Last year, America published “An (unconventional) Advent Playlist,” an article including two playlists by Karen Nielsen and Rogelio Juárez, in response to a friend’s lament that “‘O Come, O Come ...

Over Thanksgiving my husband, Rogelio, and I had a conversation about how Christians jump into Christmas music all too quickly, ignoring Advent. A good priest friend lamented that “O Come, O Come ...

As we prepare for the birth of Christ during Advent, it can be easy to get lost in the hustle and bustle of the season. But as calendars get filled up and preparations are made, here are four ...

Sunday, Nov. 30, is the First Sunday of Advent. “Popular piety perceives that it is impossible to celebrate the Lord’s birth except in an atmosphere of sobriety and joyous simplicity and of concern ...

The Marian Library has created two ways to listen to Christmas music that are perfectly in tune with Joy to the World! our 2024 Christmas exhibit. Start off the Advent season with familiar Christmas ...

The children kept asking a logical question in Sunday School, one linked to those “Whose birthday is it?” appeals voiced by “Put Christ back in Christmas” activists. Leaders of Ecclesia Church in ...

A student prays during daily Mass at Holy Trinity Newman Center on the campus of Northern Arizona State University in Flagstaff Nov. 25, 2019. Father Matthew Lowry says Advent can be busy and ...

As the world heads into December 2020, nothing looks like the normal holiday rush. Catholics in the United States are used to office parties, school pageants, special choir rehearsals, concerts, ...