Alive in Christ! Advent & Christmas 2023
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Advent & Christmas 2023
Welcome to Advent 2024 at St. Boniface! Please scroll down this page to learn about our Advent opportunities, including:
- Advent Parish Mission
- Hallow App and Advent Pray25 community prayer
- Advent and Christmas liturgies, reconciliation, concerts, and more!
Advent Parish Mission
Friday, Dec 1, 6:30pm
Saturday, Dec 2, 5pm
Sunday, Dec 3, 10:30am (music begins at 10:20am)
St. Boniface Catholic Church
Childcare is available Friday and Saturday evening with advance registration at this link.
Are you looking for more peace? More joy? More confidence in God's will for your life? Alive in Christ! at St. Boniface is a three-day opportunity to help us deepen our personal connection to Christ and for each of us to discover how we can best share Jesus with others.
St. Boniface parishioners of all ages -- and their guests -- are invited to our Advent Parish Mission, Alive in Christ! with special speaker Josh Danis. Scroll down this page for more details!
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Parish Mission Schedule
Friday, December 1, What does it mean to be Alive in Christ?
6:15pm Childcare Opens (register at this link)
6:30pm: Praise & Worship (Church)
6:45pm: Presentation (Church)
7:30pm: Adoration with Praise & Worship (Church)
7:45pm: Table Discussions and Dessert (Parish Hall)
8:30pm: End
Questions to Ponder: What does it look like to be Alive in Christ? To love Jesus? To model your life after His life? To be peaceful, joyful, confident, and spiritually attractive to others?
Saturday, December 2, What are the three pathways to become more Alive in Christ?
4:45pm: Praise & Worship (Church)
5:00pm: Presentation/Mass (Church)
6:00pm: Dinner with Table Discussions (Parish Hall)
6:30pm: Childcare Opens (register at this link)
6:45pm: Praise & Worship (Church)
7:00pm: Presentation (Church)
7:30pm: Adoration, Prayer Ministry, Confession (Church)
8:30pm: End
Questions to Ponder: How do we encounter God through the Holy Spirit? How do we encounter truth through our intellect? How do we encounter other Christians through breaking bread together?
Sunday, December 3, How do we become, together, a community Alive in Christ?
8:20am: Praise & Worship (Church)
8:30am: Presentation / Mass (Church)
10:20am: Praise & Worship (Church)
10:30am: Presentation / Mass (Church)
11:45am: Lunch with table discussions (Parish Hall)
Questions to Ponder: How do we discover our spiritual gifts? How do we uncover our personal mission as individuals and our shared mission a community?
Parish Mission FAQs
What is a parish mission? A parish mission is an opportunity for the parish community to grow spiritually and to experience the love of Jesus Christ in their midst. A parish mission may be just one day or sometimes up to five days.
Who is Alive in Christ! for? Alive in Christ! is for adults for all ages, as well as high school and middle school age students.
What if I have young children? Childcare for younger children is available Friday and Saturday evening with advance registration at this link.Why should we come? Are you looking for more peace? More joy? More confidence in God's will for your life? Alive in Christ! at St. Boniface is a three-day opportunity to help us deepen our personal connection to Christ and for each of us to discover how we can best share Jesus with others.
Must we come all three days? You and your guests are encouraged to come to as much of the mission as you can, one day, two days or all three days! But make sure you Invite a friend!
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Who is Josh Danis?
Our parish mission speaker is Josh Danis, director of parish engagement for Hallow, the Catholic app.
In an interview with the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Josh said, “I see things through an evangelizing lens. We’re all living out our redemption story, and Jesus made our redemption possible.”
Josh was raised Catholic in Dayton and earned a theology degree from Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio. He describes his first job out of college as being a “go-fer” at a Dayton law firm.
“I’d been praying the rosary for my future family situation and the Chaplet of St. Michael for my occupational future,” Joshua recalls. Then, he received a call from St. Michael – not the archangel, but a parish in New Hampshire.
A friend had recommended him to the pastor, who was seeking a director of evangelization. “I told the priest ‘I don’t know exactly what it means to evangelize, but I’m willing to try it!’” Josh said.
Josh's next job was as national coordinator for Radio Maria. After that, he went to work for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Josh worked for the archdiocese of Cincinnati for four years before he served six years as National Director for Catholic Context for Alpha USA.
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What is the Hallow app?
Think of Hallow as a resource to help you dive deeper into your prayer life, whether you're new to prayer or pray daily.
With 10,000+ prayers and meditations, from daily reflections to community challenges, the app supports you in finding peace, falling asleep easier, and building a community in Christ.How do I access Hallow?
Hallow is FREE to all St. Boniface parishioners and their families from the beginning of Advent through Easter Sunday 2024. Click on the link below and search for St. Boniface Catholic Church to set up your account.
Join Advent Pray25!
All parishioners are also invited to join the Advent Pray25 Waitlist and pray as a community together every day leading up to Christmas!
Starting on the first Monday of Advent, December 4, we will pray as one community from all over the world leading up to the birth of Jesus. Pray25 was Hallow's largest prayer challenge in 2022, and we'll be praying alongside hundreds of thousands of others this year!
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