How to Celebrate the New Year with the Mother of God

Mary, Mother of God

Your New Year’s Resolutions can be fortified to last the whole year through by asking for the intercession of the Mother of God on New Year’s Day. As January dawns with new beginnings – that new calendar, those new goals for personal fitness, the new hopes and dreams for our jobs and families – placing those aspirations before the Spouse … Read More

Christmas Season Prayers and Activities// Special Advent & Christmas Newsletter

Christmas Season

There are several Christmas Season Ideas and Activities in our special Advent and Christmas Newsletter. Let’s celebrate this most wonderful time of year. You’ll find something for everyone in the newsletter: Why the month of December honors the Immaculate Conception The life of St. Nicholas through a traditional poem. 2 Easy Advent DIY Projects to celebrate the season Special Events … Read More

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year// Father Byrd’s Christmas Letter

“To celebrate the [Christmas]  season we have to prepare for the season,” Father Jerry Byrd (first Sunday of Advent homily on Nov. 27, 2022)   Please find Father Jerry Byrd’s Christmas Letter to you about how to prepare for this  “most wonderful time of the year,” by focusing on the essential elements of the Christmas season.   The Most Wonderful … Read More

Advent and the Jesse Tree // Catholic Christmas Traditions

Jesse Tree, Advent, stained glass, Chartes Cathedral, France

The Jesse Tree helps prepare us for Advent by journeying through the people on Jesus’s family tree. We find all the broken traits of humanity in Christ’s family tree — that birthed the most pure Saviour of the world. Many of them are  troubled characters. Some of them are amazing and steadfast. All of them played a role to bring … Read More