In the tradition of ancient Jewish people, Mary and Joseph became betrothed, the first part of a two-stage ... for thousands of years to come as Christmas. Travelers to the West Bank often visit ...

The Christian Story of the First Christmas. In a town called Nazareth, there was a young woman called Mary who was engaged to married to a carpenter called Joseph. One day, God sent the Angel ...

This feast of the Holy Family invites us to think about our understanding of family. The first reading from the Book of Sirach, a text that is part of the wisdom writings and tradition ...

The first will be last and the ... At this time of year, many children take part in Christmas pageants. It’s easy to get wrapped up in the story of Mary and Joseph, of shepherds coming in ...

It can be tough enough to be any father, but consider the challenges of the biblical Joseph, who ends up co-parenting Jesus with the Virgin Mary ... Steven Klemz. The first time he held the ...

Because Mary and Joseph went to Bethlehem to comply ... Dec. 25 as the date to celebrate the birth through Christmas, Christians first had to recognize it as something to celebrate.

We are much like the young couple, Mary and Joseph, who after the first Christmas, brought their little one out on the road stretching between Bethlehem and Egypt. A long, long line of caregivers.

But the first time the evergreen was used as a Christmas tree was either in ... carrying candles to symbolically light the ...