If you’re looking for a way to help your students enter more deeply into Advent this year, the Advent 2011 Project may fit the bill. Coordinated by Catholic school teacher Barb Gilman, the project invites Catholic schools and students to share pictures of Advent wreaths, nativity scenes, and/or Jesse Trees. I really enjoyed being a part...
Bishop John Wester of Salt Lake City and Deacon Greg Kandra of Brooklyn have recently challenged us to not lose sight of the importance of the Advent season. Bishop Wester even went so far as to make it the subject of his first pastoral letter to the people of Salt Lake City. Titled “Waiting...
As always, the latest issue of iCatholic magazine has some excellent articles. I especially liked Bishop Trautman’s article on Advent, featuring this gem for Catholic educators: “Advent is the beginning of a new liturgical year, so it is full of joyful expectation….Advent tells a student to go back to the books and try again....
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