Christmas Giving

Christmas is a time for giving from the heart.  

NEWS BULLETIN:

On January 7, 2013, we were informed that the town of Newtown was no longer accepting gifts or donations for the Sandy Hook School Community.  There had been such an outpouring of kindness from across the country that they were overwhelmed with items of support.

  As a result of this new information, we have CANCELLED the MEMORIAL BELLS. Any donations that were made to Benedictine Academy, with a note that had designated the funds for the Memorial bells for Sandy Hook, will be returned.  

So many of us have been wondering what we can do to bring healing and support to the Sandy Hook School community.  Several of the Benedictine Academy Campus Ministry Students were listening and praying one morning when they heard the Church bells sounding in the distance.

It was then the idea emerged forMemories in the Wind, 26 beautifully crafted memorial bells in a garden at Sandy Hook School, one for each child and adult who had lost their life in the recent tragic shooting.  

They went to work and found these artisan polished brass finished Memorial bells, which will be professionally engraved with each of their names and the dates of their lives.  CANCELLED.

The gentle calling of Church bells remind us that we are not alone, that God is with us through both the good and the sorrowful times.  In the movie, It's a Wonderful Life, we remember the words of the little child, Zuzu, when she heard the jingle of the little bell on the Christmas tree swaying:

"Look Daddy.  My teacher says, "every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings.""

This past week, 26 children and adults received their wings.