Advent 2017

Advent begins on Sunday, December 3, 2017 and ends January 8, 2018. Advent is the season encompassing the four Sundays and weekdays leading up to Christmas. 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 also to the anniversary of the Lord’s birth on Christmas. The final days of Advent, from December 17 to December 24, focus particularly on our preparation for the celebrations of the Nativity of our Lord (Christmas).

Advent Resources

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Advent & Christmas Season - Catholic.org - includes video

Holy Heroes Advent Adventure - I have signed up for this and will be utilizing some pieces for the classroom

Advent Bible Readings - *tip* write the verse numbers for each day on a slip of paper to include with your Advent calendars, if you have one

Advent Prayer Book

Distribute paper, pens or pencils, crayons, and markers. Say: We're going to make prayer books that we can use as a family during Advent. Have children include four pages in their prayer books, one for each of week of the Advent season. Say: On each page write a prayer that we can pray together as a family. Have children decorate the cover and the pages of their prayer books. Say: You may wish to use pictures, symbols, or Scripture passages to decorate your prayer book.

OLQA Bible Study
Unlocking the Mysteries of the Bible will begin at OLQA on Monday, November 27, 2017 at 6 p.m. For more information, or to sign-up, contact the office at 814-382-7252 or by email at olqaoffice@zoominternet.net - I am one of the small group leaders of this study and am very excited about the format. It's like nothing we have done at OLQA before! Please consider joining this group. We will be meeting for 4 weeks during Advent and then another 4 weeks in the New Year.

Please keep an eye out in the bulletin, which can be found weekly on the OLQA webpage, for more activities happening at Church during this holiday season!