THE OLLV FOUNDATION is hosting its Christmas Market and Concert on Dec. 13 at the Sisters of St. Joseph campus in the city of Orange.
The community event will feature live music, a Christmas market in the European tradition, food, raffles, prizes and gift bags. The market is open from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., with the concert portion starting at 7 p.m. Tickets to attend are free, but guests are asked to register with the link at OLLVFoundation.org
At the Christmas Market and Concert, families will be able to enjoy the crafts tables, making stockings, hats and decorating pinecones. Music is being provided by volunteer singers and instrumentalists, who will perform inside the Sisters of St. Joseph auditorium.
The spirit of the Christmas Market and Concert is giving, organizers said.
“We wanted to spend the holiday giving something to the community, and to spiritually prepare our supporters for the Coming of Christ this season,” said Fr. Quang Chu, pastor of St. Mary’s by the Sea parish in Huntington Beach who’s helping organize the event.
The event will also feature a toy drive for Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) and the Ronald Mc- Donald House, both based in the city of Orange. More than 300 toys have been collected so far.
The Christmas Market and Concert is the OLLV Foundation’s first event hosted outside the Christ Cathedral campus in Garden Grove. The foundation, founded in 2022, is tasked with raising money for three projects on the cathedral campus: the Our Lady of La Vang Shrine, Marian Gardens and St. Callistus Chapel and Crypts. All three projects are completed and open to the public, but the three-year campaign for St. Callistus continues through 2026.
The OLLV Foundation started with a modest group of Vietnamese supporters but has since grown to include many groups and ethnicities throughout the diverse Diocese of Orange.
“The Vietnamese community has been an important part of our congregational life since 1974, when we welcomed them as refugees,” said the Sisters’ general superior, Sister Mary Beth Ingham, CSJ. “We are very happy to host this event and look forward to celebrating the Christmas season with all our friends in the Diocese of Orange.”
The Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange campus is located at 440 S. Batavia St., Orange.