Beginning the Church's liturgical year, Advent (from, "ad-venire" in Latin or "to come to") is the season encompassing the four Sundays (and weekdays) leading up to the celebration of Christmas.
The Advent season is a time of preparation that directs our hearts and minds to Christ’s second coming at the end of time and also to the anniversary of the Lord’s birth on Christmas. The final days of Advent focus particularly on our preparation for the celebrations of the Nativity of our Lord (Christmas).
For more resources and an Advent calendar to help you fully enter in to the season with daily activity and prayer suggestions to prepare you spiritually for the birth of Jesus Christ, visit the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops website
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Mark your calendar -
Wednesday, December 4, 2019 Join us for a Parish Reconciliation Service at 7:30 PM in Church.
Saturday, December 8, 2019 December 8 this year we will celebrate the Second Sunday of Advent with our regular Sunday Mass schedule. Padre Martin Scott (Formerly Fr. Richard Scott of the Archdiocese of Washington) Founder of the Servants of Divine Mercy "Siervos de la Dina Misericordia" Lima Peru will be celebrating the 5:00 PM Mass followed by a Healing Service. All are invited.
Sunday, December 9, 2019 The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin will be celebrated on Monday December 9 with Mass at 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM, both in the Church.
Friday December 13, 2019 Saint Paul Christmas Pageant will be in Church at 7:30 PM. "Let the children come unto me, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these."
Christmas Mass Schedule -
Tuesday, December 24, 2019 Christmas Eve Masses will be celebrated at 4:00 PM, 6:00 PM, 8:00 PM and 10:00 PM in the Church.
Wednesday, December 25, 2019 The Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord, Christmas Day Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM only in the Church.
The Parish Office will be closed 1/2 day on December 24, all day December 25 and 26.
The Octave of Christmas, December 26 through January 1, all Liturgies will be in the Church.
On behalf of all of Saint Paul clergy and staff, know that our prayers go with you in this sacred season.