CLARKS GREEN — Fr. Rich Cirba led a long line of little saints, dressed as everything from movie characters, to food items, to various animals, in a Halloween costume parade following mass on Friday, Oct. 30 at the Church of Saint Gregory. Starting in the church parking lot, the children followed the pastor to the school grounds at Our Lady of Peace, walking, skipping and laughing with their friends.

Fr. Rich Cirba gesters to the crowd, telling the younger ones in the audience, ‘This is really me, It’s not a costume!’ as he leads a Halloween costume parade from the Church of Saint Gregory to Our Lady of Peace school.
http://www.theabingtonjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/web1_ABJ-OLP-Parade-1.jpg.optimal.jpgFr. Rich Cirba gesters to the crowd, telling the younger ones in the audience, ‘This is really me, It’s not a costume!’ as he leads a Halloween costume parade from the Church of Saint Gregory to Our Lady of Peace school. Elizabeth Baumeister | Abington Journal

Dressed as a hot dog and fried egg, Clair Marion and Annie Dempsey participate in the Halloween Costume Parade from the Church of Saint Gregory to Our Lady of Peace school.
http://www.theabingtonjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/web1_ABJ-OLP-Parade-2.jpg.optimal.jpgDressed as a hot dog and fried egg, Clair Marion and Annie Dempsey participate in the Halloween Costume Parade from the Church of Saint Gregory to Our Lady of Peace school. Elizabeth Baumeister | Abington Journal

Sophia Boland walks with other OLP students in the costume parade Friday, Oct. 30 from the Church of Saint Gregory to the school.
http://www.theabingtonjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/web1_ABJ-OLP-Parade-3.jpg.optimal.jpgSophia Boland walks with other OLP students in the costume parade Friday, Oct. 30 from the Church of Saint Gregory to the school. Elizabeth Baumeister | Abington Journal

Our Lady of Peace students march in the costume parade from the Church of Saint Gregory to the school, from left, Adam Dempsey, Joseph Mariotti, Andrew Summa, Liam Barrett, and Jason Yanul.
http://www.theabingtonjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/web1_ABJ-OLP-Parade-4.jpg.optimal.jpgOur Lady of Peace students march in the costume parade from the Church of Saint Gregory to the school, from left, Adam Dempsey, Joseph Mariotti, Andrew Summa, Liam Barrett, and Jason Yanul. Elizabeth Baumeister | Abington Journal

Kiera Stofko and Brynn Jordan march in the costume parade Friday morning, Oct. 30 from the Church of Saint Gregory to Our Lady of Peace.
http://www.theabingtonjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/web1_ABJ-OLP-Parade-5.jpg.optimal.jpgKiera Stofko and Brynn Jordan march in the costume parade Friday morning, Oct. 30 from the Church of Saint Gregory to Our Lady of Peace. Elizabeth Baumeister | Abington Journal

Our Lady of Peace students and faculty march in their Halloween costumes over to the school following mass at the Church of Saint Gregory on Friday, Oct. 30.
http://www.theabingtonjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/web1_ABJ-OLP-Parade-6.jpg.optimal.jpgOur Lady of Peace students and faculty march in their Halloween costumes over to the school following mass at the Church of Saint Gregory on Friday, Oct. 30. Elizabeth Baumeister | Abington Journal

Pope or pup? A pooch patiently awaits the start of a Haloween costume parade Friday, Oct. 30 following mass at the Church of Saint Gregory in Clarks Green.
http://www.theabingtonjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/web1_ABJ-OLP-Parade-7.jpg.optimal.jpgPope or pup? A pooch patiently awaits the start of a Haloween costume parade Friday, Oct. 30 following mass at the Church of Saint Gregory in Clarks Green. Elizabeth Baumeister | Abington Journal

Anna Molnar, 20 months, pets some new canine friends while she waits, dressed as Chewbacca from ‘Star Wars,’ with her mother for the big kids to come out of mass at the Church of Saint Gregory for a Halloween costume parade.
http://www.theabingtonjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/web1_ABJ-OLP-Parade-8.jpg.optimal.jpgAnna Molnar, 20 months, pets some new canine friends while she waits, dressed as Chewbacca from ‘Star Wars,’ with her mother for the big kids to come out of mass at the Church of Saint Gregory for a Halloween costume parade. Elizabeth Baumeister | Abington Journal

By Elizabeth Baumeister

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