Legion of Mary Melbourne Senatus Australia -Prayer with Action- Catholic Organisation

The Fun Day yesterday was a great success. I would say one of the best to date. We had four 4th year seminarians to help, let by Francis Denton (Fr. Anthony Denton's brother). The theme for the day was the Saints. The day started as usual with the opening prayers and rosary lead by five juniors. Then some action songs and warm up games preceded an excellent talk by Francis about St. Joseph Cupertino (whose Feast Day it was on Saturday). The children (who ranged in age from 16 to 5) sat attentively throughout. Then it was time for a trivia quiz (about the saints of course). This was very well organised by Francis with no less than 6 rounds of 10 questions each. The children had lots of fun as well as demonstrating their knowledge of the saints. The adults present learnt a thing or two also.

The Catena was recited and Grace before a lunch of hotdogs.

The results of the trivia quiz were announced after lunch and then a second talk (also excellent) was given by seminarian Marcus. Then Sr. Silvana gave us an interesting reflection about St. Thomas Aquinas with participation from the Juniors. She spoke about the difficulties St. Thomas had in fulfilling his vocation due to hostile opposition from his family. She told us that St. Thomas composed most of the beautiful Latin hymns that are still sung today during Benediction. Then we were treated to an impromptu rendition of the Te Deum by the seminarians. Beautiful!

Ice cream cones for everyone before the last game for the day - Celebrity Heads (using saints instead of celebrities). This was lots of fun as the children tried to guess the name of the saint on their head.

The day finished at around 2.45pm with concluding prayers. The seminarians, the children and the adults all had a great time. Francis said he will definitely be there next year with another group of seminarians. This is a great opportunity for them to learn how to interact with children. They'll have a hard act to follow.

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