This Advent, you are invited to pray alongside Archbishop Casey. Each day he will share a spiritual reflection with an accompanying song available through the YouTube link. Advent Reflection for December 4 – Thursday of the First Week of Advent Readings: Isaiah 26:1-6, Psalm 118:1 and 8-9, 19-21, 25-27a, Matthew …

November 24. 2025 – January 16. 2026 Marian Library Seeking Shelter Christmas Exhbit 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM ET Marian Library Gallery and Crèche Museum After they were turned away from the inn in Bethlehem, Mary and Joseph sought shelter elsewhere. In Nativity sets, different traditions place Jesus’ birth in …

Hope is a funny thing. Most people think of it like a wish… “I hope the traffic isn’t bad.” “I hope the Bengals win.” “I hope it doesn’t rain.” But real Christian hope isn’t a feeling or a wish. It’s a conviction. St. Augustine once said that hope has two …

As we enter Advent, a season of preparation and hope, then joyfully celebrate the birth of Christ, the Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Chains offers us a prayerful and beautiful setting to mark these liturgical seasons. “Everything about the liturgy at the Cathedral Basilica during our Advent and Christmas …

For The Catholic Telegraph December Online Edition go to https://issuu.com/thecatholictelegraph/docs/the_catholic_telegraph_december_2025 ONLINE TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THE DECEMBER 2025 ISSUE Columnist From the Editor’s Desk: The Fulfillment of God’s Promises DAVID COOLEY Into Your Hands: Between Hope and Its Fulfillment ARCHBISHOP ROBERT G. CASEY A Closer Look: There is No Hope …

For Christians in areas of conflict Let us pray that Christians living in areas of war or conflict, especially in the Middle East, might be seeds of peace, reconciliation, and hope.

In the month ahead we will celebrate Advent and Christmas. As we chant “O Come, O Come Emanuel,” Advent days will teach us prayer and patience as we long for the coming of our Savior. When we finally sing out “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing,” Christmas days will call us …

What is Advent all about? How is Advent different than Christmas? Check out this 2 minute video: Advent in Two Minutes!

The Advent wreath is made of four candles and a circle of branches. Before the first candle is lighted, the household gathers for this blessing. The blessing of an Advent Wreath takes place on the First Sunday of Advent or on the evening before the First Sunday of Advent. When …

As a worship leader, there’s no better moment than when the people I’m leading sing out so loudly that we don’t need the microphone. As a youth evangelist, there’s no better moment than when witnessing youth come into an encounter with the Person of Jesus and joyfully open and surrender …