Allison Arredondo had dreamed of having a quinceañera since she was a young girl. But when her parents told the Elgin teen they weren’t planning to have one for her, she understood. The financial ...

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops announced this month that it will publish a ritual blessing for the quinceañera, but some Mission District residents said the coming-of-age celebration ...

When families come to the Church asking for a quinceañera Mass, Annette Bergeon, CEO of Endow, said she hopes that parishes will be able to offer them the Quinceañera Formation Program. Endow launched ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... DENVER—On the day she is to become a woman, Monica Reyes sits in front of the church for Mass. Her white dress—sewn in her mother’s Mexican hometown—spills ...

LOS ANGELES — As she sat primly under a portrait of the Virgin Mary, 15-year-old Angelica Arroyo’s silver tiara glistened against the gold-plated altar of La Placita Church on historic Olvera Street.

FREMONT - Aleah Whaley of Fremont celebrated her 15th birthday with a traditional quinceanera with a modern Christian twist. Although the Hispanic quinceanera tradition, which is a celebration of a ...

Alice’s note: This story first appeared in my blog The Bright Lights of Muleshoe on October 20, 2025. Rico and Crystal Alarcon invited me to their daughter Zoey’s Quinceanera. This would be a new ...

A traditional quinceañera — a celebration for a young Hispanic woman when she turns 15 — includes not just a beautiful ball gown and vibrant party but also a Mass of celebration and thanksgiving. Now, ...