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We enter the Holy Season of Advent this weekend, December 1-2. These four weeks of waiting and preparation are meant to encourage us to prepare for the coming of the Lord more deeply into our lives. The lighting of the Advent candles each week stir our expectation for the coming of the Messiah.

Catholic Extension has selected Sister Willem to receive the 2018-2019 Lumen Christi Award, the highest honor bestowed on a missionary working in the United States. Working across many countries, Sister Willem has been serving the poor for more than 60 years. She believes strong families are the foundation of the Church and society.

The following table contains a list of priests and religious who have been credibly accused of sexual abuse of minors and who have served in parishes located within the territorial limits of the Diocese of Las Cruces before and after its creation. Some of the accusations have arisen when the accused were working in the Southern New Mexico and others are related to accusations made in another diocese.