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!
The 2024 annual meeting was held November 1 - 3 at Mary and Joseph Retreat Center in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.
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:
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Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land of America tour and nativity collection
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Festival of Lights display and nativity collection
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Washington National Cathedral tour and nativity collection
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Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception tour
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Museum of the Bible trip
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Monuments by Moonlight tour
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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)