“In our Catholic tradition, we watch and wait, and Jesus, the light of the world, came to this world, so we celebrate Christmas Midnight Mass, signifying light coming into our heart in the midst of ...

9, because a Sunday in Advent takes liturgical precedence ... This change does not impact a Catholic’s normal obligation to attend Mass every Sunday, meaning the faithful have the opportunity ...

Plus, Roumie and Father Chrysostom Bear will dive into the book “A Divine Intimacy,” a book of Carmelite meditations, alongside Catholic actor Kevin James. On Saturdays during the Advent ...

The traditional walk from the school, down Cherry Street and to the Rosary Cathedral for mass started in 1973.

Photos by Mike Walsh Bishop Dennis Sullivan celebrated an Advent Mass with the Diocese’s retired priests Dec. 16 at Sacred ...

My concern with Advent is that it can reduce our hoping for the surprising act of God to waiting for God to give us what we ...

Pope Francis presides over a mass at Place d'Austerlitz in Ajaccio. Vatican Media/IPA via ZUMA Press/dpa Pope Francis has ...

Sophia Wern loves the students she teaches at St. Helena Catholic School in Minneapolis. So, she wanted them there when her ...

But Advent is the perfect time to prepare our hearts as a gift, to take time to pray about and allow Christ to enter those ...

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB ... also called “ferias,” the readings of the Mass have a different order. Lent, Advent, Christmas, and Easter have their own texts.

A dramatic, candle-lit service of hymns, readings, and anthems sung by the Abbey Choir. This service will reflect upon the Advent themes of judgement and of the joyful expectation of the coming of ...

The deacon said that it was the third Sunday of Advent. Of course, we all know that couldn’t be true. Advent just started a ...