The Little-Known Custom for Blessing Your Children on the Feast of The Holy Innocents
Have you heard of the custom of blessing children on Childermas, or the Feast of the Holy Innocents?
Caroline Perkins
Caroline Perkins is a Digital Media Strategist at EWTN. She lives in Denver with her husband and four children. She is also the author of “ABC Get to Know the Saints with Me.”
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