Advent is December 2 to December 23, 2018

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).

What is Advent? Why is it important? Click here 

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 at www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgical-year/advent/

Mark your calendar -

Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Join us for a Parish Reconciliation Service at 7:30 PM in Church.

Saturday, December 8, 2018
The Feast Of The Immaculate Conception Of The Blessed Virgin Mary is a Holy Day of Obligation.  A Vigil Mass will be held Friday December 7 at 7:30 PM followed by Prayer & Praise and Confession, and Mass will be held Saturday December 8 at 9:00 AM. There will be our regular 5:00 PM Mass on December 8 however this Mass does not satisfy both obligations to attend Immaculate Conception Mass and Sunday Mass. All Masses will be in the Church.

Friday December 14, 2018
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."

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