Silent Auction
By Michael Whalen Always a challenge what to bring to the silent auctions at our conventions. Most of us are always on the prowl for some...
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mail4creche
- Sep 5, 2019
- 2 min
Hope Found in the Nativity
Linda Butti shares a very personal story of hope found in a nativity Christmas, the time for the Nativity to come out in most homes. In...
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mail4creche
- Sep 4, 2019
- 2 min
Missing pieces
By Neil Allen The problem with collecting anything with more than one piece is the inevitable missing piece(s) problem. A trip to the...
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mail4creche
- Sep 4, 2019
- 2 min
Be Careful what you agree to
By Helen Holder This is a nativity set adapted from a Better Homes and Gardens pattern that my husband and I made many, many years ago....
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mail4creche
- Sep 3, 2019
- 2 min
The Memory of Righteousness Will Be a Blessing
He came in the door with an old wooden box...
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mail4creche
- Aug 6, 2019
- 1 min
Manger on Main Street
The youth cut, sanded, stained and screwed together the plywood pieces.
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mail4creche
- Jul 31, 2019
- 1 min
30,000 Individual Pieces
Our Marian Library at the University of Dayton crèche collection has over 3,600 nativities. This figures to be well over 30,000...
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mail4creche
- Jul 30, 2019
- 1 min
Visiting Other Collections
Over in the corner sat a piece I had been shown in picture form.
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mail4creche
- Jul 21, 2019
- 2 min
Many Things to Remember
We look forward to our gatherings....
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mail4creche
- Jul 17, 2019
- 1 min
What Spurred Your Interest in the Nativity?
Our Parish had a plaster set.
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mail4creche
- Jul 7, 2019
- 1 min
University of Dayton Collection
The University of Dayton Collection Stay tuned to our Blog posts - Our Friends at the University of Dayton will share with us in the...
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mail4creche
- Jul 6, 2019
- 2 min
Why I love to Display Nativities
30,000 visitor later Neil Allen July, 2019 People often ask me, "WHERE DO YOU KEEP ALL OF THESE?" As if "keeping" them was a big deal. ...
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mail4creche
- Jul 6, 2019
- 1 min
I Never Meant to Go Overboard
Helen Holder It started in 1968 when I folded an origami nativity, designed by Ligia Montoya in The Secrets of Origami. A SERRV catalog...
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mail4creche
- Jul 6, 2019
- 1 min
"The Pastor that Hated Christmas"
An awakening at Christmas by Neil Allen When I was grumbling around the house on my "Day Off" from my parish, my wife asked, "Why are you...
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mail4creche
- Jul 6, 2019
- 1 min
There are Other Collectors?
Friends of the Creche and Creche Herald Surfing on the internet in 1997, I discovered The Creche Herald. I immediately subscribed. That,...
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mail4creche
- Jul 6, 2019
- 1 min
YOU LET ANYBODY IN?
Helen Holder July, 2019 Open houses began with friends, expanded to the public on a set day and then to bus tours whenever the ACVB...
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mail4creche
- Jul 6, 2019
- 1 min
Sharing is Fun!
July 2019 Helen Holder It takes me more than 3 weeks to get my display set up. Two couches get boards placed on their arms to make more...
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