Amen.One of the goals of the school Mass absolutely should be continuity with the weekend Masses.
Our kids use worship aids no problem. In fact, it simplifies certain things. It's more work on my end, but we don't have to worry about finding pages in a book, or announcing "NUMBER 322, that's number THREE... TWO.... TWO." (ugh)If the parish doesn't use a hymnal, I would stick with worship aids.
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