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Advent: “To Come To” the Christmas Celebration

November 20, 2025

Advent, as it states on the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) website, is a start in many ways. “The Advent season is a time of preparation that directs our hearts and minds to…

The Christmas Creche, 800 Years of Tradition and History

December 3, 2023

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Do you remember setting up a nativity as a child? Do you recall putting the stable, the shepherds, the animals, and Mary and Joseph in place but waiting until Christmas to put baby Jesus out?…

True Advent

December 6, 2022

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From the Latin adventus meaning “coming,” Advent, often characterized as preparation for Christmas, can be overlooked in the run-up to Christmas. However, as Father Jim Sabak says, “it is not ‘preparation for Christmas’ that is…

Advent: “To Come To” the Christmas Celebration

The Christmas Creche, 800 Years of Tradition and History

True Advent

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