Feasts & Celebrations

                                  December is when we prepare for and celebrate Christ's birth and the miraculous events surrounding it.

December 8  ----- Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
                                   On this Holy Day of Obligation, we attend Mass to commemorate that Mary was conceived in St. Anne's womb without original sin.

December 12 ----Our Lady of Guadalupe (1531).
                                   The Blessed Mother appeared to St. Juan Diego, also Native American.  She asked to have a chapel built for her, and had him carry roses in his tilma (cape) to the bishop as a sign.  When he emptied his tilma before the bishop, it retained the image of the Blessed Mother.

December 27 ----St. John ( 1st century).
                                   An apostle and friend of Jesus, St. John was known for his fiery temper.  He once asked Jesus if he could call down fire from heaven on an inhospitable town.  Later in his life, he and St. Peter asked the Holy Spirit to come down on the Samaritans.