Quinceaneras are a Mexican custom where a 15 year old girl has a  prenuptial or marriage rehearsal with brides maids and best young men. The young men wear tuxedos while the women wear gowns. During the ceremony the future bride presents a bouquet of flowers to Our Lady of Guadalupe as a token and vow to remain a virgin until she marries.

St Joseph’s was my parish and I was there when they started the changes in 1971. I suggested to the Fathers there, that they leave the Tabernacle and candle stands on the altar and they did, that is, until just 3 years ago. I can remember when they took the statutes out and brought in the rock groups.

California is playing an unparalleled role in Nevada growth, as state population estimates surpassed 3 million people and the U.S. Census Bureau ranked the Silver State as the nation’s fastest-growing in 2018. MORE

Nine in ten Orthodox Jews say that they support President Donald Trump, according to a poll released Wednesday by Ami Magazine. Moreover, that support appears to have risen dramatically since Election Day in 2016. MORE

Just weeks after Dakota Johnson pointedly corrected Ellen DeGeneres on her show, Blake Shelton followed suit in a slightly awkward exchange that aired this week. VIDEO

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The St. Pauli church in Malmö has removed a controversial LGBT painting from its altar in case viewers see the transgender individuals as being associated with evil. MORE

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She said: ‘Unfortunately, we probably already know the outcome. World leaders are still trying to run away from their responsibilities but we have to make sure they cannot do that. VIDEO

You got to love God’s clock. To begin with St. Lucy is a Sicilian who is in the canon of the Mass and Sicily was the first nation to have a feast day for the Immaculate Conception. (1).
To me Our Lady of Guadalupe is or can be compared to our Lady of the Apocalypse 12.
Not to mention your Joseph is of Sicilian decent and my name Saraceno comes from the word Saracen which means, Muslim Arab, add the O you have Sicilian, Italian.  Now you have the Saracen’s mentioned in the Missal’s and Italians in the Bible. (2) Joseph being born on May 13th, Our Lady of Fatima day and the woman,  “Fatima was reputedly the Prophet’s favorite daughter and a woman of … Sunnis recognize her as Muhammad’s favorite wife after Khadija,

The attack, which left six people dead on Tuesday, including the two suspected shooters, rattled a historically black neighborhood where an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community recently has taken root. Three people were killed inside the store, including the wife of the owner, a customer and an employee. A Jersey City police detective was fatally shot at a cemetery about a mile away, officials believe by the same two shooters, who were also found dead inside the store. MORE