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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Archdiocesan News

Archbishop Smith: Living with Limit

April 16, 2020

I gather from news reports that many people are chomping at the bit right now to have medical restrictions eased…

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Archdiocesan News

Archbishop Smith: The Invisible Enemy – Overcome!

April 6, 2020

We are hearing a lot of reference made to the “invisible enemy” that has been wreaking great havoc in the…

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Archdiocesan News

Updated: Archdiocese will livestream display of Shroud of Turin

April 5, 2020

With people forced to stay home, even during Holy Week, because of the coronavirus pandemic, the archbishop of Turin has…

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Columnists

Rolheiser: An alternate expression of love and trust

March 16, 2020

"More tortuous than all else is the human heart, beyond remedy; who can understand it." The prophet Jeremiah wrote those…

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Columnists

Rolheiser: Jesus Christ – the person and the mystery

September 23, 2019

We quite naturally tend to think of the word “Christ” as Jesus’ second name. We think of the name “Jesus…

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