In the mad dash towards Christmas, Advent is sometimes overlooked. But this church season has traditions and charm all its own. Here are a few ways people around the world commemeorate and celebrate in Advent. Hopefully they’ll inspire you to honor this sacred...
Gimme-Gimme Parents want to give their kids the world. We want to see their smiling faces on Christmas morning as they race into the livingroom, excited for their new toys. It’s a parenting win that morning when we can fulfill their every desire. But it doesn’t last...
The Mass and the Manger is easily my favorite new Christmas book this year! Kids know that Jesus’s birthday is celebrated on Christmas, but do they really get why it is we go to Mass on this most special day? Do you know, even? No shame, these are questions that...
I love snuggling up with a really good book and a mug of cocoa in the cooler months, especially with my littles. There are wiggles and questions and giggles—there’s nothing like good read-aloud with them! One of our traditions is to gift new books to the kids...
The time for the great “O” Antiphons is almost upon us! The USCCB explains, The Roman Church has been singing the “O” Antiphons since at least the eighth century. They are the antiphons that accompany the Magnificat canticle of...
