Resources for the 2024 Advent Season:
Advent Simplicity Challenge, Ignatian Solidarity Network
This Advent, commit to simplicity. In a season that can mistakenly be focused on gifts and consumption, explore ways to live simply as we hopefully prepare for the coming of Jesus and the restoration of the earth. This year, we’ll be mixing in new daily challenges, as well as accompanying PDFs for folks who prefer not to use the interactive calendar.
Advent Guide 2024: One Family of God, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns’ weekly reflections, questions, prayers, and actions based on each week’s Gospel reading and the experience of Maryknoll missioners who have lived and worked with migrants and refugees from around the world. Available in English and Spanish.
Pray with the CRS Advent Wreath, Catholic Relief Services invites you to visit their Advent page each week of Advent to help prepare your heart for Christmas. As you light the candle of your Advent Wreath, reflect on the many gifts Jesus brings to our lives—including hope, faith, joy and peace—and on our Gospel call to share them with others to build a more just and peaceful world. Together, let’s prepare our hearts for a Christmas filled with love and purpose!
Laudato Si’ Movement Advent Calendar 2024. A curated blend of calendar touchstones, Gospel verses, reflection questions, and calls to action, the Advent Calendar links the contemplative spirit of the Advent Season with the action imperative of our faith.
CAFOD 2024 Online Advent Calendar: Our online Advent calendar of daily prayer and reflection will offer an opportunity to pause, reflect, pray and take action as we prepare for Christmas.
From St. Peter Catholic Church (Charlotte, NC) : St. Peter Care for Creation Advent Simplicity Calendar and St. Peter Care for Creation Advent Simplicity Ideas.
Less Hectic, More Holy Advent Workshops for Staying Centered and Sane, The Pastoral Center
Disrupting Darkness: Light, Love, and the Birth of Jesus, A JustFaith Advent Series consists of four 1-hour sessions, an optional half-day retreat, and discussion questions for an optional post-Christmas gathering. JustFaith Ministries provides all the resources and support you need to facilitate this series in your own church or community.
From SALT:
Candle lighting litanies for personal, family-based, and/or parish use during Advent
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“Starry Nights: An Advent Devotional Full of Light and Wonder,” and accompanying Customizable Short Film, suitable for church websites, social media, and worship services (find out more about Customizable Short Films here). The film is designed so it can stand alone or be used in tandem with the devotional, for a coordinated approach to the season.
Advent Conspiracy: Lifting four tents during advent:—Worship Fully, Spend Less, Give More, Love All—to guide themselves, their families, and congregations through the Christmas season.