,TheTistowel Banner, The 'Winghafin Advance -Tres. awl The oui ; . Forest Confederate by Wenger Bros. ��l�n�#oc�. . . —crossroads—June 1.3, 1074 1 ning: "We are asking Our Blessed Mother's protection; for her to intercede for us. It's the whole idea of having someone interced- ing with God for us. Not the idea that we, in any Way,consider er her r, God. She is a creature lie us." "She is a powerful. Orson, close to God. And •we ask her help in bringing us closer to God.." ave "Some Wile get the idea we are adoring her, which, of comae, is wrong. She is someone for us to g� through to God." Sister Madeline, principal of St. Mary's Separate School, Mount Forest, co-ordinated the May Crowning of Mary, Mother of Jesus, this year at St. Mary's Church on May 29. The Grade 2 pupils to take part in the Act of Consecration, en- rollment in the Scapular and the Crowning, file into the warm majesty , of the church with the words of •the hymn, "On this Day", on their lips. Do they knob what this crown- ing means? "f think they do," Sister Madeline. answers "They're all familiar ►ith the Christmas storyand; the keno* Mary was Christ's mother," TheAc t of Consecration, . ,1lhe; says, is not°necessariiy connected. with the ca however, .. scapular. Usually*owever, the consecration of dedication, goes with the crown- ing. 1\ "The Act, of Consecration could „,xe termed a prayer used as a ``, dedication; dedicating ourselves to God ... It is asking for help rk" ;;from Mary so that we can do ;:what her Son would like us to do," assays the Sister. a Consecration is more of a cus- tom within the Roman Catholic `'Church than a. practice. The May > Crowning is quite ancient. Why is the crowning always performed in May? "May is ;usually associated with devotion ;o the mother and father,", she says. Until this year, there has al- ways been a large Rosary Rally at Hamilton, where everyone from. the Hamilton Diocese gath- ered. A tribute to the Mother of Christ, the event had been con- tinued for 25 years. The Grade 2 children, who have . brought the flowers they carry, listen to the living rosary by pupils from, Grades 4 through 8. The enrollment in the scapular is a 'confraternity or, again, a type of consecration where a, person is dedicated to Mary in the sense that he tried to imitate what she, did and, as a result, asks her special protection. The scapular or medallion that is worn, is a sign, like the wed- ding ring is a sign oro symbol. The scapular is a symbol that a per- son belongs to God and is asking for • Mary's protection, Father J. P. Lardie, assisted by' Father Quinlain, pastor of the tort R C. Church, offir sated at ` <<� # SCAPULAR ENROLLMENT ;The Scapular Enrollment is a confraternity or type of Consecration. The scapular itself is a round metal medallion which evolved from the original scapular, a long worn over the head of a front and back. narrow section of brown cloth that was ' mon,k, stretching down to his feet, Fes. PA Ale, as a `" parallel; '' told the children . the story of how Julius ° Caesar had medallions placed around the necks of all of his sheep, saying "I belong to Caesar". The priest told the pupils that the medallion or scapular they had received said, through the picture of Mary on one side and Jesus on the other, that they be- longed to God. Perhaps the crowning could best be summed up by Marty Hieber in his introduction of it on that night in May. "We have come together tonight to honor Mary, the Mother of God and our Mother. The honor given to Mary fulfills her own prophecy. 'All ages to come shall call me blest.' Lest that sounds like boasting she h aste nsthe ad o d . t ':.r eaSon, 'God, who is mighty, has done great things for me. Holy is His nane,' �, "The traditional May Crowning honors Mary in her dual °role as Mother of Jesus and Queen of ,the Universe. Yet, the Maid of Naza- reth• would hardly welcome such weta t cationoreacknufnie$sowledging it was cleawhatr 'tlldnt has done for her, "Despite all her honor she is a creature; one of us. Like us,she was, asked to walk in much faith. The ir. ibute a this servlce is On outward exp of l for . Mary, our ' of dr and' our Lady of °Faith."' Father tardieexplains,thaf the scapular. was . riry narrow section of b Please turn to CON tion. SECRATION—The Act of Consecration could be termed a prayer used as a dedica- It is more of a custom within the Roman Catholic ChurFh than a practice. SISTERS WATCH -Two Sisters of St. Mary's Church, Mount Forest, watch the May Crowning from the balcony of the church. Sister Madeline says the crowning of Mary is to "ask her help in bringing us closer to God, THE MAY CROWNING—"We haVe come together tonight to honor Mary, the Mother of God and our Mother."