Advent – The Season of Preparation

Begins Sunday, November 30th

St. Catherine Laboure – Might we suggest joining our beloved Vincentian Priests  Fr. Dominic, Fr. Ajay or Fr. Charlie for Daily Mass, streamed live, or recorded for playback at your convenience? Livestreams are available and archived right on the sclparish.org website at sclparish.org/Pray/Live-Streamed-Mass

The God Minute featuring our very own Father Jim Cormack, CM and long-time fan favorite Fr. Ron Hoye, CM has a daily 10 minute reflection. You don’t have to wait until Advent – This one is here now. Available in multiple formats, including podcast and mobile app!

Loyola Press/Ignatian Spirituality – Prayers and Video Reflections for Each Week in Advent including a featured webinar “Advent a Time to Get Unstuck”. The prayer series “Arts and Faith” will be of particular interest to those who admire Christian Art, as each weekly reflection will integrate discussion of a piece of artwork with the scripture that inspired it. This site also features relevant topics to which you can subscribe to free email blasts and includes a blog titled dotMagis with numerous Advent-tagged entries.

Advent 2025 - the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has established a special website for this most critical season in our Church Year. Included is a link to a colorful family calendar for the Advent season. As of this writing the 2025 items are not yet posted so check back if you see only 2024 information.