Saint Francis Grotto Crib and the Santo Bambino Tradition
The article recounts Saint Francis’s nativity grotto at Greccio, where a living crib was created with Mary Joseph ox and ass, shepherds, and a heavenly messenger, culminating in a divine infant appearing on Christmas. It traces how the Grotto Crib devotion spread through the Franciscan order and beyond, including the Ara Coeli shrine’s Oliv ewood Santo Bambino statue and its famed ornate dress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Francis
Mary
St. Joseph
Francis
Christ
Italy
Ara Coeli
Grotto of
Bethlehem
Ara Goeli
Bambino
Okinawa Christmas Gifts From Missionary Sister
Sister Mary Immaculata describes Okinawan Christmas outreach by Missionary at Vista Maria Naha Ryukyu Islands. She highlights used clothing toys and health kits given to over 50 families and the impact of donations on Okinawan elders and catechism classes.
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Mary Immaculata
F.M.S.L
Vista Maria
Naha
Okinawa
Ryukyu Islands
Junko Nakamura
Yoichi
Sister
Archbishop Sees State Actions as Blows to Catholic Education
Arch bishop Justin D. Simonds of Melbourne denounces two Victoria government moves as body blows to Catholic education and parents. He notes Catholic schools educate 25 percent of primary and 26 percent of secondary pupils and urges funding from tax money. He calls for a full education survey to assess needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Australia
Justin D. Simonds
Victoria
Simonds
Priest Carries Hiroshima Souvenirs at Loyola University
Father Hubert F. Schiffer S J teaches industrial relations at Loyola University of the South in New Orleans. He carries fragments from the Hiroshima bombing embedded in his neck that cannot be removed. A survivor and German Jesuit, he hopes to return to Japan to train social leaders and counter communism in Asia.
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New Orleans
Hiroshima
Japan
Loyola University of the South
Hubert F. Schiffer
S.J
Father Schiffer
Asia
Memorial Unveiled For Father Gravel Founder Of Gravelbourg
A stone memorial was dedicated to Father Louis Pierre Gravel founder of Gravelbourg Saskatchewan. Native of Princeville Quebec he was ordained in 1892 served in New York City before 1906 assignment to western missions and 1907 colonizer work bringing hundreds to the plains. He founded the town named for him and set its early growth.
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Gravelbourg
Saskoo
Louis Pierre Gravel
Canada
Father Gravel
Princeville
Quebec
New York City
Moise Blais
Western Church
United States
Broad Plains
Hebrew Mass Opens in Israel With Permitted Hebrew Use
Five Latin Rite priests in Israel celebrate the Mass in Hebrew under Holy See permission. The reform covers the Mass of the Catechumens and the Divine Office, with a Hebrew translation approved by Latin Rite Patriarch Albert Gori of Jerusalem. The mimeographed text includes Communion prayers Last Gospel and Hebrew versions of the Divine Praises and Angelus.
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Israel
Jerusalem
Holy See
Albert Gori
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