Advent

Those who are feeling a sense of loss this holiday season are invited to Surviving the Holidays, an evening that will offer comfort, understadning, and practical support during this time. 

A second and more penetrating look at the deep spiritual meaning behind Christmas Carols, both familiar and less known. Did you know that the Twelve Days of Christmas is a musical catechism? This will be an opportunity to prayerfully listen to and sing together these wonderful carols. A complementary wine and cheese reception will follow.

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. In such cases, the poor can act as silent teachers for us, making us conscious of our presumption and instilling within us a rightful spirit of humility.”

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