Christmas

Back in 1993, the musical conductors for Bishop Carroll, St. Mary’s and Our Lady of the Rockies high schools in Calgary came up with what students then, upon looking back, say was "an audacious plan."

During an age when Christmas “has been secularized beyond recognition,” children’s author Anthony DeStefano remains committed to pouring his energy and considerable talents into promoting the real reason for the season.

A vibrant coloured illustration of the Nativity is among the Christmas stamps issued by Canada Post this year, continuing a tradition in place for 60 years.

Hundreds of eager listeners packed in tightly together at a Whitby, Ont., parish on the evening of Dec. 10 to hear the angelic voices of young students singing in the “True Meaning of CHRISTmas” concert.

While the Church is marking Advent and preparing for Christmas, artist Steven Knight is finding himself immersed in work more evocative of Holy Week and Easter, and struggling with the realization that one of his works needed to be completely remade.

In Ajax, Ont., one Catholic school continues to pull out all the stops to better the Christmas season for those in need in their community.

Offering spiritual nourishment to Calgary Catholics leading up to Christmas was just one of the key aims of the diocesan Advent retreats hosted early in December.

A multicultural and multi-generational Advent concert highlighted the increasing diversity of the parish community at Christ the King Parish in Regina.

As many as 3,000 Catholic school children from poor families in the Philippines made their pop music debut in a new Christmas song by some members of the multi-platinum hip-hop/pop group Black Eyed Peas.

The best of St. Michael's Choir School, past and present, performed their annual Christmas Concert at Massey Hall in the heart of downtown Toronto Dec. 14.