*Valle Fourth Graders Explore Their Hometown

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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000080;"><strong>?Valle Catholic ?Second Grade students in Mrs. McClure’s class and Mrs. Caba’s class paid a visit to church ?on Friday, September 8th? to sing "Happy Birthday" to our Blessed Mother in honor of her birthday. ?Students brought red roses to Mary as a gift and placed them on her altar.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000080;"><strong>The Catholic Church typically doesn’t celebrate the birthdays of saints but rather celebrates the day of their death as that is the day they entered the joy of heaven. Mary, daughter of St. Joachim and St. Anne and mother of Jesus is one of the few exceptions.</strong></span></p>
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