| St. Brigid Church 2008 ADVENT SEASON |
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| November 30 - December 25, 2008 Interactive Advent Calendar each day during the Advent Season, a new day will be highlighted with special thoughts and prayers for your & your family. Join us in our journey to celebrate the birth of Jesus! |
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| Advent, the beginning of the liturgical year in the Catholic Church, is a time of preparation for it is a time of repentance, with prayer, fasting, and Confession. Christian practice can be summed up by the word patience. In the New Testament patience means waiting for God for any length of time, not going away, and not giving in to boredom or discouragement.—Thomas Keating, Cistercian priest and monk |
| Download an Advent Calendar 2nd Week of Advent -- Reflections & Things to Do 3rd Week of Advent --- Reflections & Things to Do 4th Week of Advent -- Reflections & Things to Do Celebrate Christmas |
| Advent begins four Sundays before Christmas, and varies in length between 22 days and 28 days. (In 2008, it is 25 days long.) This chart provides a list of the dates of the Sundays and major feast days that fall in Advent 2008. |
| For Our Youth --Check Out What is Happening...... What is going on at the North Pole and track Santa on his special Christmas Eve trip.. All the preparations for this year are in place! Return on Christmas Eve to track St. Nick on his magical flight around the world! Until then, come back each day to receive updates from the North Pole and to discover new surprises in the Kids' Countdown. CLICK HERE |





