Author: Administrator

In the interest of preserving the photographic history of the parish…we capture images that pass through social media and are sent to us from photos and other sources over the long history of the Shrine. So, for your enjoyment, I’m posting a few that have shown up in the recent past. Clicking on the photo will open a full size image.

From 1927, during 40 Hours Devotion:

News story from 1900 regarding construction resuming:

Photograph (date unknown) with Commercial College building:

Postcard (date unknown) with Commercial College building:

This is the Twenty-fifth Day of December, when ages beyond number had run their course from the creation of the world;

When God, in the beginning, created heaven and earth, and formed man in his own likeness;

When century upon century had passed since the Almighty set his bow in the clouds after the Great Flood, as a sign of covenant and peace;

In the twenty-first century since Abraham, our father in faith, came out of Ur of the Chaldees;

In the thirteenth century since the People of Israel were led by Moses in the Exodus from Egypt;

In the thousandth year since David was anointed King;

In the sixty-fifth week of the prophecy of Daniel;

In the one hundred and ninety-fourth Olympiad;

In the year seven hundred and fifty-two since the foundation of the City of Rome;

In the forty-second year of the reign of Caesar Octavian Augustus, the whole world being at peace,

JESUS CHRIST, eternal God and Son of the eternal Father, desiring to consecrate the world by his most loving presence, was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and when nine months had passed since his conception, was born of the Virgin Mary in Bethlehem of Judea, and was made man:

This is the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to the flesh.

The Fall River Herald News has nominated our Society president as Newsmaker of the Year!

Read the story here.