Take a break from online shopping and make a stop at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Advent calendar web page. Starting today, it offers recommendations for activities, Scripture readings and giving aimed at deepening followers’ connections with Christ.
See also many other spiritually enriching Advent Links on our website!
Our church calendar begins each year on the first Sunday of Advent.
In 2012, that date is December 2, 2012.
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| SMMP’s Advent Calendar | ||||||||
| Blessing of the Family Advent Wreath | Prayers and Customs of Advent | |||||||
| Praying Advent | Minute Meditation | Celebrating Advent | ||||||
| Advent Wreath Prayers I | EWTN’s Advent Reflections | Domestic Church Advent | ||||||
| Advent Wreath Prayers II | Online Advent Calendar | Celebrating Advent to Epiphany | ||||||
| Family Advent Activities | Advent and Christmas Reflections | |||||||
| A Holy Christmas – Part I | Advent: Open Wide the Doors to Christ | USCCB Advent Resources | ||||||
| A Holy Christmas Part II | USCCB Advent Calendar | |||||||
| Jesse Tree | Advent: Season of Unreasonable Stress? | Candy Cane Message | ||||||
| Teach the Children | ||||||||
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| Christmas in Cyberspace | Four Ways to Pray the Wait | |||||||
” Simbang Gabi” ( Advent Evening Mass) a Filipino tradition of over 400 years, is a festive Eucharistic Celebration held at dawn; an expression of joyful gratitude and waiting for the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. It is a celebration of nine Advent Masses, starting on December 15th and ending with a midnight Mass on December 23rd.
The second of the nine evenings of the “ Simbang Gabi“ has been set for St. Elizabeth Seton Church on Friday, December 16, 2011.
Click for more details and links to nine parishes
The Christian Formation Commission would like to share with you some wonderful online resources for preparing for the Sunday Liturgy. Going Deeper into the Mass
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Mass Readings | The USCCB provides both text and podcasts of each week’s Scripture readings. |
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Sunday Readings and Homiliy Podcast from EWTN
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EWTN podcast | Scripture readings and homily from daily Mass at Our Lady of the Angels Chapel in Irondale Alabama Read more |
Activities with Children |
Sunday Readings from CatholicMom | Great activities and worksheets to give to children in preparation for Sunday |
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Sunday Sunday Sunday | Sunday Sunday Sunday The Bible Geek, Mark Hart, prepares you for the upcoming Sunday Catholic Mass readings. Don’t show up to Mass unprepared! Pray through the readings, listen to this podcast, pay attention at Mass, and get ready to grow that much closer to Christ. The Sunday Sunday Sunday podcast is brought to you by your friends at LifeTeen.com. |
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Adults
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Preparing for Sunday | The St. Louis University Liturgy department produces a very thorough look at each Sunday’s liturgy. There are links to the Sunday Readings, several commentaries, guided prayers and discussion questions. |
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Word on Fire | Fr. Robert Barron presents his Sunday homilies in a podcast format (posted a few days before Sunday). These homilies are also broadcast on Relevant Radio each week. Excellent and insightful!! Scroll down to Sermons. |
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Abbot Austin Murphy’s Sunday homilies | Abbot Austin Murphy, OSB has a FaceBook page (that can be accessed by non-FaceBook members). Father Austin was our weekend assistant for a few years. He posts his Sunday Homily a day or so after the weekend and always has some insightful and inspiring comments. He often does a Podcast of the homily as well. |
