Even if you don't celebrate Christmas, you're probably familiar with advent calendars. Many of us, though, haven't ever given thought to where advent calendars come from, even if we partake in the ...

With the season of Advent 2023 already underway, many people are using Advent calendars to count down the number of days until Christmas. But what exactly is an Advent calendar? Where did the practice ...

“He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts. He has brought down the ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Advent is more about cracking open little doors to get a new piece of chocolate, a different hot sauce flavor or a new craft beer. Rev. John Laurance, S.J., associate professor ...

This past Sunday we entered the “Season of Hope,” known as Advent. For those of us who celebrate Christmas, Advent is a time of anticipation. The period of preparation for the celebration of the birth ...

With December just a couple of weeks away, the holiday season is truly upon us. While tradition dictates that you should start an Advent Calendar on Dec. 1 and continue with it every day until Dec. 25 ...

We begin the season of Advent with readings that direct our gaze to the ultimate and the immediate realities of our lives. The first Sunday of Advent always looks to history’s end. For Christians that ...