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

News & Events

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Columnists

Rolheiser: Sacred permission to feel human

July 20, 2020

It is normal to feel restless as a child, lonely as a teenager, and frustrated by lack of intimacy as…

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Columnists

Rolheiser: Celibacy – a personal apologia

February 11, 2019

As a vowed, religious celibate I’m very conscious that today celibacy, whether lived out in a religious commitment or in…

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Archdiocesan News

Marital chastity means being sensitive to each other’s emotional needs

July 26, 2018

The simplest summary of Sex, Love, and Marriage by Paul Flaman, a full professor of theology at St. Joseph’s College at the…

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Columnists

Rolheiser: Consecrated celibacy – an apologia

July 9, 2018

Huston Smith, the renowned commentator on world religions, submits that you should not judge a religion by its worst expressions,…

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Parents need to talk openly and honestly about sexuality, says Chastity Project educator

April 25, 2018

For most teens, talking about sexuality can get uncomfortable. And while that’s true for Catholic teens Amelie Schoenberger and Lily…

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Columnists

Rolheiser: Celibacy revisited

February 19, 2018

Writing in the first person is always a risk, but the subject matter of this column is best done, I…

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