Bambinelli Sunday, Dec 17, 2023 – For the past several decades, the Pope has blessed Baby Jesus figurines from Nativity scenes that belong to families, in St. Peter’s Square in Rome, on the third Sunday of Advent. All are invited to bring your Baby Jesus figurines to Mass on Sunday, Dec. 17 to be blessed, as we celebrate our own Bambinelli Sunday at St. Aloysius Church. After the blessing, you are encouraged to take your ‘Bambinelli’ home and place it in a gift box, wrap the box and save it for Christmas. Let this be the first gift you open on Christmas day.