CHRISTMAS CRECHES

St. Ann Church, St. Croix

St. Joseph Church, St. Croix

St. Anne Chapel, St. Thomas

CHRISTMAS MASS

Fr. Charles Crespo portrayed Joseph during the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day homilies at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church on St. John. At each Mass he brought out a different newborn parishioner to be his baby Jesus.

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION AT A NURSING HOME

Members of the St. Ann Church community on St. Croix celebrated Christmas at the Herbert Grigg Home for the Aged on December 27. Msgr. Kosak celebrated Mass and prayed with residents while Deacon Eugene Thompson distributed Holy Communion in some of the rooms and Sr. Germaine Convery, WIF, (pictured above) and several Secular Franciscans presented gifts to the residents.

THE CATHOLIC ISLANDER    " JANUARY 2007*     13