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Saturday, November 28, 2020
The Advent Season of the 2021 Liturgical Calendar is November 28th/29th, 2020 through the morning of December 24th, 2020.
Beginning the Church's liturgical year, Advent (from, "ad-venire" in Latin or "to come to") is the season encompassing the four Sundays (and weekdays) leading up to the celebration of Christmas.The Advent season is a time of preparation that directs our hearts and minds to Christ’s second coming at the end of time and also to the anniversary of the Lord’s birth on Christmas. The final days of Advent, from December 17 to December 24, focus particularly on our preparation for the celebrations of the Nativity of our Lord (Christmas).
-United Conference of Catholic Bishops
LEARN MORE about the Advent Season.We will have the Blessing of the Advent Wreath at all Masses on the weekend of Novemeber 28th/29th. In addition, look for our table of Advent books for spiritual nourishment reading during this season.
Also, as we have done the last couple years, we will have Guest Celebrants and Homilists at the Saturday Advent 4:00PM Masses.
Our Guest Celebrants are:- Nov. 28th: Monsignor Jim Maroney, Rector of Saint Paul's Cathedral and Director of the Office of Worship in the Diocese.
- Dec. 5th: Father Dennis O'Brien, former Pastor of Our Lady of the Lake Parish in Leominster and presently Minister of Priests of the Diocese.
- Dec. 12th: Father Enoch, Director of the African Catholic Ministry
- Dec. 19th: Monsignor John Duran, former Pastor of Saint Leo's Parish in Leominster
These are great priests and terrific preachers...We encourage you to participate and be nourished. We will simulcast the 4:00PM Masses in the downstairs hall because of limiting seating in the upper church.
You can also follow us online with a live broadcast through facebook (you do not need to have facebook to view this broadcast...check the homepage of the website for the links.