The Republican Herald

Nativity BVM hosts five student-athletes for college signing day

Nativity BVM High School welcomed five student athletes for signing day on Thursday, May 7 to continue their academic and ...

Nativity inducts four into its Society of the Golden Cross

Nativity BVM High School inducted four supporters into its Society of the Golden Cross recently at Mountain Valley Golf Course. The induction ceremony was part of the school’s annual ...
The Republican Herald

Retired professor looks back on Nativity’s first graduating class 70 years ago

When Gerald “Jerry” Powers walked into the brand new Nativity BVM Catholic High School on September 7, 1955, he was blown ...
National Catholic Register

Vatican Unveils Nativity Scene Honoring St. Francis of Assisi and Devotion’s 800-Year-Old Origin

The scene in St. Peter’s Square depicts not only Mary and Joseph standing beside the manger, but also St. Francis of Assisi, who organized the first Nativity scene in a cave in the Italian village of ...
University of Dayton

What Is a Nativity Set?

A Nativity set, or crèche, is a three-dimensional representation of the birth of Jesus Christ. Some elements of a Nativity set are included because they are mentioned in the Bible. Other figures or ...
National Catholic Register

The Nativity Scene of St. Francis Reminds Us That the Word Became Flesh — and Food — at Christmas

Pope Francis marked his 87th birthday on Sunday with a party and cake for children before he kept his weekly appointment for the Sunday Angelus. The children got special attention there too, as many ...
America Magazine

My family’s Nativity scene is imperfect and broken. But I like it that way.

Composite image by author. Photos from Unsplash. “Mommmm! I can’t find Baby Jesus!” Away in a manger, no crib for his bed, a tiny wooden baby is swaddled in bubble wrap. The figure has no facial ...