Bambinelli Sunday

All families are invited to bring their Jesus figurine to St. Mathias for a special blessing at Masses on the weekend of Dec. 13th to observe the tradition of Bambinelli Sunday.

A great tradition to start during the Advent season is preparing your Nativity Set with the  exception of Baby Jesus. A Nativity set that is (temporarily) missing the Baby Jesus is a good reminder that it’s not quite Christmas yet!

St. John Paul II started the tradition of “Bambinelli Sunday”, where he encouraged children to bring their baby Jesus from their family’s nativity set to St. Peter’s Square for a special papal blessing. The children then place their baby Jesus figurine under the Christmas tree until Christmas morning (when he then rejoins the Nativity set). 

You can read more about Bambellini Sunday  here.