As we’ve seen so many times during tour, the Santuario Maria Auxiliadora was a beautiful cathedral full of shrines and art. One distinguishing feature in this church was the elaborate manger scene that was set up along the side of the church.
The boys provided music for the mass, and were mostly situated off the side and in the organ loft. The local children were often highlighted during the mass, some of them replete in their finest Christmas outfits. At the end of the mass, the choir sang a few additional songs from the altar, and processed out of the church. A beautiful service.
The boys spent Christmas Eve with their homestays, which was a real treat. In Chile, Christmas Eve is significantly more important than it is in the US, and many of the boys met the extended families of their homestays.
Christmas Eve Mass.
Boys in the Audience Are Fascinated by Christmas Eve Mass Performance.
Christmas Eve Mass at Punta Arenas, Chile on December 24, 2015. (Photos by E Bryan Crenshaw III).
The local children were called to this spectacular altar several times during the mass.
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