By Florida Catholic staff - Florida Catholic
St. Hugh third grader Isabella Villalobos Lopez poses in front of the Mass kit she created as part of a religion class assignment in preparation for Lent 2024.
St. Hugh third grader Gabriella Davidson pretends to distribute Communion next to the Mass kit she created as part of a religion class assignment in preparation for Lent 2024.
St. Hugh third grader Nicholas Dominguez goes through the motions of Mass in front of family members as part of his religion class "Mass kit" assignment in preparation for Lent 2024.
St. Hugh third grader Christian Rodrigues pretends to distribute Communion in front of the Mass kit he created as part of a religion class assignment in preparation for Lent 2024.
St. Hugh third grader Emilia Figueroa goes through the motions of Mass in front of her religion class "Mass kit," created as part of an assignment in preparation for Lent 2024.
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COCONUT GROVE | Students at St. Hugh School have been busy the past few weeks, learning about the Mass and solving an environmental problem.
To prepare themselves for Lent, third graders in Julie Daligney’s religion class created their own “Mass kit” to take home and practice with their family.
“This was an opportunity for third grade families to go over the items of the Mass and bond together as a family by communicating together about their Catholic faith and the miracle of the Eucharist,” explained Daligney, who teaches religion to kindergarten through fourth graders.
“The students learned about the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in a fun and tactile way, they gained familiarity with the names and uses of the objects in Church and learned about the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist,” added Mary E. Fernandez, St. Hugh’s principal.
On Feb. 15 and 16, 2024, the fifth-grade students and teachers attend the Miami Children's Environmental Congress at AUA Schools in Miami. 122 students from various schools came together to learn, collaborate, and present an actionable solution to the problem of plastics harming the environment. St. Hugh’s students were part of the team whose solution was voted in first place by the students in attendance.
St. Hugh fifth grader Gabriella Zann works on a solution to the problem of plastics harming the environment during the Feb. 15 and 16, 2024, Miami Children's Environmental Congress. St. Hugh was part of the team whose solution won first place at the congress.
St. Hugh fifth grader Lorenzo Martinez Henao works with AUA Schools' Science and Art Coordinator Roberto Salazar to demonstrate his solution to the problem of plastics harming the environment during the Feb. 15 and 16, 2024, Miami Children's Environmental Congress. St. Hugh was part of the team whose solution won first place at the congress.
St. Hugh fifth graders Eve Simmons, Arianna Rodriguez, David Pizarro and Jaleel Simmons pose with their solution to the problem of plastics harming the environment during the Feb. 15 and 16, 2024, Miami Children's Environmental Congress. St. Hugh was part of the team whose solution won first place at the congress.
St. Hugh fifth graders Christopher Fernandez and Mattia Falcon show their solution to the problem of plastics harming the environment during the Feb. 15 and 16, 2024, Miami Children's Environmental Congress. St. Hugh was part of the team whose solution won first place at the congress.
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