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BLESSING OF MEDALS AND CERTIFICATES
The pupils address the priest in these or similar words:
Student: Reverend Father, we present with joy these diplomas,
medals, and other school awards for which we worked
during our school years. We ask you to pray that they
will always remind us of our duty to serve God and
country with faith and charity.
With hands extended toward the graduating students the priest prays:
Presider: God our Father,
You are the fountain of knowledge and virtue.
Grant that these your sons and daughters
whom you filled with divine and human gifts
may dedicate themselves to you and the people
with unfailing generosity and love.
As they begin a new stage in life,
we ask you to invoke God’s blessing upon them
and upon their parents, guardians, and teachers.
Grant this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
In silence the priest makes the sign of the cross on the graudation symbols and sprinkles them
with holy water.
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