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Advent and Christmas Crafts and Activities

12/1/2008

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

CUF Resources
Member Services
Church Documents

From Our Founder

I also agree that the laity generally are still too passive (that is, when they’re not too aggressively active!). That is really one of the basic reasons for the existence of CUF: to be a little alarm clock to wake people up, and then a center around which they can rally, and act in the way befitting members of Christ’s true Church. . . . The situation keeps changing, and it’s important that the laity try to act under some kind of coordination, which only an organization like CUF can provide.

H. Lyman Stebbins
March 1, 1973