mexican legend about how poinsettia's and christmas come

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Dan Bragg Jim & Mollie Ridgley John & Mary Walsh O'Keefe & Holden families Mary & Joe Courish Fire Const. Joseph Courish Joan & Cyril Congdon Douglas Congdon Florence Power Pond Mary & Gordon Wills Mary & Ed Coleman Mary & Jim Coleman Mary & Bill Tucker Wayne Mercer & family North & Sutton families Lawrence Power Spence & Power families Charles & Mary McDonald John, Jack & Nora Kinsella James & Pauline Hayes Francis & Elizabeth Reynolds Daphne Ann Hayes Thomas & Marcella Hayes Gerald & Helen McGrath James Devereaux Sr. James Devereaux Jr. Fred & Angela Jackson Edward & Carol Stevenson Annie Stansbury Stansbury family Stan & Patricia Sinnott Jack & Mary Gover Bill & Gladys Gallagher Thomas & Ursula Hogan Brian Casey Norman & Casey families In Loving Memory Mexican legend about how Poinsettia's and Christmas come together: There was once a poor Mexican girl called Pepita who had no present to give the the baby Jesus at the Christmas Eve Service. As Pepita walked to the chapel sadly, her cousin Pedro tried to cheer her up. "Pepita", he said, "I'm sure that even the smallest gift, given by someone who loves him will make Jesus Happy." Pepita didn't know what she could give, so she picked a small handful of weeds from the roadside and made them into a small bouquet. She felt embarrassed because she could only give this small present to Jesus. As she walked through the chapel to the altar, she remembered what Pedro had said. She began to feel better, knelt down and put the bouquet at the bottom of the nativity scene. Suddenly, the bouquet of weeds burst into bright red flowers, and everyone who saw them were sure they had seen a miracle. From that day on, the bright red flowers were known as the 'Flores de Noche Buena', or 'Flowers of the Holy Night'. The shape of the poinsettia flower and leaves are sometimes thought of as a symbol of the Star of Bethlehem which led the Wise Men to Jesus. The red colored leaves symbolize the blood of Christ. The white leaves represent his purity.

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Page 1: Mexican legend about how Poinsettia's and Christmas come

Dan Bragg

Jim & Mollie Ridgley

John & Mary Walsh

O'Keefe & Holden families

Mary & Joe Courish

Fire Const. Joseph Courish

Joan & Cyril Congdon

Douglas Congdon

Florence Power Pond

Mary & Gordon Wills

Mary & Ed Coleman

Mary & Jim Coleman

Mary & Bill Tucker

Wayne Mercer & family

North & Sutton families

Lawrence Power

Spence & Power families

Charles & Mary McDonald

John, Jack & Nora Kinsella

James & Pauline Hayes

Francis & Elizabeth Reynolds

Daphne Ann Hayes

Thomas & Marcella Hayes

Gerald & Helen McGrath

James Devereaux Sr.

James Devereaux Jr.

Fred & Angela Jackson

Edward & Carol Stevenson

Annie Stansbury

Stansbury family

Stan & Patricia Sinnott

Jack & Mary Gover

Bill & Gladys Gallagher

Thomas & Ursula Hogan

Brian Casey

Norman & Casey families

In Loving Memory

Mexican legend about how Poinsettia's and Christmas come together:

There was once a poor Mexican girl called Pepita who had no present to give the

the baby Jesus at the Christmas Eve Service. As Pepita walked to the chapel

sadly, her cousin Pedro tried to cheer her up. "Pepita", he said, "I'm sure that even

the smallest gift, given by someone who loves him will make Jesus Happy."

Pepita didn't know what she could give, so she picked a small handful of weeds

from the roadside and made them into a small bouquet. She felt embarrassed

because she could only give this small present to Jesus. As she walked through

the chapel to the altar, she remembered what Pedro had said. She began to feel

better, knelt down and put the bouquet at the bottom of the nativity scene.

Suddenly, the bouquet of weeds burst into bright red flowers, and everyone who

saw them were sure they had seen a miracle. From that day on, the bright red

flowers were known as the 'Flores de Noche Buena', or 'Flowers of the Holy

Night'.

The shape of the poinsettia flower and leaves are sometimes thought of as a

symbol of the Star of Bethlehem which led the Wise Men to Jesus. The red

colored leaves symbolize the blood of Christ. The white leaves represent his

purity.

Page 2: Mexican legend about how Poinsettia's and Christmas come

Elizabeth & Stephen Butler

Raymond & Lucie Besso

Ron Broderick

William & Josephine Sutton

Thomas Flynn

John & Bridget Best

Ray & Nora Bursey

Carmel & Ralph Martin

Agnes & Edward Byrne

Ken & Lillian Arnold

Joe, Bride & Madonna Croke

Patrick J. Bennett

Marie & Ted Chafe

Nelder & Oliver families

Gabe Walsh

Mary Wickham

Jerry Coady

Neil Gall

Michael Boland

Bob Hafey

Richard & Anna Slade & Robbie Antle

Eric & Ruby Keats

Linda Hope Cook

Ambrose & Bella Synard

White & Sutton families

Baby Sutton Ralph, Jonah & Samuel

Moara Ward, Joe Ward, Alma Ford

Lillian & Jack Norman

Mary Walsh-Norman

Jim & Kay Farrell

Regina Hannan Armstrong

Edward & Alice Clancey

Bill Clancey

Ed Clancey -Junior

Jean Barrett

George & Mary Webber

Jimmy Webber

Ron Webber

Gerald Webber

Ballard & Grace family

William & Jean, William Jr. and

John O'Toole

Charles, Lillian & George Follett &

Wilfred Miller

Keough family

Ryall family

Mary & Thomas Flynn

Theresa & Martin Brewer

Beulah & Bernard Foley & Peter Foley

Marie & Thomas Mahoney &

Jim Mahoney

Mike Meaney

Kay Meaney

Marilyn Smith

Rachael Goldwyn

Besso & Merchant families

Kathleen & Mike Dawe

Lucille & Majel Corcoran

Hannaford & Abbott families

Baird family

Eric Hibbs, Martin & Gertrude Cahill

Thomas, Ursula & Doris Hogan

O'Reilly & Cooper family

Donnelly, Hamilton, Simmonds &

Pearcey families

Patrick Dunn

Wilfred & Mary Carey &

Wilfred Casey Jr.

Peter & Olga Proctor

Loved Ones

Terry Best

Thomas & Violet Trelegan

Catherine Furlong

Pat Kennedy

Flowers were donated for Christmas, 2019 in memory of the following deceased people. We apologize in advance if we have missed any names.

In the rush of Christmas, it is certainly possible that by accident we misplaced some cards with names on them.

Please let us know of a missing name and we will print it in a later bulletin. Thank you for your understanding.

In Loving Memory

Richard Moores

Lionel Murphy

Gerry Flynn

Carmel & Donald Woodford

Fitzgerald, Duggan & North families

Ade & Mooney families

Hafey & Philpott families

Margaret & Vincent Power

Fred Power

Margaret & Cyril Morrissey

Anne & Alex Thomson

Francis & Monica Knox

Lorraine Pennell

Wyatt & Spratt families

Patrick & Philip Coleman

Jack & Frances Lacey

Isabel & Martin Barron

Bob & Perry Whelan

Pacifico & Antonietta Cimetta

Dianne Besaw

Wayne Hynes

Thomas & Margaret Hynes

Patrick & Bride Baird

Madonna Baird

Kevin & Zena Baird

Kathleen Beresford

Agatha Linehan

Tillie & Bert Young

Gerald Kelly

Annie & Jack Foley

Jerome Walters

Lucy & Bill Walters

Madeline & Gus Noseworthy

Bill & Marion

Sarah & Frank Murphy

Marie & Charles Byrne

Frank & Margaret Puddister

Lillian & Diern Sinnott

Sinnott, Power, Cowan & O'Leary families

Grace Luby

John S. Fifield

Kathleen & Joseph Dwyer

Christina & Michael Holden

Scott Chafe

Colbert family

Edward, Mary, Eddie & David Collins

In Loving Memory

George & Esther Groves

George Groves Jr.

Marilyn Rumsey

Bertha Ellis

Veronica Walsh

Ina Burn & Bob

Keith Bailey

Ange, Bob & Rick Woods

Bob Duke, Joanne Hawley & Peg Coughlan

Peter, Bernice & John Blake

Cyril, Gertrude & Star Grace

John Browne

Jimmy Quirk

James & Veronica Quirk

Jean Walsh

John & Ellen Browne

Owen Gorman

Robert, Marcella & Thomas Hayes

Veronica Power

Fagan & Cornick families

Steven Parrott

James & Mary Hayward

Joseph & Margaret Keating

Marion Ryan

Michael, Bridget, Jerry, Peggy, Pius & Baby Barker

Cyril & Margaret Morrissey

Daniel, Margaret & Lar Carroll

Eric, Eliza & Peter Hammond

Colleen Legge

Mark Escott

Ronald G. Brewer & Richard Cullen

Saunders & O'Leary families

Lou Porter

James, Dorothy & Kenneth Conway

Jim & Dorothy Keats

John Manning

Stephen & Mary Edwards

Francis & Neil Ryan

Nell & Pat Atkins

Jim & Rita Power

Elizabeth Clarke

John Tobin & family

Patrick & Dolores Hynes

Bernadine E. Fardy

Woods family

Brian Casey