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Family Resources

Advent and Christmas
Crafts and Activities

The Empty Manger
In a few short weeks, we will be celebrating the birth of Jesus. What kinds of gifts can we offer Him?

Salt Dough Recipe for Crown of Thorns and other crafts
from the Nov/Dec 2006 issue of Lay Witness

Advent Blessings
Blessing of an Advent Wreath (from the USCCB, in downloadable PDF format)
Blessing of a Christmas Tree (from the USCCB, in downloadable PDF format)
Blessing of a Christmas Creche (from the USCCB, in downloadable PDF format)

Does your family have Advent or Christmas traditions you'd like to share? Email us and let us know!

Articles and Other Resources

Catholic Traditions for Advent and Christmas
How can Catholics better live the spirit of Advent and Christmas in their homes?

Advent from The Catholic Encyclopedia

The Real St. Nick by Leon Suprenant

Don’t Let the Grinches Steal This Christmas by Leon Suprenant

 

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From Our Founder

The situation in the Church is certainly most distressing in many places and many respects. It seems that God wants us to understand perfectly clearly that the problem far exceeds all purely human solutions, and that we must look to Him always and everywhere, each of us asking constantly, with St. Paul, “Lord, what wouldst Thou have me do?” and praying for the grace of perseverance in the Lord.

H. Lyman Stebbins
December 5, 1972