Since 1962, a sweeping life-sized Nativity Scene — depicting numerous figures, but focused on the Holy Family of Mary, Joseph and, beginning on Christmas Eve, the infant Jesus — has been one ...

Churches, schools and other public places may set up crèches as well. Some celebrate with a live Nativity scene that includes actors and animals playing the parts of the Holy Family and the visitors ...

In the Nativity, the Incarnate Word ... entrusting total care to this devout Jewish couple, this Holy Family. It was also not lost on the Carthusians, reflected in the order’s motto, Stat ...

A depiction of the Holy Family on the front of a Catholic church ... for the entire family — here are some ideas. A second nativity scene, which will be displayed in the Paul VI Hall, was ...

Some celebrate with a live Nativity scene that includes actors and animals playing the parts of the Holy Family and the visitors who came to see Jesus after his birth. St. Francis is credited with ...

Nativity scenes show us the loving parents we all ... our homes and churches with images of a perfect family—the holy family, with a doting Mary and Joseph leaning over the baby in the manger ...

Vatican Media) To decry the nativity scene, however, is to deny the centuries-long history of artists depicting the Holy Family in Bethlehem — located in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in ...

A display of Nativity scenes will also be set up for people ... as church members have volunteered to play the role of the Holy Family, the Wise Men, shepherds and an angel each holiday season.

The Nativity scene is composed of a "3-sided box, with small figurines of the Holy Family, angels, the magi (three kings), shepherds and livestock." "In addition to the Nativity scene, the Knights ...