Three candles burn now: hope, peace, and joy. Next week, we turn toward love, the culmination of everything Advent builds.

Joy is ever-present in the small things in life—the pause you take to notice the wisteria blooming on campus, or the excitement of hearing your child's sweet voice say, "Hey Mama" when they answer ...

Advent for some Christian denominations is a penitential season of waiting and longing in the four weeks before Christmas. The consumer-driven holiday season often overlooks the Advent themes of ...

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A Catholic choir led by Father Patrick Baretta brought Christmas carols to St. James Hospital in Butte, spreading joy to patients and staff.

Friends say they know Bishop Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez by his intellect, his smile, his love of music and his ability to ...

A Catholic choir led by Father Patrick Baretta brought Christmas carols to St. James Hospital in Butte, spreading joy to patients and staff.

Every December, Americans go searching for joy. We chase it through crowded stores, pack it into our calendars and hope the season will somehow lift the heaviness we’ve carried all year long. But for ...

We have reached the third Sunday in Advent, known as “Gaudete Sunday.” In the Western church, “gaudete,” the Latin word for “rejoice,” was the first word of the appointed “introit,” or psalm of the ...

We see Advent calendars in most shops around Christmas time, but where did they originate from? Image: Pexels.com/Torsten Dettlaff. Long before Christmas Day, many ...