2022 Advent Penitential Services

The Advent season is a time of preparation that directs our hearts and minds to Christ’s second coming at the end of time and to the anniversary of Our Lord’s birth on Christmas. Click for a schedule of all the Advent Penitentials that parishes have sent to the Archdiocese:

ADVENT PENITENTIAL LIST

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French cardinal offers to resign, despite abuse acquittal

January 31, 2020

A French cardinal welcomed an appeal court judgment that overturned his suspended jail sentence for failing to report abuse, but…

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Dutch doctor acquitted in controversial euthanasia case

September 12, 2019

A Dutch court acquitted a doctor involved in a controversial euthanasia case who had been accused of breaching the consent requirements…

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Pakistan says Asia Bibi, acquitted of blasphemy, has not left for asylum in Canada

April 10, 2019

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said Asia Bibi remains in the country, negating speculation that she had already joined her…

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Pakistan Supreme Court upholds acquittal of Catholic woman accused of blasphemy

January 29, 2019

Pakistan's Supreme Court upheld its acquittal of a Pakistani Catholic woman sentenced to hang for blasphemy. Asia Bibi, a mother…

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Faith groups call for healing and justice after acquittals

March 2, 2018

People of many faiths and backgrounds came together to pray for a community struggling and divided after two recent trials…

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