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In this season of Advent, Father Edward Kolla asks all to ponder time as measured by minutes, hours and days, and time defined by meaning. (Getty Images) In 1969, the rock band Chicago released a song ...

The third Sunday of Advent, known as Gaudete Sunday, is a time to pause and rejoice. Joy is different from happiness and can exist even during times of difficulty or grief. Small, unexpected moments ...

As Christmas grows closer and closer, those who celebrate are busy with last minute preparations, including gift wrapping, holiday baking and celebration planning. However, for Christians, the weeks ...

Elementary students across School District 25 are learning critical thinking skills and exploring new technologies through coding and artificial intelligence curriculum. The district implemented ...

It would be easy to conclude that Advent calendars—usually with 25 compartments that reveal a treat, image or scripture, used to count down the days from Dec. 1 to Christmas Eve—represent just another ...

Advent is a season of expectation. In the liturgy of these weeks, a recurrent theme is God’s closeness to humanity. The Old Testament prophets, especially Isaiah, spoke to a people in darkness and ...

It was for them a kind of Advent. The disciples of John the Baptist were eager to see the Messiah. The story Matthew tells is that John the Baptist was imprisoned, but from prison, he had heard about ...

It was for them a kind of Advent. The disciples of John the Baptist were eager to see the Messiah. The story Matthew tells is that John the Baptist was imprisoned, but from prison, he had heard about ...

10 prominent Catholics offer ways to tap into the wonder of a child this Advent. A young Joseph Ratzinger is shown next to a copy of a letter he wrote during Advent 1934. (photo: Courtesy photo ...

We cannot celebrate the birth of Jesus at Christmas without Mary. Nor can we observe Advent without the Blessed Mother. “Among creatures, no one knows Christ better than Mary; no one can introduce us ...