Welcome Advent

On the first Sunday of Advent, December 3, everyone is invited to the Parish Hall during the Formation Hour (9-10am) to build your Advent Wreath.

The Advent wreath is believed to have originated with a Lutheran pastor working among the poor in Germany in the late 1800s. Tradition states that the children would ask every day if Christmas had arrived, so he arranged candles to help the children mark time and journey with Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem without leaving Germany. Thus today, many see the wreath is a visual pilgrimage through Advent.