A lit candle is seen on an Advent wreath. Advent, a season of joyful expectation before Christmas, begins Dec. 3 this year. The Advent wreath, with a candle marking each week of the season, is a ...

Walking into a Catholic Church during Lent it is easy to tell the season. The color purple is used. No flowers are in the sanctuary. Symbols such as a wooden cross or crown of thorns are somewhere in ...

PRICE HILL – The Rev. Andrew Umberg wasn’t going to let his inability to sew stop him from creating beautiful altar pieces for his parish. Over the past several years, Umberg, who is the pastor at St.

When my editor suggested I compile a list of don't-miss St. Joseph altars, I went into panic mode. To me, they are all special. Each altar has so much work, so much love, so much devotion represented ...