The following day, with the celebration of the first vespers of Sunday, Dec. 3, the Advent season and a new liturgical year for the Catholic Church officially began.

On Dec. 1, the Church of St. Catherine was filled with local worshippers for the celebration of the Mass of the first Sunday of Advent. The theme of hope was the focus of the custos’ homily .

In celebration of the Christmas season, St. Edward Catholic Church in Palm Beach is inviting the public to an Advent Musical Meditation led by music director Alicia Branch. Slated for Dec. 6, the ...

By celebrating the precursor’s birth and martyrdom, the Church unites herself to his desire: ‘He must increase, but I must decrease,’" states the Catechism of the Catholic Church (524).

The Rev. Larry Gipson, who was dean of the Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham from 1982-94 and rector at the largest Episcopal church in the nation from 1994-2008, has become a Roman ...

Dec. 2 marks the first Sunday of Advent, the start of the Catholic liturgical calendar and a season of waiting. But some are tired of waiting for a democratic church and they are preparing for ...

4 statues vandalized outside of Chester County church; images of suspect released. A priest from Saint Joseph's Catholic Church in Downingtown notified parishioners of the incident during Sunday's ...

Annalise Laumeyer, Director of Communications with the Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids, explains what Advent means and how people of all faiths can celebrate the season.

The Catholic Lawyers Guild, Diocese of Brooklyn, commemorated the Advent Season with its annual gathering on Wednesday, Dec. 13, at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Brooklyn Heights.

A lit candle in the Advent wreath at St. John Vianney Church in Prince Frederick, Md., marks 2009's first Sunday of Advent. (CNS/Bob Roller) ...

On Sunday morning, Dec. 3, 2023, the Latin church of St. Catherine, in Bethlehem, was filled with local worshippers for the celebration of the solemn Mass of the first Sunday of Advent. Credit ...