Consider the following suggestions and share them with your friends and family:
Celebrate with Advent Prayers
There are so many reasons to pray each day but pull your family together and share a quick prayer each day as we get closer to Christmas.
Some amazing Advent prayers can be found here.
Pope Francis celebrates Mass at the Pontifical North American College (Daniel Ibanez/CNA).
Attend Mass
It s hard to find extra time while juggling work, kids, Christmas shopping, meetings and life in general but it s important to remember to attend Mass.
Too many make excuses to avoid Mass but Christmas, the season dedicated to Christ s birth, should be celebrated with Christmas services, Midnight Mass and fellowship with other Christians.
Springfield Diocese installs Bishop William Byrne with ancient ritual tailored to follow pandemic rules
Updated Dec 14, 2020;
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SPRINGFIELD The Most Rev. William D. Byrne, a parish priest from the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., was installed Monday afternoon as the 10th bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield.
During the afternoon liturgy at the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel, Cardinal Sean O’Malley of the Archdiocese of Boston consecrated the 56-year-old Byrne as bishop in an ancient ritual that included the consent of attendees to his installation, questioned the bishop-elect about his commitment to what is considered the Church’s senior leadership, and called upon the Holy Spirit to guide him in his ministry.