The lack of church decor also teaches about the penitential nature of the season. In the weeks leading up to Christmas, the ...

The Sacred Music Department at the Franciscan University of Steubenville invites the community to its annual Advent Lessons and Carols celebration at 7 p.m. Friday in the newly renovated Christ the ...

While the secular world prepares for the ‘Retail High Holidays’ with massive consumerism, the choir of St. Mary of the Hills ...

The more we embody the Holy One, who negotiates and arbitrates among all peoples and across all cultures and nations, the ...

4. Celebrate St. Lucy’s feast day on Dec. 13 by donning a candle-lit wreath and baking saffron buns. 5. Keep a gratitude ...

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church is inviting the entire community to its “Advent Lessons and Carols” on Sunday, Nov. 30, at 10:30 ...

In worship, one common pattern for many years has been to use an Advent wreath, candles and themes of “Hope, Peace, Joy and ...

One way some Christian nonprofits mark the season is by offering free online daily devotionals on hope, peace, joy and love.

Advent, the start of the church’s liturgical year, begins Sunday, Nov. 30. It is the season of preparation for Christ’s birth ...

Touchstone Theater players sing carols Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, at Bethlehem’s Live Advent Calendar in the Sun Inn Courtyard.

One of the realities of this time of year for many Christians is that they experience Advent basically as “Christmas, but for ...