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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Everyday Heroes: A video thank-you to clergy and religious

November 10, 2021

Today we want to say a big “Thank you” to our priests, deacons and religious brothers and sisters. Once COVID-19…

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Different Ways of Being Spiritual but Not Religious

August 30, 2021

Nothing so much approximates the language of God as does silence. Meister Eckhart said that. Among other things, he is…

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Noticed or not, religious sisters are the hands, feet, eyes of Jesus in the world

February 3, 2020

Serena Chappell is a bit of an outlier. At 36, university-trained as a teacher, she’s on a path to figuring…

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Pope issues sweeping new Church law on reporting abuse

May 9, 2019

https://youtu.be/ddcpfrf3NTM Pope Francis has revised and clarified norms and procedures for holding bishops and religious superiors accountable in protecting minors…

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New head of Southdown Institute treatment centre helps minister to the ministers

April 10, 2019

The vocation of serving vocations is little understood and rarely appreciated, but it’s something that appealed to Rev. Stephan Kappler…

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