For many people who observe Christian traditions, Advent is a special season that begins on Dec. 1 and lasts until Dec. 24, leading up to the celebration of Jesus Christ’s birth at Christmas. As the ...

After Halloween, everyone's attention quickly turns to Christmas. Among the traditions associated with the lead-up to Christmas is Advent. Whether you celebrate the season with calendars, candles or ...

The word "Advent" means "coming," and the month of December is the season of Advent, where we wait expectantly and get our hearts ready for Christmas and the celebration of Christ's birth. A way to ...

Wreaths, candles and calendars. These are sure signs of Advent for many Christian groups around the world. But what is Advent exactly? The word Advent derives from the Latin adventus, which means an ...

Father Joel Sember, a priest from Wisconsin, is the author of a series of books about the Christian season of Advent that he’s written annually since 2020. Each year’s book bears the same title, ...

With December just a couple of weeks away, the holiday season is truly upon us. While tradition dictates that you should start an Advent Calendar on Dec. 1 and continue with it every day until Dec. 25 ...

December is almost here, which means it is almost the start of the Advent season. While many equate Advent with calendars full of treats leading up to Christmas Day on Dec. 25, Advent is a term that ...

Advent began yesterday. "O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord!" the prophet Isaiah told us at Mass yesterday. Jesus urged us to be wakeful in Matthew's Gospel: "So too, you ...