Ireland: Bishop Monahan launches digital Advent Calendar
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To coincide with the first day of Advent, tomorrow Sunday 1 December, Bishop Fintan Monahan of Killaloe, the delegate of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference for the universal Church’s Jubilee Year 2025, has launched the annual digital Advent calendar on the theme of ‘Hope.’ For each day of Advent all are invited to open the calendar’s doors on the homepage of www.catholicbishops.ie.
Advent also marks the beginning of the new calendar year for Christians. The digital Advent calendar offers a distinctive and spiritually enriching way to journey through this holy season. Based on the Jubilee Year’s theme of #Hope, the 2024 calendar offers prayers and resources designed to guide individuals, families and faith communities to reflect on the hope that Christ brings to the world, while also preparing for the upcoming Holy Jubilee Year in 2025.
“For Advent 2024 let us reflect on the hope that Christ’s coming brings in terms of healing and reconciliation in our broken world. I thank all of the contributors to our digital calendar as they are supporting us with our own spiritual preparations for Christmas as well as in our Christian roles as instruments of peace in our parishes and in the world,” Bishop Monahan concluded.
2024 marks the eleventh year of this popular seasonal resource that has established a unique presence on the web. As viewers open a digital door each day of Advent, they will experience brief personal video reflections relating to the Advent season delivered by lay women and men, young people and clergy, including prayers and scripture passages that encourage contemplation and action throughout the Advent season.
Note: The virtual doors above cannot be opened ahead of their actual date. All content will go live in the early hours of each morning. Source: https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51208
Notre Dame Virtual School wishes you Advent/Christmas Blessings as you pray, reflect, and ACT making a difference for our world.
