The month of May is the month of the schools founder Madre Maria Mazzarello and also the month of Mary, Mother of God. Normally, every morning there is the ¨Buenas Dias¨where the whole school meets in the gymnasiam for 40 minutes of prayer and the welcome of another day. More often than not, this runs over into the first hour of classes.
During the month of May, to celebrate Madre Mazzarello, every grade is assigned a day of the month and for that day, they perform a prayer service of some kind in honor of Mary and Madre Mazzarello during the Buenas Dias. This can include, and often includes all, a procession involving the entire grade, ribbons in the hair, presentation of gifts to the statue of Mary, prayer service, dancing, and sometimes a cheer. For this month, it is best not to even plan your first hour of classes, as you will not have any time to teach anything once the Buenas Dias has finished.
Currently I have no photos of this, I´ll have to get a photo of the stage. The decorations change rather frequently, but always the statue of Mary is there. It´s very festive and today, May 13th, there was a school wide mass in the morning. There will be another mass on the 22nd of May to celebrate the day of Madre Mazzarello. There won´t be classes that day as it will be dedicated to commorating and celebrating their foundress just like they did when they celebrated the day of St. Don Bosco, founder of the Salesians.
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holy cow...EVERY DAY they do this?? wow. doesn't it get a bit repetitive after a while?
on the other hand, it's pretty cool they have such a devotion to Mary and to their founder.
Yes, it does get repetitive, but every grade has to do it, including the Sister´s and the teachers. :) The teachers go the last of the month.
Yeah, not sure how much the students get out of it, but I think they get the message about their founder.
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