If you’re looking for ways to celebrate the season of Advent with young adults in your parish, here are some things our partner parishes and others have tried. Remember, like Lent, Advent is a time of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.
Prayer
- Attending an extra Mass during the week
- Praying Morning Prayer as a community
- An evening of Adoration with contemplative music
- Youth and Young Adult Holy Hour
Events
- Lessons and Carols Concert
- Advent Teaching Series
- Theology on Tap topic: Advent and the End of the World
- Parish 3-night Advent Mission – focused on our unity in the coming Messiah, our identity with the coming Messiah, and gratitude for the coming Messiah
- Advent wreath-making demonstration
Small Group Gatherings
- Weekly Young Adult Group – Advent with the Saints
- Weekly Bible Study – reflecting on the upcoming weekend’s readings
- Monthly Dinner Club on 2nd Sundays after Mass
Service and Almsgiving
- Advent Giving Tree
- Night of Hope: A benefit concert for the Catholic Action Center
Socials
- Ugly sweater party
- Christmas potluck at the rectory
- Epiphany party to kick off the new year
Other
- Daily reflections written by members of the community
- Reading one chapter of the Gospel of Luke each day – the story of salvation!
Links for Suggested Programs and Books