FOR weeks now there have been special prayers said at every Mass for the children and their parents. Weekly meetings of the parents are held and a special preschool Mass is said at 8 o'clock, attended by all the First Communicants. (This Mass went on during the two weeks before Faster when all the schools were closed).
An' altar was erected near the Communion rails where the priest said his Mass facing the children, and an assistant priest in the body of the church led all the prayers. He also helped the children to find their way through tht adult Missal which every child has and kept a watchful eye on the " straying " lamb. (It was quite