BAMBINELLI SUNDAY
(BLESSING OF BABY JESUS CRIB FIGURES)

Please bring the ‘Baby Jesus’ figurines from your home for blessing to the Vigil Mass on Sat 13th Dec & all the Masses in our parishes on Sun 14th Dec.
Next Sunday (14th December) is Gaudete Sunday, the 3rd Sunday of Advent. Gaudete means “rejoice” and on this Sunday we rejoice because we are almost at Christmas, the day when we will celebrate the coming of Jesus into the world; the greatest gift we have ever been given. On Gaudete Sunday, our parish will join with parishes around the world, in celebrating the tradition of ‘Bambinelli Sunday’. The Baby Jesus crib figures will be blessed. After the blessing, you are invited to wrap the Baby Jesus crib figure in wrapping paper and to place him under your Christmas tree. On Christmas morning let this be the first gift to be unwrapped in your family home.