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National Conferences and Meetings

Friends of the Creche holds an annual meeting every year.  On odd-numbered years, the annual meeting is incorporated into a national conference or convention.  

Cleveland welcomes you to the Great Lakes Nativity Conference December 1-3, 2025!

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Mary and Joseph Retreat Center grounds

The 2024 annual meeting was held November 1 - 3 at Mary and Joseph Retreat Center in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. 

 

US Capital Building with national Christmas tree and holy family nativity silhouettes

2023 Convention in Washington, D. C.

The 2023 convention in Washington D. C. was a great success.  Hosted at the Mayflower Hotel, one half mile north of the White House, the attendees enjoyed a wide range of exciting activities, including:

  • Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land of America tour and nativity collection

  • Festival of Lights display and nativity collection

  • Washington National Cathedral tour and nativity collection 

  • Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception tour

  • Museum of the Bible trip

  • Monuments by Moonlight tour

  • FOTC annual meeting and banquet

Read more about past gatherings in our Archive.

Where have the Friends of the Creche met?

​2024    Rancho Palos Verde, CA (annual meeting)
2023    Washington, D.C. (convention)
2022    Saint Simons Island, GA (annual meeting)
2021    Portland, OR (convention, moved online)
2020   Newport, RI (canceled for COVID-19)
2019    Santa Fe, NM (convention)
2018    Dayton, OH (annual meeting)
2017    Bethlehem, PA (convention)
2016    Monck's Corner, SC (annual meeting)
2015    Houston, TX (convention)
2014    Chicago, IL (annual meeting)
2013    Cleveland, OH (convention)

2012    Rancho Palos Verde, CA (annual meeting)
2011     Toronto, ON, Canada (convention)
2010    New Haven, CT (annual meeting)
2009    Salt Lake City, UT (convention)
2008    Ann Arbor, MI (annual meeting)
2007    Dayton, OH (convention)
2006    Nashville, TN (annual meeting)
2005    Santa Fe, NM (convention)
2004    Panama, CA (annual meeting)
2003    Hyannis, MA (convention)
2002    Frankenmouth, MI (annual meeting)
2001    Lancaster, PA (convention)

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