Resources for Living Advent as a Family

Advent is a busy time!  It can also be a meaningful, joyful, and even peaceful time if we live Advent intentionally, as a season of preparing our hearts and homes for Jesus's coming.  Here are some Advent essentials to bring you peace this year.

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The Advent Essentials

Living Advent: A 4-Week Journey

A fun, four page "how to" guide that makes Advent accessible for the entire family.

Weekly Advent Faith Conversations

One page for each week of Advent, offering reflections and daily questions to spark family conversations of faith.

Advent Feast Days

A handful of fun ideas to help you celebrate some of the most popular feast days during Advent!

Family Advent Plan

A printable chart to plan your family’s Advent. Plug in the ways your family will be living the Advent essentials of prayer, faith, and love.

Daily Advent Calendar

Use this daily Advent calendar to find ways to incorporate Advent into every day.

The Advent Wreath

A simple, 1-page explanation of the tradition of the Advent Wreath.

Family Christmas Movie Nights

A list of Christmas movies along with questions to get your family discussing the film afterwards.

Making Room for Jesus

Invite Jesus into all your family Christmas traditions with these simple prayers.

Jesse Tree Bible Story Guide

Use this Jesse Tree to follow along with Jesus' lineage through the Old and New Testament.

Fostering Love at Home

An ongoing family activity for Advent with ideas for acts of love to be lived in daily family life.

O Antiphon Ornaments

Color & cut out these "O Antiphon" ornaments to add to your wreath daily Dec. 17-23.

Neighborhood Food Drive

Give back this Advent season by hosting a neighborhood food drive to support a local food bank.

Don’t stop now, after four weeks of preparing, the celebrating has just begun! Celebrate Christmas Catholic-style from Christmas Day to the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. Get fun ideas to keep the Christmas-spirit going all season long.