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December 1 , 2002

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Advent 2002

1st Sun. of Advent
1st Dec. 2002
Readings and Psalm

2nd Sun. of Advent
8th Dec. 2002
Readings and Psalm

3rd Sun. of Advent
15th Dec. 2002
Readings and Psalm

4th Sun. of Advent
22nd Dec. 2002
Readings and Psalm

Christmas Season 2002/3

Christmas Midnight
25th Dec. 2002
Readings and Psalm

Christmas Day
25th Dec. 2002
Readings and Psalm

1st Sun. after Christmas
29th Dec. 2002
Readings and Psalm

New Year's Day
1st Jan. 2003
Readings and Psalm

The Epiphany
5th Jan. 2003
Readings and Psalm

annunciation

Advent Links

Doing as Jesus Commands - Commentaries on the readings for the Sundays & holy days of the year of Matthew. This wonderful web site originates from New Zealand and has a section on Advent, but this is only a small part of the treasures it contains: Commentaries on the readings for the Sundays & holy days of the year of Matthew.

ADVENT: Pilgrims, Travelers, and Citizens of Heaven - this beautifully illustrated web site offers weekly Advent prayers, the antiphones of Advent, meditations, Advent readings from the early church fathers and from other sources.

Catholic Catechist Online: Advent Files - Activities for Advent, Lesson plan, prayers, Advent wreath prayer ceremony, and several other printable handouts focussing on Advent... The same web site also lists a number of Advent related links: Catholic Catechist Online: Advent and Christmas Links (no longer available)

 

The Jesse Tree - by Catherine Fournier - How to build it and how to use it during advent. Includes several pages of drawings for the Jesse tree symbols.

Saint Benedict's Catholic Church - Broken Arrow, OK - Liturgical Seasons: the meaning, the message, the mood and the observance of Advent.

U.S. Catholic Bishops - Catholic Campaign for Human Development - Advent 2002 (no longer available)- A good way of integrating social justice concerns in our celebration of Advent. Also see An Advent of Peace from USCCB Publishing

Advent to Epiphany: Celebrating the Christmas Season - Several excellent resources provided by Saint Anthony Messenger.

Advent Prayers - The following web sites contain prayers for the Advent season:

For additional resources on Advent, visit our previous review of Advent Web Sites.

Christmas Link

"Little Shepherd (no longer available) is the timeless story of Christmas with a twist. As Joel embarks upon the journey of becoming a shepherd, he is worried about the dangers that lie ahead. Witness, along with Joel, the transforming power of hope and love in the "Little Shepherd."

Other Resources

 

In our next Issue...

January 15, 2003 issue:
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The Rosary of Light
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Fun Review Activity

Odds and Ends

(no longer available) - USCCB Publishing will be having a 2002 End of the Year Clearance Sale starting on Monday, November 4, 2002, and ending on December 31, 2002. They've lowered prices on 127 publications ranging from family life to Hispanic ministry and on publications from Pope John Paul II. The sale is only available through the USCCB website at www.usccb.org/publishing. A special Clearance Sale Order Form is available at the website. All orders must be postmarked by December 31, 2002, for clearance sale prices to apply. -- Daniel S. Mulhall, Asst. Sec. for Catechesis and Inculturation, USCCB Department of Education

Do you know which Jean Vanier book the following quote came from?

"Christ puts into the arms of His church the suffering and the hungry of this world so that they may heal us, call us down from our pedestals of power and wealth and lead us into the wisdom of the beatitudes."

If you do, please contact me and give me the source.

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