This week of Advent, you are invited to “wind up” (or shake up) music boxes and a snow globe from the Marian Library's collections. Listen peacefully to the familiar notes of “Silent Night,” “Away in ...

they sometimes add some decoration to the wreath in Advent colors, which are purple for penance and rose-pink for the third week, which begins with Gaudete Sunday, when flowers are permitted on ...

The blessing of an Advent Wreath takes place on the First Sunday of Advent or on the evening before the First Sunday of Advent. When the blessing of the Advent Wreath is celebrated in the home ...

Advent started as a time for remembrance and a sign for Christians to be open and ready for the second coming of Christ and held to traditional items and events like a wreath with candles ...