In celebration of the Christmas season, St. Edward Catholic Church in Palm Beach is inviting the public to an Advent Musical Meditation led by music director Alicia Branch. Slated for Dec. 6, the ...

Theo, a free Catholic prayer and meditation app for children and their parents, plans to host the largest Advent celebration for children to help them discover the true meaning of the season. From Nov ...

Saint Alexander of Jerusalem was a bishop, martyr during the persecutions of Emperor Decius. A disciple of Saint Clement of ...

The Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, reported today that the Apostolic Preacher, Capuchin Friar Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, will be starting the traditional Friday meditations for Advent in the ...

“Dear friends, Advent is the season of the presence and expectation of the eternal. For this very reason, it is in a ...

I used to journal – ages ago. Sadly, my professional writing took the upper hand, leaving little time and energy for me to write solely for myself. A new book from Ascension Press may change that.

ON THE LITURGICLA CALENDAR, The Feast of the Conception of Mary on December 8th began in the Eastern Church (7th century), ...

Editor's note: NCR is sharing Advent reflections based on "Laudato Si': on Care for our Common Home," by former NCR editor and publisher Arthur Jones. These were originally published in 2015 by St.

There is an artistry, almost a forceful blank verse poetic quality to sections of the pope's Laudato Si' encyclical. What Pope Francis has been doing — to borrow from Sr. Wendy Beckett again — is "to ...

This is a wonderful book of Advent meditations to be used from 1 through to 25 December, written by Sr Gemma Simmonds, a British Catholic theologian and sister of the Congregation of Jesus. Each day’s ...