Nativity Days is an annual parish festival which is a gift to the parishioners for their active service, steadfast dedication, and love toward the parish and the universal Church. At Nativity Days, we come together to experience prayer, family activities, games, meals, presentations, exhibits, and friendship for an entire weekend.
2025 PROGRAM
NATIVITY NIGHT
SEPTEMBER 4, 2025
4:00–7:00 PM
Join us for family-friendly Eucharistic adoration in the church, confession, and community fellowship, with kids’ activities in the gathering area from 4:00 to 6:00 pm. Dinner will be offered by the parish in St. Frances Cabrini Hall. Bring your family, friends, and a neighbor.
The confessions during the Nativity Night can fulfill one of the requirements for obtaining the plenary indulgence, along with the Nativity of Our Lord Jubilee Pilgrimage to the Cabrini Shrine on September 6.
Schedule:
4:00–6:00 pm | EUCHARISTIC ADORATION AND RECONCILIATION (with kids’ activities in the gathering area)
4:15 pm | ROSARY
6:10 pm | VESPERS FOLLOWED BY BENEDICTION & REPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
5:00–6:00 pm and 6:30–7:00 pm | GREEK DINNER offered by the parish in Cabrini Hall
MINISTRY FAIR BEGINS
SEPTEMBER 4, 2025
4:00 PM | Cabrini Hall
Stewardship entails a process of continually renewing and recommitting oneself to God. During Nativity Days, nearly a hundred groups and ministries will present Nativity's treasure of multiple initiatives that express the creative work of the Holy Spirit in our community. There are many opportunities Nativity provides for the parishioners to share their time, talent, and faith with others, and to receive help and guidance via our groups and ministries. Come and see!
PIANO MUSIC CONCERT
Friday, September 5, 2025
7:00 pm
An evening of music performed by world-renowned pianist, Kuok-Wai Lio, who will also share how the beauty of music set off the journey of his faith.
“In music, in the panorama of nature, in dreams at night (as Leopardi himself wrote in his Canto Notturno...) it is to something else that man pays homage, from which he expects something: he awaits it. His enthusiasm is for something that music, or everything that is beautiful in the world, has awakened within him. When a person begins to feel this, his soul immediately harks to await the other thing: even in the presence of what he can grasp, he awaits another thing. He grasps what he can grasp, but he awaits another thing.” (The Life of Luigi Giussani, p. 991)
MUSIC PROGRAM:
Robert Schumann, Kinderszenen ("Scenes from Childhood"), Op. 15
A set of thirteen movements written in 1838:
1. Of Foreign Lands and Peoples
2. A Curious Story
3. Blind Man's Bluff
4. Pleading Child
5. Happy Enough
6. An Important Event
7. Dreaming
8. At the Fireside
9. Knight of the Hobbyhorse
10. Almost Too Serious
11. Frightening
12. Child Falling Asleep
13. The Poet SpeaksLudwig van Beethoven, Sonata Op. 106, Hammerklavier
The concert is free of charge and open to everyone; however, registration is required due to limited seating. When registering children, please note that attending a performance will challenge them to exhibit maturity and concert manners, and to maintain silence and attention. Babysitting will be provided.
Please arrive early to check in and take your seat.
NATIVITY OF OUR LORD JUBILEE PILGRIMAGE TO MOTHER CABRINI SHRINE
Saturday, September 6, 2025
MASS AT THE SHRINE: 10:30 AM
Mother Cabrini Shrine in Golden, Colorado, is a holy pilgrimage site designated by the Archdiocese for the Jubilee Year of Hope, offering the opportunity to gain a plenary indulgence. As a parish, we will join together attending the Mass celebrated by Fr. Emanuele Fadini, F.S.C.B. at 10:30 am, pray for the intentions of the Holy Father, and venerate the relic of Mother Cabrini.
There will be NO 9:30 am Mass and morning confessions at Nativity on September 6. All are welcome to attend Mass at the Shrine. Confessions will be offered during the Nativity Night on September 4.
GENERAL NORMS ON A PLENARY INDULGENCE
In order to obtain a plenary indulgence, in addition to the works of penance and mercy, the person must be in a state of grace and fulfill the following conditions:
Detachment from all sin, even venial
Sacramental confession
Reception of Holy Communion
Prayer for the intentions of the Holy Father
These three conditions of sacramental confession, reception of Holy Communion, and prayer for the intentions of the Holy Father can be fulfilled up to 20 days before or after performing the works to gain the indulgence, but it is recommended that Communion and the prayer for the intentions of the Holy Father take place on the same day that the work is completed.
→ MORE ABOUT PLENARY INDULGENCE
FOR THOSE UNABLE TO TRAVEL
Those who are unable to take part in the pilgrimages for serious reasons, such as the elderly, the sick and those who care for them, or the imprisoned, may obtain the indulgence by uniting themselves in spirit with those making pilgrimages, reciting an Our Father, a Profession of Faith, and other prayers in harmony with the purpose of the Jubilee year, and offering up their sufferings and hardships to the Lord.
FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT
Saturday, September 6, 2025
7:00 PM | GATHER IN THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT
The movie, The Princess Bride, begins at dusk.
Complementary drinks and popcorn will be served.
Please, bring your chairs, blankets, drinks, and food or snacks.
Sponsored by Nativity: Faith & Reason Catholic School
CELEBRATION OF THE JOINT CANONIZATION OF CARLO ACUTIS AND PIER GIORGIO FRASSATI
Pope Leo XIV will canonize Blessed Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati together on September 7, 2025. Our parish will join the entire Church in this special celebration. “They chose Christ,” Carlo’s mom says. Their lives demonstrate that holiness is possible in the modern world.
PARISH PICNIC
Sunday, September 7, 2025
12:30–3:00 PM
FOOD WILL BE SERVED BETWEEN 12:30 and 2:00 PM
Music by Prime Band | 1:00–3:00 pm
Emcee: Teddy Ariniello
Kids Zone | 12:30–2:30 pm (up to age 10)
Games for Kids & Adults | 1:15–2:00 pm
MINISTRY FAIR CONCLUDES AT 3:00 PM
Contact:
Diane Irby, d.irby@nool.us, 303-469-5171, ext. 103
