Despite their seemingly secular modern-day iteration — featuring wine, chocolate or other products — Advent calendars ...

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

An Advent wreath is circular and symbolizes everlasting life and unending love. The arrangement is used to put our attention ...

During Advent, traditional reflections remind us that our call to evangelize involves waiting and anticipation. As we move ...

The goal of Advent is to grow in holiness, to grow closer to the Holy family and become a holy family ourselves. Christ is ...

The Advent wreath is made of four candles and a circle of branches. Before the first candle is lighted, the household gathers for this blessing. In the short days and long nights of Advent, we realize ...

The Advent wreath is made of four candles and a circle of branches. Before the first candle is lighted, the household gathers for this blessing. The blessing of an Advent Wreath takes place on the ...

Advent's Lent-like waiting period is exactly why churches do not immediately whip out Christmas trees at the end of Ordinary ...