Advent 4, Dec. 20, 2015 (full size gallery)
Every church has their own unique events. Today’s Christmas play is one of those for St. Peter’s. We have pictures back to 1998 so it has been going on that long. Here is a flashback to 1999 and then fast forward to 2012 when Jackie played the Angel Gabriel.
Typically families bring their relatives to see this. Cookie had her extended family and Ramon had his daughter and grandson.
St. Peter’s play is not just a play for children but the entire congregation. And it was certainly true today when entire families were coopted to help prepare a Mass for St. Francis. He wanted to see the birth of Jesus with his own eyes.
Here are some video excerpts to go along with the pictures above,
This play was different in that it was not set in Bethlehem but 13th century Italy. Part of the fun was to see how families names were converted into an Italian script. Helmut made it work playing Giovanni that loveable guy who wanted to turn the village upside down preparing a wonderful mass for St. Francis. He made you believe he was making it happen. 6 families he was able to convince to participate in the mass were the following -Alexandros Long), Davissimos, Foxittis, Felicianos, Fishuttis, and Pogmattis. What a convincing guy ! No one turned him down. Clarence as St. Francis was a perfect look a like for St. Francis. He could easily blend in with the monks.
We had 54 to see this wonderful play on a brisk late fall day (last day of fall) under clear skies and broad sunlight. Besides the play we also celebrated Rob’s birthday and Cookie and Johnny’s anniversary.
Many thanks to Becky who managed all the costumes – we had just under 25 actors and actresses which was just under half of the congregation. Also Catherine who wrote the play – what an original idea!
Our Christmas Eve service is on Dec. 24 at 4:30pm.