This week of Advent, you are invited to “wind up” (or shake up) music boxes and a snow globe from the Marian Library's collections. Listen peacefully to the familiar notes of “Silent Night,” “Away in ...

The blessing of an Advent Wreath takes place on the First Sunday of Advent or on the evening before the First Sunday of Advent. When the blessing of the Advent Wreath is celebrated in the home ...

A new candle is lit every Sunday ... wreath have significance and symbolize the new life we are given through resurrection. Typically, three of the four Advent candles are purple—the first ...

they sometimes add some decoration to the wreath in Advent colors, which are purple for penance and rose-pink for the third week, which begins with Gaudete Sunday, when flowers are permitted on ...

As the season of Advent draws to a close, four local clergy have offered their perspectives of the importance of Advent as it ...

The word "advent" means "coming ... white ones were lit each Sunday. It was a way for children to count down the days until Christmas. At some point, an evergreen wreath was used instead of ...