Unlike more traditional depictions of the Magi, the Andean interpretation has them accompanied by llamas and bearing sacks of food from the region, including corn, quinoa and potatoes.
Christmas
Posted inArts & Culture, Podcasts
There’s a reason you love to belt out ‘Hark! The Herald Angels Sing’
“There’s a logic that is embedded in the melodies of these tunes that helps the congregation remember them,” Maestro Colin Britt explains on the latest episode of “Hark!”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The time I was St. Nicholas for 72 college freshmen
You can have your Vegas heist movies, Hollywood; I will take the hustle in which a bunch of college guys end up secretly delivering gifts to freshmen every time.
Posted inArts & Culture, Podcasts
’Tis the season for Christmas carols! Do you know where your favorite got its start?
If it’s not too early for Pope Francis to start listening to Christmas music, it’s not too early for us!
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis speaks at Christmas music contest: The birth of Christ is the ‘quintessential feast of compassion’
With Advent coming during an ongoing pandemic, Christians are called to hold on to hope and foster a season of compassion and tenderness, Pope Francis said.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
A Jesuit guide to dealing with unvaccinated family members this holiday season
If some of your family members aren’t vaccinated, you might have some hard choices to make this holiday season. St. Ignatius can help.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The best holiday tradition you’ve never heard of: Venezuelans roller skating to Christmas Mass at sunrise
One of the best parts of Christmas is hearing about how other people celebrate it. And in Venezuela, they have all-night roller skating, which ends with everyone skating to Mass at dawn.
Posted inArts & Culture, Poetry
Advent Dawns at the Sacred Cafe
he opened up the window for Dec 24 even though it was like Dec 3
Posted inFaith, Last Take
The supply chain crisis could save Christmas
The supply chain crisis may mean emptier shelves and later deliveries this Christmas season. So why not use the opportunity to buy fewer and simpler gifts?
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Christmas episode of ‘The Chosen’ to hit theaters in December
The director and creator Dallas Jenkins speaks about why this fresh take on the Christmas story might be especially needed now.