By Florida Catholic staff - Florida Catholic
Photographer: HOLLY LOEFFLER | FC
Second graders Leeza Maloney and Kurtis Ford seem excited and blessed to have been chosen to crown the Virgin Mary, at St. Bonaventure School
Photographer: HOLLY LOEFFLER | FC
The statue of the Virgin Mary at St. Bonaventure Church waits to be crowned.
The crowning is a years-long tradition at St. Bonaventure and other Catholic schools. May is a month when Catholics honor not just their earthly mothers but their heavenly mother as well.
Photographer: HOLLY LOEFFLER | FC
Leeza Maloney and Kurtis Ford, second-graders at St. Bonaventure School, reverently observe the crowned statue of the Virgin Mary during the May 5 May crowning celebration.