A Gift for Baby Jesus
VICKI PAVALKO
With the help of catechist Vicki Pavalko, third graders at St. Nicholas Church in Struthers, OH, wrap their Advent good deeds up into...
Catholic IQ — ‘Tis the Season
DAVID O’BRIEN
Here’s a 20-question quiz to test your knowledge about Advent and Christmas. It contains sample questions such as:
“O Come, O Come Emmanuel, and...
Prepare Your Hearts — An Advent Prayer Service
SISTER JENADA FANETTI, SDS
In this prayer service, Jeremiah, Ruth, and John the Baptist come to life and share their stories to urge children to...
Saint Costume Ideas (All Saints Day, Halloween)
Great ideas here. Some simple, some more complex.
We Gather To Pray: An Advent Prayer Service
Pray with the four themes of the season
MARC CARDARONELLA
The catechetical challenge for Advent is that it’s not Christmas, but everyone around us acts like...
Living the Liturgical Year: Feast of St. Nicholas, December 6
Let Your Generosity Shine — Like St. Nicholas!
CONNIE CLARK
In pictures, he often has a long beard and a red hat. It’s said that he...
Advent in 2 minutes. Courtesy of Busted Halo.
Busted Halo has a creative crew that always comes up with short, timely, share-ables. Like this one! Great for older children, teens, and adults.
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Advent and Christmas Activities
Here are some Advent and Christmas activity sheets from our archives that you can use with your students or send them home for use with...
The Meaning Behind the 12 Days of Christmas
We are still in the Christmas season!
Some fun facts about the meaning behind the well-known Christmas carol, "The Twelve Days of Christmas," are found...
Ordinary Time … anything but ordinary (2-minute video)
Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger of the Diocese of Albany, New York, reminds us that the liturgical season of Ordinary Time is anything but ordinary...
