7 Christmas Carols From Nuns & Seminarians To Get You In The Spirit

December Is Devoted To The Immaculate Conception | Mark Your Calendar

by Genevieve Perkins | Nov 27, 2021 | Advent and Christmas, December

Did you know that each month has a traditional Catholic devotion? This year, let’s focus on each devotion month-by-month to grow in our faith and traditions! Make yourself notes, write it on your calendar, and pray a specific prayer each day of the month to remember....

Comedian Jim Gaffigan Hilariously Shares About His Favorite Marian Apparition

by Becky Roach | Dec 8, 2023 | December, Funny, Mary - The Blessed Mother

We can guarantee you've never heard the story of this Marian apparition quite like Jim Gaffigan shares it. The entire clip is great, but if you want to jump to this part start at the 4:15 minute mark. Take a listen and enjoy! Jim Gaffigan's Favorite Marian Apparition...

Apple+’s Spirited Is All About Conversion

by Fr. Edward Looney | Dec 6, 2023 | Advent and Christmas, Movie Reviews and Recommendations

2023 saw a musical release of the Nativity Story, which I critiqued in a previous review. A different musical, Spirited, released on Apple+, and was enjoyed by audiences in 2022. I recently had the opportunity to reflect about the musical and enjoy it on a dark and...

Dear Coach…| A Letter To Catholic Youth Coaches

by Joe Jasinski | Dec 4, 2023 | August, Leadership, Vocation

I hope this finds you well. Before we get into the particulars, please allow me to take a brief moment to simply affirm you … right here, right now. Thank you for stepping up to coach. It often goes unrecognized but to coach means to make a decision: to lead others,...

A College Student’s Guide To Advent

by Anna Huntzinger | Dec 1, 2023 | Advent and Christmas

As I walked from the campus library to my dorm with my roommate, we discussed our plans for the weekend. It was a temperate December day in Southwest Florida at Ave Maria University. “Don’t forget!'' My roommate reminded, “Advent begins this weekend. Let’s go to the...

The Gestation Of Advent: The Wait Of Hopeful Longing For The Coming Of The Messiah

by Emily Malloy | Nov 30, 2023 | Advent and Christmas

Expectant waiting. This is a notion– when considered through the lens of modernity– that seems like a foreign concept from the days of yore. The world is available at the slight extension of the fingertips. Objects of both necessity and desire can be purchased with...

What Creed Do You Live By? Be Dangerous & Make A Stand!

by Bear Woznick | Nov 29, 2023 | Morals & Values, Testimonies

The following is an excerpt from 12 Rules For Manliness | Where Have All the Cowboys Gone Be Dangerous - Make a Stand “Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.” 1 Cor 16:13 “There is no man more dangerous than one who does not doubt his own...

How To Celebrate Advent And Learn To Wait With Kids

by Elizabeth Pham | Nov 27, 2023 | Advent and Christmas, December, Parenting

Advent: the season most Catholics would like to honor more appropriately but find it difficult to do so with the commercial Christmas creeping in all around. But when we do celebrate Advent it is totally worth it— both for the value in the season in and of itself, but...

Catholic Music Spotlight: Advent Songs With Angelic Voices

by Genevieve Perkins | Nov 22, 2023 | Advent and Christmas, December, Music | A Selection Of Our Favorite Catholic And Christian Songs and Artists

You could listen to Michael Bublé and Mariah Carey to get you in the Christmas spirit. That might get you into a hot cocoa and snow angels mood, but “All I Want for Christmas is You” won’t prepare you for the coming of the Lord, during the Advent season. An...

Lessons From The Underground Catholic Church in Czechoslovakia

by Kristen Van Uden | Nov 21, 2023 | Books | Our Favorite Catholic Books To Read, Social Justice, Testimonies, World's View

In my new book, When the Sickle Swings: Stories of Catholics Who Survived Communist Oppression, I document the testimonies of heroic Catholics who kept the faith despite persecution by hostile regimes the world over. I was privileged to interview survivors of...

5 Great Family Movies To Watch On Thanksgiving

by Mateo A. Rivera | Nov 20, 2023 | Movie Reviews and Recommendations, November

Thanksgiving week is a great time to get nice and cozy with the family on the couch and put on a movie that everyone will enjoy! And while some people have already been diving into Christmas movies for the past few weeks now, there are plenty of movies that are...

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