We are celebrating the Epiphany of the Lord: the visit of the wise men, the first gentiles to meet Our Lord.

We are celebrating Christmas, the birth of Our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

The Christmas Crib was the idea of St Francis of Assisi, a close friend and mentor of our patroness, St Clare.

Well, flowers just don't arrange themselves (GM is not yet that advanced!) so it is down to a dedicated team of arrangers to replace the frugality of the Advent Season with the bubbling joy of Christmas.

It has become somewhat of a tradition at St Clare's that on the Sunday before Christmas we gather together to sings Carols by Candlelight.