This year, Advent starts on Sunday, Dec. 3, and will encompass four weeks, with each week dedicated to a specific theme represented by the lighting of candles on an Advent wreath.

SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT REVEALS LESSONS ABOUT REPENTANCE AND ITS KEY ROLE, SAYS CONNECTICUT PRIEST. While the first part of Advent is centered on the call to prepare for Christ's second coming, ...

In 2024, Advent begins on Sunday, December 1, and ends on Tuesday, December 24. The origins of Advent. Advent gets its name from adventus, the Latin word for “arrival.” ...

The name Advent (From the Latin word Adventus, which signifies a coming) is applied, in the Latin Church, to that period of the year, during which the Church requires the faithful to prepare for ...

Advent begins on Advent Sunday, which is the fourth Sunday before Christmas. Since Dec. 25 falls on a different day of the week every year, the dates of Advent can also shift.

Community members celebrate Bethlehem’s Main Street on Sunday, June 29, 2025, after the street was named “Best Main Street” ...

Advent begins on Advent Sunday, which is the fourth Sunday before Christmas. Since Dec. 25 falls on a different day of the week every year, the dates of Advent can also shift.

Since this year the solemnity falls on the Second Sunday of Advent, its observance is “transferred” to Monday, Dec. 9, because a Sunday in Advent takes liturgical precedence.

For the modern Christian church, advent begins on Advent Sunday, which is the fourth Sunday before Christmas. Since December 25 falls on a different day of the week every year, ...

T his Sunday, December 22, 2024, we celebrate the Fourth Sunday of Advent, marking the last Sunday before Christmas and closing the season of preparation for the arrival of Jesus. In the ...

Advent begins on Advent Sunday, which is the fourth Sunday before Christmas. Since Dec. 25 falls on a different day of the week every year, the dates of Advent can also shift.

All Advent Reflections Just last Sunday we completed another cycle of the Church’s liturgical year as we celebrated the Feast of Christ the King. And now we begin again, as we wait for Christ to ...