LAS POSADAS - December 16-24, 2023
St. Anne's Catholic Church celebrated Las Posadas on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023 in their parish hall.
Pictures from the event (courtesy of Fr. Joseph)
Las Posadas, celebrated yearly from December 16-24, is a religious festival traditionally held in Mexico and parts of Latin America. Translating to ‘The Inns’ in Spanish, Las Posadas is an important part of the Christmas festivities. Over the nine nights of celebrations, parties are held at different people’s homes. Before each gathering, all the guests form a procession to mark Mary and Joseph’s search for an inn on the night of Jesus’s birth. The march is usually led by an angel as a symbolic act of Mary and Joseph finding shelter in a stable when they were unable to find lodging in Bethlehem
(content courtesy of National Today)