In Focus - Dec. 2024: All About Hope

December 11, 2024 at 10:14 a.m.


Just like the sentiments of JOY, LOVE and CHARITY … the feeling of HOPE has always been part of our experience of Christmas. But this year, when Pope Francis inaugurates the Jubilee Year on Christmas Eve and opens the Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica, hope takes on new life as our beacon to follow throughout the season of Christmas and in the months to come.



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Just like the sentiments of JOY, LOVE and CHARITY … the feeling of HOPE has always been part of our experience of Christmas. But this year, when Pope Francis inaugurates the Jubilee Year on Christmas Eve and opens the Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica, hope takes on new life as our beacon to follow throughout the season of Christmas and in the months to come.


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