Spirit-based Advent calendars have steadily grown in popularity over the last decade. Here are some of the best whisky Advent ...

The liturgical year is made up of six times and seasons: The calendar dates of the liturgical times and seasons vary from year to year and are published by the church in the ORDO -- an annual calendar ...

Each year I order a wall calendar from University Hill Congregation in Vancouver, BC. Instead of including a page for each of 12 months, it’s organized by church season: it takes the liturgical ...

2. Liturgical Revisions of 1969 The Fathers of Vatican II called for a revision of the liturgical calendar. The liturgical year was to be revised so that the traditional customs and discipline of the ...

The 14 soon-to-be saints each exemplified heroic virtue and witnessed to holiness within their unique vocations, including ...

Pope Francis will create his 21 new cardinals Dec. 7, not Dec. 8 as he originally announced, according to the official in ...

Then there is an entering into liturgical year, which is meant to permeate every day of our lives. The Liturgy of the Hours, which follows the liturgical year, can help us to this. Our prayer life ...

For the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, on November 24, the World Youth Day at the diocesan level ...

THE most profound lesson of my mid-life journey so far has been acknowledging that sorrow shares a border with joy, and it’s ...

Visit the homepage for more information. Candlemas Day, or the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, is celebrated each year on the second of February, exactly forty days after Christmas. From about ...

The music we hear at Mass makes a difference. Our son looks forward to church all week long, and the music is the reason why.

Many Advent customs involve counting the days until Christmas begins, such as the secular use of a chocolate advent calendar. There are different readings on each of the four Sundays leading up to ...