Michaelmas
Mon, Sep 29
|East Haddam
Open to all Homeschool families in the Diocese of Norwich! Come and join Bishop Reidy for a diocesan-wide celebration of Michaelmas! Join in fellowship for Mass, picnic, games, and activities, and learn about the traditions of this feast day, from blackberries to piñatas!
Time & Location
Sep 29, 2025, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
East Haddam, 75 Moodus Leesville Rd, Moodus, CT 06469, USA
Guests
About The Event
All homeschooling families within the Diocese of Norwich are invited for a Michaelmas celebration!
Mass at 10:00 am, celebrated by Bishop Reidy. BYO picnic lunch. Great fun and fellowship to follow, including large group games, a pie eating contest, face painting, and pinatas! RSVP required, please RSVP by Sept 22nd.
Traditionally, Michaelmas is associated with certain harvests and foods, from geese, to carrots, to blackberries. Tradition holds that when St. Michael cast Satan down, he landed in a thorny Blackberry bush, which he then spat on, and cursed. Since then, it's been customary to be sure to harvest and eat all the blackberries by Michaelmas! We will also have a pinata, offering our kiddos their own chance to slay Satan...in the form of decorated cardboard, filled with goodies!
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