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Prayer App CEO Defends Partnership With Liam Neeson Despite Pro-Abortion Advocacy

Hallow, a Catholic prayer and meditation app, has responded to criticism it received for partnering with actor Liam Neeson for its 2023 Advent prayer challenge.

Liam Neeson To Read Selections From C.S. Lewis for Advent Prayer Challenge

Acclaimed actor Liam Neeson will be reading selections from the works of C.S. Lewis for an Advent prayer challenge that will begin on Dec. 4 on the Hallow app.

What Christmas Is All About: Charlie Brown Shares the Season’s Meaning

What Christmas is all about plays a key role in the Peanuts classic "A Charlie Brown Christmas." How can we, like Linus, remember and share the true meaning of Christmas?

Teach Your Children at Christmas: 5 Lessons From the Season

Christmas provides wonderful opportunities to pour Gospel truths into kids' hearts. You can teach your children at Christmas that Jesus is the greatest gift they could ever receive.

This Advent, Churches Urged To Assess Worship for Inadvertent Antisemitism

The Anti-Defamation League reported a 34% increase in antisemitic incidents in the U.S. between 2020 and 2021. A 2021 survey found that 60% of the general public sees antisemitism as a problem. 

With Race in Mind, Christians Reconsider Language of Dark and Light at Advent

For at least a decade, Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow has been urging other clergy to be thoughtful in how they use the language — often equating light with good and dark with bad — during the liturgical season of Advent.

Fans Can Pray With ‘The Chosen’ Cast Members by Joining Advent Challenge on the Hallow App

Cast members from hit series “The Chosen” are partnering with the Hallow app to lead an Advent prayer challenge. Actors who are participating include Jonathan Roumie (Jesus), George Harrison Xanthis (John the Evangelist), and Elizabeth Tabish (Mary Magdalene).

How to Plan for Advent

I’d like to make a case, in whatever church/denominational/liturgical setting you lead, that you try to aim for at least three things as you plan for Advent.