Parish Mission

A second and more penetrating look at the deep spiritual meaning behind Christmas Carols, both familiar and less known.

In his recent apostolic exhortation (October 2025), Dilexi Te, Pope Leo XIV who spent more than two decades as a missionary and bishop in Peru, wrote: “Our prosperity can make us blind to the needs of others and even make us think that our happiness and fulfillment depend on ourselves alone, apart from others.

St. Anthony of Padua Parish will hold an Advent Mission, “As We Await the Blessed Hope and the Coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ,” November 30-December 2 at 6:30 p.m.

Another look at familiar segments from some of our most beloved Christmas episodes of The Twilight Zone, The Andy Griffith Show, The Waltons, Dragnet, A Charlie Brown Christmas, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas that will consider how these perennial favorites offer more than warm fuzzy Christmas feelings, but a possible encounter with our Lord and Savior. A Christmas dessert reception will follow