We are beginning Year C . Each week, a different family does this. The Sunday before Christmas Eve is the day of our Christmas Pageant. It is always a joyous parish event. 10 a.m. in the new church .
Children are welcome to participate in the pageant.
Speaking parts are assigned in December. If you are constructing your own Advent wreath, Trader Joe's in Darien usually has pink, purple and white candles. The wreath, a circle, expresses God's unending eternity. Evergreen symbolizes God's unchangeableness and our immortal soul. Four candles, one for each week of Advent, represent the many hundreds of years during which mankind awaited the Redeemer.