The Catholic Courier’s 2025 Advent calendar will feature daily multimedia “treats” and a new contest for the entire family.

We do it because of this: The One who draws us to Church on any given Sunday. The One who nourishes our hopes, and who calms ...

G.K. Chesterton rightly says “it would be vain to say anything adequate, or anything new” about Christmas (The Everlasting Man). Chesterton underlines the caution any writer or speaker should have in ...

This image shows a variety of advent calendars. (Credit: Katie Workman via AP.) LEICESTER, United Kingdom – Archbishop Eamon Martin has launched an annual online Advent Calendar for the Catholic ...

Join a Dec. 13 Advent retreat at the Cathedral Basilica for prayer, Mass, reflection, and Pope Leo XIV’s Dilexi Te.

Don’t look now, but Advent is already coming around again. And whatever scientists say, time is not linear, not a straight line from birth to death. It’s always looping back to decisive personal ...

"Silent night, holy night. All is calm, all is bright," the familiar hymn goes. Advent is a four-week period during which many Christians reflect on Jesus' birth and the promises of the future.

For most Christians, today marks the start of Advent, a time of anticipation and preparation for Christmas, the Holy Day marking the very reason for the religion. And while it has deep meaning to the ...