As I write this Christmas is upon us, or so the world will tell us. Netflix, Hulu and Peacock are playing Christmas movies. The radio is playing Christmas songs. The stores are decorated. People ...

The exact date changes every year. The term Advent is from "ad venire" in Latin and means "to come to." The Catholic church sees the season as "a time of preparation that directs our hearts and ...

If these documents do not tell us what was the duration and what the exercises of this holy season, they at least show us how ancient was the practice of distinguishing the time of Advent by ...

Ash Wednesday is the first day of the season of Lent that leads up to Good Friday and Easter. What to know about the day.

This all there is to the assembly. Advent is a season penance, but we live in a celebratory culture where the Christmas festivities begin almost Thanksgiving evening. Since traditional Catholics ...

This Advent, don't allow yourself to reach DTE 0. Instead, fill up now on the true meaning of Christmas. Allow yourself to be full of the understanding of this season, to share it with your family ...

Many Advent customs involve counting the days until ... It symbolises the birth of Christ and the change in the colour of the season.

TYRONE—Parishioners of St. Matthew Church focused during the fall and Advent season on widening its circle of care.   The ...

We're not talking those drugstore specials that seem to show up every holiday season, chock-full of questionably waxy chocolate. These advent calendars are experiences in and of themselves ...