The mother-daughter duo are among the roughly 960,000 Filipino Canadians in the country, many of whom follow the Philippine ...

But more than all of that, the British find their greatest pride in being cold. Before moving to Cambridge, where my wife ...

It's ironic that the four weeks of Advent, during which we're supposed to be reflecting and calmly considering the weekly themes of Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love, are typically spent with heads in a spin ...

As Christmas grows closer and closer, those who celebrate are busy with last minute preparations, including gift wrapping, holiday baking and celebration planning. However, for Christians, the weeks ...

Sunday, Dec. 14, is the Third Sunday of Advent. Mass readings: Isaiah 35:1-6a, 10; Psalm 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10; James 5:7-10; Matthew 11:2-11. The Gospel opens with John, in prison, sending his disciples ...

Advent is the season of hope. It provides the Christian community a period of time to bolster our hope and to be strengthened by this virtue for our continued journey through life. The four Sundays of ...

I would guess most people do, especially when a fun and exciting event is on the horizon, like Christmas. The world rushes toward Christmas like we’d waste time waiting. Stores fill with gifts and ...

The great Cistercian monk St Bernard of Clairvaux spoke of Advent in three distinct senses, and Christian writers and sermons have echoed his insight down the centuries. This the story … St Bernard of ...

Advent of Code has become one of my favorite Christmas traditions. I am never the fastest solver, and some puzzles definitely keep me humble, but the challenges always spark new ideas and mark the ...

Advent is a four-week period before Christmas that many Christians and Catholics observe, in preparation for Christmas Day. The season begins four Sundays before Christmas and involves weekly themes ...

ADVENT CALENDARS never used to be much fun. Each day in December, as part of the lead-up to Christmas, you would peel back a card door to reveal a Bible verse or a picture of a church bell. Only if ...