Photos: Students celebrate May Crowning Masses for the Blessed Virgin Mary

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May Crowning 2023 for the Blessed Virgin Mary

Izabelle Huerta, an eighth-grader at Holy Angels School in Arcadia, crowns the Virgin Mary with flowers on May 5 at one of the many Crowning events at Catholic schools around the archdiocese in May. (Victor Alemán)

The statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary at St. Dorothy in Glendora gets crowned during a May 5 May Crowning Mass. (Victor Alemán)

Students at St. Dorothy School in Glendora process under an arch of flowers during a May 5 May Crowning Mass. (Victor Alemán)

First-graders at St. Dorothy School in Glendora gather around a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary adorned with a crown of flowers following a May 5 May Crowning Mass, one of several celebrated in Catholic schools around the archdiocese in May. (Victor Alemán)

(Right to left): Seventh-grader Clarissa Del Rosario stands with a flower while first-graders Melina Hernandez, Roman Munoz and Eliza Espiritu walk under the arch of flowers during a May 5 May Crowning Mass at St. Dorothy in Glendora. (Victor Alemán)

Mila Guiterrez, center, a first-grader at St. Dorothy School in Glendora, walks under a flower arch during a May 5 May Crowning Mass. (Victor Alemán)

Seventh-graders Clarissa Del Rosario and Kenzie Sidhom stand at the ends while first-grader Rowan Aulerech walks under the arch of flowers during a May 5 May Crowning Mass at St. Dorothy in Glendora. (Victor Alemán)

Fr. Ron Clark, center, Msgr. Norman Priebe, left, and Fr. Daniel Vega preside over the May Crowning Mass on May 5 at St. Dorothy in Glendora. (Victor Alemán)

Ethan Deukmajian, a first-grader at St. Dorothy School in Glendora, brings in the baby Jesus with Fr. Ron Clark during a May 5 May Crowning Mass. (Victor Alemán)

Samantha Valencia, a first-grader at St. Dorothy School in Glendora, participated in her school's May Crowning event May 5. (Victor Alemán)

Lucy, left, and Anthony Khalil, right, are first-grade students at St. Dorothy School in Glendora during a May 5 May Crowning Mass. (Victor Alemán)

Students at St. Dorothy School in Glendora pray during a May 5 May Crowning Mass. (Victor Alemán)

Radley Wray, a seventh-grader at St. Dorothy School in Glendora, poses with the crowned Blessed Virgin Mary during a May 5 May Crowning Mass. (Victor Alemán)

Krista Baaklini, a seventh-grader at St. Dorothy School in Glendora, poses with the crowned Blessed Virgin Mary during a May 5 May Crowning Mass. (Victor Alemán)

Lola Oceguera, a seventh-grader at St. Dorothy School in Glendora, poses with the crowned Blessed Virgin Mary during a May 5 May Crowning Mass. (Victor Alemán)

Liam Kasper, a seventh-grader at St. Dorothy School in Glendora, poses with the crowned Blessed Virgin Mary during a May 5 May Crowning Mass. (Victor Alemán)

Fr. Ron Clark presides over the May Crowning Mass on May 5 at St. Dorothy in Glendora. (Victor Alemán)

The crowned statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary at St. Dorothy in Glendora during a May 5 May Crowning Mass. (Victor Alemán)

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