There are many beautiful and meaningful ways to honor Advent. Think of this list as a menu from which to choose one or two items. Please don’t allow a spirit of overconsumption take hold as you read this list. After all, all God may want from you this Advent season is a little more time together – just you, God, and a candle.
Molleen’s Advent Playlist
Online Advent Retreats
This online retreat is not about adding one more thing to your holiday schedule! It is about helping you enter deep into this season that shimmers with mystery and possibility, solace and hope. It is especially designed to fit easily into whatever your Advent days might hold. From the beloved Jan Richardson.
Call to Action, USA Advent of Liberation
We chose Advent as a time for coordinated action because of its symbolic resonance. Advent is the beginning of the Catholic year. It is the time of preparation for the birth of Christ, a time of gestation, anticipation, and longing. Call To Action’s strategy working groups, Re/Generators, chapters, and members have planned a series of events to mark the season. This is the culmination of our 2020 National Campaign, a project to strengthen the movement for church reform through strategic collaboration across strategies, issues, and geographies.
Pray As You Go Advent Retreat
Do you know that God is with you?
After a year of challenges, changes, suffering, isolation and social distancing, perhaps there’s never been a more important time to reflect on the Incarnation; to reflect on God’s incredible plan to draw as close as possible to us, by becoming one of us. Find details here.
Ignatian Carbon Challenge
What a gorgeous site where you can explore ways to slow down your consumption and enjoy more meaningful relationships.
Ethical Gifts
Ignatian Solidarity’s Ethical Gift Guide
O Antiphons
Strange New World podcast – episodes 1-4
This podcast explores the beginnings, the Christmas story, in clear, concise, and inspiring episodes. You’ll love the solid Scripture scholarship and the use of music to underscore his points.
Oxenreider compiles a simple (hallelujah!) set of reflections and rituals to mark this tender and meaningful season. Don’t miss her robust collection of songs and art on her site.
This stuff is all amazing! What a huge blessing to have this all organized for me.
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