Joseph Kenny jkenny@archstl.org
"Gentle mother, peaceful dove, teach us wisdom; teach us love"
As the piano started playing and the children's choir started singing "Hail Mary, Gentle Woman," students in the entrance procession fixated on the center aisle of Sacred Heart Church where a statue of Mary was adorned with flowers.
The second-grade boys folded their hands reverently and walked forward next to the second-grade girls, who wore their First Communion dresses and held pink and white flowers. Arriving at the altar, each bowed before the statue.