Admirabile Signum: 2021 Nativity Scene Challenge

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They say that beauty will save the world. This is particularly true this Christmas when numerous nativity scenes have adorned our parishes and families.


On Christmas eve, I requested some of my brother priests and friends to send me the photos of the different Nativity Scenes from their parishes.


At the end of the day I received so many that someone challenged me…"Tell us which is the fairest of them all." That was a difficult decision because all of them were beautiful and all of them were set in different circumstances.

Nativity Scene from Nyumbani Children's Home Kitui


So I decided to post them on my facebook account and let the people be the jury. After some long wait we finally had a winner. Well, at the end of it all, it was not a competition but it is all about people sharing the joy of the Incarnation. Despite this, Many more promised to do even better next year. There is always room for improvement.


Post Francis in 2019 wrote the Apostolic Letter Admirabile Signum on the significance of the Nativity Scene to encourage us to continue with this wonderful tradition of preparing the nativity scene not only in families and parishes but also in workplaces, schools, hospitals, prisons and town squares.


“The nativity scene is like a living gospel, rising up from the pages of sacred scripture.” It is said that St. Francis of Asisi was the first person to come up with a nativity scene.


From my own experience, I remember as a child, always being drawn by Jesus in the Nativity Scene.


Here are the full results of all the Participants:



position

Parish

Diocese 

Likes

1.

St. Monica Parish Lanet

Nakuru

84

2.

Christ the King Cathedral, Nakuru

Nakuru

69

3.

Our Lady of Mercy Magumu

Homabay

56

3.

St. Daniel Comboni Hekima

Nakuru

56

3.

Our Lady of Fatima Mukurweini Parish

Nyeri

56

6.

Holy Ghost Cathedral Mombasa 

Mombasa

45

7.

Blessed Irene Stephanie Church/St. Teresa Equator Parish

Nyeri

43

8.

St. Peter’s cathedral

Erie, PA

37

8.

St. Monica Section 58

Nakuru

37

10.

St. therese Kalimoni

Nairobi

32

11

St. Francis of Asisi Kiti

Nakuru

31

12.

Mary Mother of God Kabarnet

Nakuru

30

12.

Nyumbani Village Children’s Home 

Kitui

30

14.

St. Joseph’s Novitiate FSMPC, Mlimani

Nakuru

28

15.

Sacred Heart Cathedral

Kericho

26

16.

St. Francis Xavier Naivasha

Nakuru

25

17.

Ss. Simon and Jude Longonot

Nakuru

23

18.

Holy Trinity Kileleshwa

Nairobi

22

19.

St. Magret BelAir MAryland

Rochester

18

20.

Christ the King Kamuwongo

Kitui

16

21.

Sacred Heart Shrine Lang’ata 

Nairobi

14

22.

Consolata Shrine Nairobi

Nairobi

13

23.

PUSC

Rome

12

24.

St. Abraham Endo Parish

Eldoret

10

25.

St. Joseph the Worker Race Course 

Nakuru

9

26.

Mary Immaculate Cathedral

Nyahururu

8

27.

St. Peter and Paul Kihara

Nairobi

3

28.

Our Lady of Lourdes 

Machakos Town

Machakos

3

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