7 Nights of Lights Tributes
“Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”
– Luke 2:15
Luminaria candles were blessed and lighted on Christmas Eve in tribute to the individuals and families listed here. Each will be remembered in the daily prayers of the Friars from Christmas through New Year’s Eve, while their candle burns throughout the seven days.
Visit the Luminaria
The Franciscan Monastery gardens, 1400 Quincy St. NE, Washington, DC, are open daily until 4:45 pm., and until 7 p.m. on Dec. 27. Free parking is available across from the main gate.
Luminaria Tributes
A + indicates the honoree is deceased. A name may appear more than once if multiple luminaria were dedicated to that person. Please email corrections to our list coordinator.
- Lauren and Jake Abbott
- Abby and Frisby+
- Steve Ackley+
- Lillian Adams
- The Adams family of Natchez, MS
- Br. Fabian Adkins OFM+
- Pablo & Lynna Aguilar and Family
- Celestina Aguilar+
- Ambrose Ngwa Akonteh
- Nachi L. Akonteh
- Raphael Chierba Akonteh
- Therese Njilely Bisi Akonteh
- Thomas Allwein+
- Adelina Andico+
- Antoinette and Donald+
- John and Margaret Ardeeser
- John and Margaret Ardeeser+
- Victor Arias+
- Ellie and Don Arp+
- Carmelo Atilano
- Sean Ian Austin
- Robert Avila Cervantes+
- Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Ax+
- Aydt Family+
- Babee and Pap
- Ray and Diana Bacci
- Dorothy Baile+
- Barbas+, Moco+ & Lolita+
- Anthony and Maria Barbero+
- John Barbero+
- Teresa and George Barbero+
- Wenona and George Barbero+
- Mike Barnard+
- Paul Andrew Barry
- Rev. John M. Barry
- Raymond Bedwick+
- Ron Bellamy+
- Sam Berliner III+
- Phylsis Betson
- The Blackman Family
- Neva Blake+
- Blake family of Nanjemoy
- Joseph Blanco Family
- Anne Sheehan Blanco+
- David V. Bobbitt+
- Marty Bode+
- Theresa Boehringer+
- Louise Bond+
- James and Joanne Boyce+
- Alice and Joseph Bozik+
- Uncle Phil Bozik+
- Br. Benny
- Br. Christopher
- Br. Sebastian
- Tom Brantch+
- Tim Brennan+
- Neill and Vanessa Bridgman+
- Afia Brobbey Family
- Donald & Helen Brown Family & Ancestors+
- Glen Brown+
- Shirley Brown+
- Betty Browning+
- Dianne Bukoski
- Ann Conlon Burkhalter+
- James M. Burry+
- Carolline Marie Butler+
- Mary E. Butler+
- David and Betsy Byrd
- Callahan Family+
- Jimmy Camacho+
- Vickie Caparas and Family
- Catherine Carew
- Lawrence Carew+
- Dan Carpenter
- Lucille and Clarence Carpenter
- The Carpino Family+
- Frank Carpino+
- Jane Carpino+
- Raphaela and Edgidio Carpino+
- Erica E. Carter
- Jimmy Carter+
- Claire Anne Cavey+
- Kevin Cavey+
- Sharon Cayelli+
- Richard Cecil+, Michael Cecil+
- Paul Chen
- James Chiabi
- Enrique Chua+
- Sandy Clark+
- Members of the Coldwell Community
- Mary Conlon
- Michael Conlon
- Dr. Michael Conlon+
- Jonna, Joseph, and Margaret Connellan
- Connolly Family+
- Maxine and Jim Connor+
- Rosa Conte+
- Barbara S. Contrera+
- Joseph F. Contrera+
- Cooke Family+
- James Paul Cooke+
- Dolores Corey+
- Frederick Corey+
- Eric and Cristina Cortez and Family
- Roman Cosio+
- Patrick Cottom
- Br. Thomas Courtney OFM+
- John “Pete” Cox
- Cox Family+
- Michael Cox+
- Lloyd and Nancy Coyne
- Robert L. Craighead
- John Culhane
- Mike Culhane
- Mary Cunniff Linkletter+
- Martin Cunniff, Jr.
- Martin Cunniff, Sr.+
- Della Cunniff+
- Cecilia Cunningham+
- Eduardo M. Cunningham+
- Brother Victor-Antoine d’Avila-Latourette+
- Ann Damrau
- Iryna Datskovska+
- Jane Davis
- Fr. Vincent De Rosa
- John Debs+
- Joseph DeCicco+
- Virginia DeCicco+
- Nancy Decker+
- Ma del Refugio Rodarte+
- John Deleonibus and Family
- Sabatino Deleonibus+
- Joseph DeSantis and Family
- Timothy DeSantis and Family
- Robert DeSantis, Jr. and Family
- Robert DeSantis+
- John Diehl+
- Maria Teresa DiFranco+
- Mark Digristina+
- Julian DiMeglio
- Kitty DiMeglio
- The Joseph and Marcellina DiMeglio Family+
- Julian and Kathryn DiMeglio+
- Marsha Ann DiMeglio+
- George Dolengowski Sr.+
- Anne V Dolengowski+
- Jo Dolengowski+
- John W. Dooher+
- Mary Downey
- Drake family of Jackson, MS
- Jackie Dunlavey and Family
- Familia Dutruel, Argentina
- Margaret Dwight+
- Ellen and Gene Dwyer+
- Sherry Dwyer+
- Gerald Dye
- Scott Eastment+
- Pam Eaton
- Fr. Jim Edmiston OFM+
- Fr. James Edmiston, O.F.M.+
- Agnes Edmiston+
- Fr. Jim Edmiston+
- Jim, Perry and Agnes Edmiston+
- Pearl and Perry Edmiston+
- Perry B. Edmiston+
- Paola Edstrom
- Jessica Ellis+
- Leo Ellis+
- Sadie Ellis+
- Joan and Theresa Emmell
- Emmell Family+
- Hap and Rita Emmell+
- Jack and Louise Emmell+
- Tom Engel+
- Florence Engels+
- Louise Engle+
- Erlenbach Family
- Althol M. Evans+
- Robert Evans+
- The family and friends of the Farinas
- Nancy Farley+
- Mary Churchill Fearman
- Fedele and Golibersuch Family
- Laura Fedor+
- Fred Fehling+
- Mary Fehling+
- William Fender+
- Don & Gloria Fierstein+
- Bill Finnerty+
- Paul B. Finnicum+
- Marian Fitch Marks+
- Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fitch+
- Mr. and Mrs. George E. Fitch+
- Mr. and Mrs. James E. Fitch+
- Theresa Fitzgerald+
- William Flanagan+
- Virginia and Stanley Flens+
- David Fletcher Family
- Carl Flood+ & M&M William Flood Sr.+
- Mike and Pat Flynn
- Food & Friends: Clients, Staff and Volunteers
- Donald Foradori+
- John J. Francis Jr.+
- Elizabeth Ann Frick+
- Kathleen Frick+
- Beth Fricke & Family
- Fugere-Sharp Family
- Louie and Mathild Fugere+
- Gabe Gabriel
- Gabriel+
- Juan Alberto Galdamez Castro+
- James and Marie Gallagher+
- Lili Garrido
- Joseph and Elizabeth Garrity+
- Amber Garza+
- Dave Eugene Gates+
- Leonard and Gloria Gedrich+
- Andrew Gellert+
- James and Brian Gendimenico+
- Bill and Nancy Giardina
- Josephine Gieske+
- Altamese and Clarence Gilmore+
- Rita Giovenco and Family
- Emil Girczyc+
- Jeffrey Glazer+
- Martha and Gus Gnam+
- Gough Family+
- Robert and A. Pauline Gradwell+
- Doug Grant
- Michele Grant+
- Leon J. Gratkowski
- Gratkowski Family
- Richard B. Graves+
- Gabriele Grenigloh
- Roland Grenigloh
- Anne Gross and Family
- Gig and Les Grube+
- Kathryn Guido and Family
- Greg and Sarah Hale and Family
- Alice F. Hall+
- Lorraine Hall+
- Maureen Hall+
- Robert A. Hall+
- Sonny Hall+
- Michael Hamas+
- David Hamilton & Family
- John and Mary Haney+
- Hanna Family+
- Carroll Hanson+
- Harry Harper+
- James R. Harris Family
- Genevieve A. Harris+
- Lexie Harris+
- Allison Hart+
- Gary Hauder Family+ and living
- Eric and Celina Hautbois and Family
- Preston Hayes+
- Elizabeth Hayunga+
- George Hayunga+
- Marie Heaney+
- James and Elizabeth Hebb+
- Reed Heggie+
- “Pata Pata” Heise+
- Gerald L. Heise+
- Anthony and Helen Hemelt+
- James (Jimmy) Hemelt+
- Coit Hendley+
- Jose Hernandez+
- Raul Hernandez+
- Xavier Hernandez+
- Elvira Herrera Quiroz + ❤️
- Gerald Hildebrand Sr.+
- Ben Hill and Family
- Agnes Hill+
- Ben Hill+
- Ben and Minnie Lee Hill+
- Robert Hinson
- Ray & Helen Hinson+
- Hitalia Family
- The Hobson Family
- Hoeglinger Family
- Mary Clare Holder+
- Victoria Hollister
- DeAndre Holmes+
- Ollie and Elin Holmstrom+
- Walter, Patricia & Michael Holmstrom+
- Mary Ellen and Stan Hoover
- Oliver and Rosella Hoover
- John Jack Hornay
- James Horstkamp Jr. and Family
- Thomas & Doris Horstkamp, Family & Ancestors+
- William Howard and Angela Ball+
- Coty Howard+, Lauren Van Dyke+
- Stephen and Genevieve Hulick and Family
- Karen Hulick+
- John Hunn+
- James and Frances Hurley
- Maria Hurley+
- Grandma Pat and Ira+ Hutchison
- Grandma Mere and Rhonda Hutchison+
- Stefanie Indellicati
- Irish-Yanoshik Family
- Charles and Eileen Issing+
- Mary Jaksic+
- Ijaz Jamall
- Jandacka Family
- Joe Janny+
- Helen and Edward Janus+
- Branndon Cornell Jefferson
- Jenkins Family
- Jenks/Houghton Families
- Dean Alexander Jensen
- Robert Allen Jensen+
- Armando y Juanita Jiménez-Ordóñez
- Brigitte Joehnk+
- Johnson family of Natchez, MS
- Daniel Johnson+
- Dianne Johnson+
- Florence Johnson+
- Herb Johnson+
- Adriana Teresa Jokisch-Sagrera+
- John Jones Family+ and living
- Harry and Izorah Jones+
- Paul Kane+
- Martha Karandy
- Shirley Keesee+
- Mary Kelly
- Barbara Kelly+
- James and Mary Kelly+
- Bob and Sally Kenel
- Mary and Raymond Kenel+
- Jane Curley Kimmel+
- Dale Kollmorgen+
- Lottie and Joseph Kozloski+
- Agnes and John Krafsig Jr.+
- Elmer and Iris Kramer+
- Imogen Louise Kramer+
- Michell Kruskvnjak+
- Daniel Kuhnlein
- Katharine Kuhnlein
- Martha Kunz+
- Peter Kunz+
- Betty Kwan+
- Nisla Lamis+
- Modesto, Aurora, Jocelyn Layon
- Sue McLaughlin & Family
- The Len Family+
- Karol and Frances Len+
- The Leonard Family
- Jack Leonard+
- Veronica “Vicky” Letson+
- Benjamin and Lillian Levine+
- Jonathan Levine+
- Christian Lezama Missing
- Eleazar Lezama+
- Betty, Wu-Wei and Kevin Li+
- Gerald Liebeskind+
- Shirley Liebeskind+
- The Liversidge Family
- Wai Ching Lo+
- Bill and Mitzi Loftus+
- Chuck Loftus+
- Susan Loftus+
- Betty and Joseph Longo+
- Asuncion Lopez and Family
- Ubaldo Lora+
- Ian lothian+
- Carlton L. Lynch+
- Leo Lynch+
- Michael M. Murphy+, Margaret M. Murphy+
- Joseph MacAdam+
- Jack MacCormack+
- The Machos Family
- Maddox family of Nanjemoy
- William Maguire+
- Ceil and Mike Maloney
- Margaret T. Maloney+
- Rosanna Mancini+
- Zenaida Mariano
- Christopher B. Mario+
- Christine Marrero+
- Arthur Elliott Marshall Jr.+
- Margaret Martin
- Mary and Jane+
- Ed and Louise Mathews
- Sara Maxwell+
- Kathleen Mayhall+
- Mazak/Yonko Family+
- James V. McAuliffe
- The McAuliffe Family
- Mary “Birdie” McAuliffe+
- John J. McCann, Jr.+
- Marion McCann+
- Sarah McCann+
- Robert McCleary+
- Marie Gallagher and Walter Lowrie McClintock
- Margaret Ann McCoffrey+
- Barbara McCoy
- Paul McDonald+
- Debra “Mac” McDowell+
- Willie Mae McGarratt
- McGowan Family
- Francis McGrath+
- Alice McIntyre+
- Peter McIntyre+
- Eileen McKenna+
- James and Helen McKenna+
- Linda McKenna+
- Linda McKenna+
- Maureen McKenna+
- Nadine McNeil
- George McPartland+
- Deirdre McQuade+
- Ellen and James McShane
- Jose M. Mejía+ Rest in peace, love you
- Tom and Mary Melo
- John Mendelewski+
- Theresa Mendelewski+
- The Edmund Menichetti Family
- Jonathon “Casey” Menichetti+
- Anthony Mennella+
- Donito Mennella+
- Fr. Luke Mennella+
- Margherita Mennella+
- Rita Mennella+
- Dr. Joseph T. Mertinko+
- Walter Meruvia+
- John Michelini+
- Pat and Bob Michelini+
- Patricia Miles+
- Tsai-Hong Miller
- Sam Miller and Family
- Samuel Clemons Miller+
- Ms. Elizabeth Milligan+
- Matt Mohan+
- Ian Patrick Mollo+
- Maria T. Morgan+
- Megan Morgan+
- Ricky Morgan+
- Donald and Ann Marie Moriarty+
- Mary V. Moriarty+
- Sara Morton
- Diane Morton+
- Lewis H. Mottley, Jr.+
- Mary Ellen Mottley+
- Sherwood A. Moulton
- Moulton Family
- Dennis & Barbara Mroczkowski Family
- The Mueller Family
- Brandy Mueller+
- The Muellers
- Jacqueline Mulholland
- John Mulholland
- Matt Mulholland
- Mullahy McGovern Family
- Jack and Betty Mullahy+
- Jim Mullahy+ and Mullahy Family
- Daniel Francis Mulligan+
- Donald and Elisa Mulligan+
- Murdock Family+
- Eva Murphy+
- Art, Ann and Jill Myers
- Sylvia Napier and Family
- Sylvia Napier+
- Marcia Nassar (pray for healing)
- Raja Nassar+
- Samia Nassar+
- Elisabeth Nebel+
- Teresa Nemil and Family
- Jeanne Newman
- Mary Bea Nichols+
- Angela Njob
- John W. Njob
- Rose V. Njob
- Nana and Pop Pop Noverini+
- Ugochukwu Cyril Nwanne+
- Lily O’Brien+
- Louis and Frances O’Bryan
- Mary Jo & Patrick O’Connor+
- Sr. Marion O’Connor+
- Timothy O’Neill
- O’Neill Family
- The O’Reilly Family
- Andrew Obanor+
- James P. Ostryniec+
- Veronica Padden+
- Ana Palacios+
- Chick Pallotta
- Grace Pallotta
- Ann and Cathy Panella+
- June Parr+
- Mark Parr+
- Sally Parsons Luciano
- Mary and Bill Parsons+
- Manuel Peña+
- Marty Peña+
- Mary Frances Peña+
- Karen, Brooke, Danny and Bob Pennington
- Blanca Perdomo+
- Salvador Perdomo+
- Oscar Perea+
- Luis and Helen Pereira and Family
- Fernando Pereiro and Family
- Emillio and Dina Perruso+
- Mike & Maggie Petsro+
- Marsha Pfunder
- Tom Pfunder
- Philibert Family+
- Margaret Phillips+
- Marie T. Piazza+
- Isabel Pico
- Barbara M. Piczak+
- Chester V. Piczak+
- David G. Piczak+
- Mr. Al Piela+
- Rev. Jorge Piñol CR+
- Nancy Pirner+
- Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Potter+
- Elaine Potwardoski+
- Povish Family
- Kathryn Preston
- Mike and Christine Preston
- Louise and Chris Preston+
- Gui-bai Qian+
- Beatrice Quinlan
- T.R. Quinlan
- Quinn Family
- Quinn Family of NJ
- Charlotte E. Quinn+
- Patty Quinn+
- Richard A. Quinn+
- Kathi Rabil
- Robert Raczynski+
- Maria Dolores Ramos
- George E. Ramsey
- Eldridge B. Ramsey+
- George & Mary Ramsey+
- Margareta J. Ramsey+
- Nora Lee and Howard Rankin+
- William Ransford+
- Maria Razo+
- Diana W. Read
- Fr. John B. Read+
- Frederick Kelly Read+
- Lauretta H. Read+
- William H. Read+
- Col Richard H. Reed, MDUSA+
- Arlene Reed+
- Romer Reed+
- Thomas and Charlotte Reilly+
- Cecilia Reynolds
- Mary and Clifford Reynolds
- Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Ricciardi+
- Rita L. Richards
- George and Shirley Ricketts+
- Andre Robinson
- Chris Rooney+
- Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rooney+
- Francisco Rosales+
- Joe Roy and family
- Rozankovic Family+
- Julia Ruiz+
- St. Martin’s Choir and Church Family
- Jeanne Salvia+
- Mila Samoute
- Sonia Sandomingo+
- John and Genevieve Sandoval and Family
- Jose Felix and Irma Sandoval and Family
- Amy and Dip Sandoval+
- Baxter, Eddie & Duncan Sandoval+
- Juan and Balbina Sandoval+
- Maxwell and Sasha Sandoval+
- Oliver, Abigail and Thomas Sandoval+
- Jacinto Santiz+
- Elizabeth Sarantos and Family
- Eric Savioli+
- Guilio and Grace Savioli+
- Ed and Martha Sax+
- Jeanne Scampoli+
- Schatz Family
- Helen and Homer Schettig+
- Troy Schmidt+
- Nancy Schruefer+
- In memory of Rita and Maynard Schumacher+
- Laureano and Isabella Sejas+
- Martha and Bruno Seppi and Family
- Bill Sexton+
- Fatima Shaikh and Family
- Wade Sharp+
- Russell Shaw
- Carmen Shaw+
- Sue Shawhan
- Sheehan Family
- Sheelen Family+
- Lisa Sherwood+
- Carl Shirdon Jr.+
- Helen and Carl Shirdon Sr.+
- Carl Shirdon+
- Jim Shirdon+
- Hugh Shiring+
- Mr. and Mrs. James R. Shoemaker+
- Reade and Eleanor Shook+
- Nana and PopPop Schoen+
- Diane Schoen+ and Family
- Jon Schoen+ and Family
- Mia Schoen+ and Family
- Kacey and Kristin Shrauger and Family
- Leonard and Linda Shrauger and Family
- Kelly Shrauger+
- Michael Shrauger+
- Ann Silvers
- Dennis Silvia+
- Mary Nina and Peter Skeffington+
- Frances and Fred Skiba+
- Anne Skiffington
- Anne Slade+
- Robert Smaldore+
- Daniel Smiley Family
- Alex Smith
- Familia Smith
- Gloria and Ray Smith
- Kate Smith
- Eileen Smith & Family
- Chad Snyder Family
- Ron Snyder Family
- Augustine J. Snyder+
- Carl Snyder+
- M&M John Soprano+, M&M Paul Soprano+
- Ellen A. Sorrell+
- Maria Emilia Spasiano+
- Francesca Spedaliere
- St. Theresa’s Leper Colony
- Mike and Stella Stanitski
- Nar and Don Steel+
- The Stickneys
- Dale Stobbs+
- Mary Stobbs+
- Matt and Kathy Stohlman and Family
- Marge and Warren Strahm+
- Wayne Straight
- Doris and Art Streuli+
- Deanna Strickland+
- Oscar and Helen Strothers+
- Jon Michael Sugrue+
- Ruth and David Sule+
- Takoma Park Animal Clinic Staff
- Helen+ and Mario Talvacchio
- Mary Talvacchio+
- Father Walter Tappe
- Helen and William Taylor
- Margy Taylor+
- Jonathan Teachman
- Dorward Teachman+
- James and Martha Teachman+
- Hugo and Alba Terzi+
- Denny+ and Jana Theis
- Frank Thibadeau+
- Harriet Thibadeau+
- Nancy Thibadeau+
- Teresa & Gorden Thistlewood
- Ginger Thompson+
- Robert Thompson+
- Rosemary and Peter Thompson+
- Estelle Thurston+
- Jim & Maryellen Tibbs
- Raymond Tierney+
- Antonio Torres+
- Rurik Torrico+
- Julian Tortona+
- Benjamin Trouille
- Blandine Trouille
- Eugene Trouille
- Helene Trouille
- Jeanne-Marie Trouille
- Luc Trouille
- Stephanie Trouille
- Ursuline High School Class of ’69
- Delia Valenzuela and Denis Reyes+
- Nestor and Amelia Valenzuela+
- Barrington and Hildred Vanderpool+
- Pedro Vergel+
- Telesforo Vergel+
- Isolina (Tia Choli) Vida
- Zelma Vigneau
- Lorraine Vitale+
- Sr. Joyce Volpini SNDdeN+
- Nolan Vosmek+, Dorothy Hogan+
- Mary and Francis Vroom
- Marika Walker & Family
- Morgan E. Walker Clinkscales+
- Ethel C. Walker+
- Mary M. Walker+
- Vandalear V. Walker+
- Alex Wallace, MV 4th grade
- Max Wallace, MV 4th grade
- John and Anne Waller+
- Walton and Soucek Families+
- Riley J. Walton+
- The Ward Family
- Mark Wathen+
- John and Karen Weaver
- Patrick and Brooke Weaver and Family
- Br. Callistus Welch, O.F.M+
- Wells-Cooksey Family
- Welsh and Reissig Families+
- Ann West+
- Edward Wickenden+
- Kathleen Wickenden+
- Craig Wilkinson
- Gloria Wilkinson and Family
- Bea and Larry Wilkinson+
- Margaret and James Williams+
- John R. Winslow+
- Susan H. Winslow+
- Iris Wolf+
- Frank and Fred Wong+
- Jean Carol and John Wong+
- Kim and Jean Wong+
- Lin and Jim Wong+
- Molly Wood
- David Roy Woodard+
- James and Estelle Woodard+
- Walter Woods+
- Ann McClintock Woodson
- Lesory “Nim” Woodson
- Lucresia Dees and Lesory Woodson
- Paul Allan Woodson
- Vivian and Marvin “Tim” Woodson
- Burlene Woodson Brown
- Frank Worzala Jr.+
- Frank and Diane Worzala+
- Woulfe Family
- Anne Yablonski+
- Bruce Yaeger
- Michelle Yam+
- Francis Yelle+
- Ken and Cindy Young
- James F. Young Jr.+
- James F. Young Sr.+
- Laura E. Young-Lynch+
- Antoinette L. Young+
- Catherine H. Young+
- Martha A. Young+
- Robert M. Young+
- Regina Yuscavage
- Sam Zanger+
- Sarah McCann Zanger+
- Brigid and Leo Zaparelli+
- Gerry Zeller+
- Salvadora Zepeda+
- Herman and Marie Zoeller+
- Thomas and Patricia Zoeller+