During the four Sundays of Advent, churches across the Peninsula will be illuminated with candles as congregations light their Advent wreaths of evergreen, shaped in a perfect circle to symbolize ...

ROCHESTER — The new senior pastor at Emmanuel Advent Christian Church on Eastern Avenue is the Rev. John Tate, who took up his position last month. For the last four years, he has been the director of ...

Over Thanksgiving my husband, Rogelio, and I had a conversation about how Christians jump into Christmas music all too quickly, ignoring Advent. A good priest friend lamented that “O Come, O Come ...

History tells us that Constantine became a catechumen after a symbol of Christ helped him win a crucial battle. Then, he waited until he was on his deathbed to be baptized. Baptism was a major ...

Last year, America published “An (unconventional) Advent Playlist,” an article including two playlists by Karen Nielsen and Rogelio Juárez, in response to a friend’s lament that “‘O Come, O Come ...