With the stay-at-home orders, Easter was a bit different this year.
We attended Mass virtually and, thanks to the situation, had good informational videos from our parish to tell us all about Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday. The kids enjoyed learning new things and so did we adults. Our church had a drive-in adoration on Wednesday which we attended. The parish hall has a good size parking lot and a good spot for the Blessed Sacrament.
Our other innovation was thought up by my oldest son. He decided to put on little plays of the readings from the Masses. The other kids were brought in as characters. Mom and dad even got to be Eve and Adam! It was a fun.
Our church hasn't been providing streaming Masses, so for the past couple of Sundays we've tried out a bunch of different online options--EWTN, St. Patrick's in New York City, Sacred Heart in Winchester, Virginia (I went to school with the pastor), etc. For Easter we "went" to our old parish, Saint Louis in Clarksville, Maryland. They broadcast their Mass at 6:00 a.m. Easter Sunday morning. We watched it as a "re-run" around 8 a.m.
Afterward, we finally dyed and decorated Easter eggs.
Our Easter egg hunt was inside the house. We used plastic eggs filled with candy just in case any went unfound. We parents hid the eggs the night before. The kids were more challenged than I thought they would be. They did find all the eggs.
In addition to eggs and chocolate bunnies, we put books in the kids' baskets. They were appreciative.
We had a ham dinner with some of the usual sides (homemade biscuits, green beans, mac and cheese). Easter was low key but fun this year of the virus.
We attended Mass virtually and, thanks to the situation, had good informational videos from our parish to tell us all about Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday. The kids enjoyed learning new things and so did we adults. Our church had a drive-in adoration on Wednesday which we attended. The parish hall has a good size parking lot and a good spot for the Blessed Sacrament.
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| Adoration at Saint Mary of the Mills |
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| The Blessed Sacrament |
Our other innovation was thought up by my oldest son. He decided to put on little plays of the readings from the Masses. The other kids were brought in as characters. Mom and dad even got to be Eve and Adam! It was a fun.
Our church hasn't been providing streaming Masses, so for the past couple of Sundays we've tried out a bunch of different online options--EWTN, St. Patrick's in New York City, Sacred Heart in Winchester, Virginia (I went to school with the pastor), etc. For Easter we "went" to our old parish, Saint Louis in Clarksville, Maryland. They broadcast their Mass at 6:00 a.m. Easter Sunday morning. We watched it as a "re-run" around 8 a.m.
Afterward, we finally dyed and decorated Easter eggs.
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| Getting ready to decorate #2 |
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| Pink or red, depending on how long it stays |
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| Stickering the egg |
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| A finished product |
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| More careful work |
Our Easter egg hunt was inside the house. We used plastic eggs filled with candy just in case any went unfound. We parents hid the eggs the night before. The kids were more challenged than I thought they would be. They did find all the eggs.
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| Finding an egg |
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| Working together |
In addition to eggs and chocolate bunnies, we put books in the kids' baskets. They were appreciative.
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| Reading on Easter |
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| Reading and relaxing on Easter |
We had a ham dinner with some of the usual sides (homemade biscuits, green beans, mac and cheese). Easter was low key but fun this year of the virus.
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