Joe Boyles Guest Columnist This past Sunday was the first Sunday of the season of Advent. In the liturgical calendar, this ...

Adirondack songwriters Peggy Lynn and Dan Duggan write, “Be the light you long to see at this darkest time of year…be the light of peace in the world.” That is something we can choose to do – to be ...

The lack of church decor also teaches about the penitential nature of the season. In the weeks leading up to Christmas, the ...

COMMENTARY: His Holy Saturday life ended on Dec. 31 — what might this secular and liturgical date suggest to us in God’s providence? A portrait of the late Pope Benedict XVI is displayed in front of ...

In worship, one common pattern for many years has been to use an Advent wreath, candles and themes of “Hope, Peace, Joy and ...

December 1 marks the beginning of the holiday Advent calendar, a religious tradition that is also celebrated with secular joy ...

The U.S. bishops, meeting in Baltimore for their annual fall assembly, voted Nov. 17 to inscribe St. Teresa of Kolkata, known during her life as Mother Teresa, in the liturgical calendar of the United ...

The beauty and solemnity of religious services are often enhanced by the attire of the clergy. These garments, known as liturgical vestments, are not simply decorative clothing. They are imbued with ...