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 ...

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

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 ...

We often overlook this point, reflecting on the specific religious content of our liturgical cycles but not on their very form: an annual calendar, a daily schedule. Ways to mark the time that passes ...

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

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

The Rev. James Wetzstein, PhD candidate in liturgical theology, will present the legacy of liturgical artist Ernst Schwidder ...

I want all the attention on the Blessed Mother.” That is what John Cordi, Brooklyn native and lifelong parishioner at the ...

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.

Most of the world’s 1.9 billion Muslims – roughly a quarter of the Earth’s people – observe the rites of Ramadan annually, ...

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 ...