Our Lady of Lourdes School observes the Advent wreath tradition with a ceremony on Monday mornings, one for the younger children, another for the older students. The school uses electric candles ...

The lighting of the first of the four candles in the Advent wreath—three purple and one pink—started on November 28, the first Advent Sunday this year. The other candles are lit on succeeding ...

Lighting the Advent wreath sounds simple, but it inherently involves some level of slowness, even caution; it means relative stillness if only for the sake of safety. It’s just that I have ...

The four candles on a wreath mark the growth of approaching light. I encourage you to make time at home for this tradition. Pause for a moment, find a wreath and candles, gather with family or ...

After 38 years as an active member of Rolling Hills Covenant Church, I was finally asked to participate in the Advent candle-lighting service.