Christmas 2018

The Great O Antiphon: O Emmanuel

Sunday December 23 Beginning of Christmas Season

Andrew Usmiani and Dan Perrota, Knights of Columbus from St. Gregory Parish in Robbinsville came for a Christmas visit with Andrew's dog, Romeo. He belonged to a man from Turkey so Romeo has a passport to travel.

Also the same day, Marge and her daughter and nephew and his son came for their annual visit.

Friday, FAther Martin O'Reilley, pastor of St. Mary's Chruch in Bordentown, came to celebrate the Eucharist with us and stayed for dinner. The donkey is from Larry Denny, a Knight of Columbus. We named the donkey KC after the Knights of Columbus.

Some pictures of Christmas around the Monastery 

O Antiphons: O Root of Jesse

Great Advent - O Adonai

Pope Francis turns 82 on Dec. 17

The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe December 12

Our Lady of Guadalupe, also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe, is a Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a Marian apparition and a venerated image enshrined within the Minor Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. Wikipedia

Location: Tepeyac Hill, Mexico City

Date: 12 December 1531

Holy See approval: 12 October 1895, during the Canonical coronation granted by Pope Leo XIII

Shrine: Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Tepeyac Hill, Mexico City, Mexico

Patronage: Mexico (2018); The Americas (12 October 1945)

Christmas Newsletter 2018