MSMA celebrates Immaculate Conception with Mass, tree blessing

Bishop James F. Checchio joined friends, families, students, and educators in Mount Saint Mary Academy, Watchung, Dec. 8 to celebrate Mass for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. In the morning, seniors processed into the chapel to place ornaments, crafted by the National Art Honor Society, on the Christmas tree which was later blessed by Bishop Checchio and illuminated. Visiting grandparents of freshmen and seniors were distinguished guests who enjoyed a special Tea in the Sister Lisa Gambacorto Theater with their granddaughters. Mercy Sister Lisa Gambacorto, who serves as directress, acknowledged, “Some of the best educators in the world are grandparents who provide wisdom for their grandchildren - and give them the knowledge of your experience of living life...a perspective they can only get from you.”