Advent Resources

NCEA is pleased to offer Advent resources that enable Catholic educators to help celebrate this season of Advent with students. Filled with research-based strategies, publications, website and technological tools, these resources will provide Catholic educators with insight and best practices during this Advent season.

Week 1

• Our Sunday Visitor
  • What’s the Meaning of the Seasons’ Traditions?
  • Helping Young Children Learn the Liturgical Calendar
  • Why we should all be like Little Fir Trees this Advent
• Sadlier
  • Advent Catholic Prayers & Advent Activities for Kids
  • Season of Advent Calendar Activities and Prayer Bundle
• Cross Catholic Outreach
  • “Home for Christmas”: A Service Opportunity
• NCEA
  • What Is Advent

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Week 2

• Our Sunday Visitor
  • Family Advent Guide: Proclamation – The Second Sunday of Advent
• Sadlier
  • Prayer Celebration
• Cross Catholic Outreach
  • “Box of Joy”: Service Outreach
• Ignatian Spirituality
  • Arts & Faith: Advent – Second Sunday Imaginative Prayer Exercise
• NCEA
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe

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Week 3

• Our Sunday Visitor
  • Seven Tips for Remembering That It’s Still Advent
  • O Antiphons for Advent
• Sadlier
  • Guadete Sunday “Joy to the World” Prayer
  • Advent Prayer Service for Junior High
• U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
  • Prayers for Vocations

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Week 4

• Our Sunday Visitor
  • Merry Christmas from OSV
  • Celebrating the Season of Christmas
• Cross Catholic Outreach
  • Living Our Faith: About Parish, School & Community Development
• Ignatian Spirituality
  • Arts & Faith: Advent – Fourth Sunday Imaginative Prayer Exercise
• NCEA
  • Advent & Christmas Reflections: Ideas for Teaching the Faith