They have no proper Office for Advent; neither do they celebrate during this time the Mass of the Presanctified, as they do in Lent. There are only in the Offices for the saints, whose feasts ...

Ellen O’Brian hadn’t bought a candy-filled advent calendar in years, but when she saw the festive cardboard box with little numbered panels in her local natural foods store, she couldn’t resist.

The High Mass on Advent Sunday has always been celebrated in the Sistine Chapel, but that room could not hold even a fraction of the Bishops now in Rome, unless everybody else was to be excluded.

A special form of wreath is the Advent Wreath, lit each evening by a designated member of the family. The wreath is very simple in design and readily assembled. All you need for materials are ...

Christmas is Katie and Hannah's favourite time of the year. They countdown to Christmas using an advent calendar. Advent is an important part of the Christian calendar. It means 'coming' and it's ...

Nowadays, many people in Britain are not very religious, but they still celebrate Christmas. But watch out - the preparations begin long before Advent. In fact, as early as September or October ...