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Creche Festival – Franciscan Renewal Center
December 16, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 10:00 pm
4th Annual Creche Festival at the Franciscan Renewal Center. Located at 5802 E Lincoln Drive, Paradise Valley,
Saturday, December 16th 10am – 10pm
Sunday, December 17th 8am – 5pm
Visit the Franciscan Renewal Center the Advent and enjoy the spirit of St. Francis with the Casa’s :Creche Festival,” December 16 and 17th. Features over 150 Nativity Scenes from different cultures from around the world. Enjoy a performance of Buon Natale Greccio, a musical about St. Francis and the original Greccio creche. Performance is Saturday, December 16th at 7pm and Sunday, December 17 at 1pm.
This event is part of the Celebration of 800 years of Franciscan History.
The Conference of the Franciscan Family is pleased to announce that a plenary indulgence has been granted from December 8, 2023, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, until February 2, 2024, the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. The indulgence may be obtained by visiting a church served by Franciscans and praying before the nativity scene set up there.
In the letter the Conference wrote to all the confreres, it states that this indulgence, linked to the Franciscan Centenary of the Christmas at Greccio, was requested and obtained from Pope Francis in order to promote the spiritual renewal of the faithful and increase the life of grace. Even those who cannot physically visit a Franciscan church can experience the Indulgence by offering their sufferings or carrying out a spiritual sacrifice.
