2022 Share Your Light Advent Calendar
Below we offer 28 ways, one for every day of Advent, for you to help make someone's day brighter this season. Click on the red title or green button in the box of any date below to get details or contact information. Learn more about the traditions of Advent by clicking on the photo of a saint or tradition that appear behind some of the dates below.
November 27
Add a prayer for peace on earth around the Advent wreath each day, remembering especially those enduring war, oppression or famine.
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November 28
Create an Advent calendar that offers suggestions to do a daily act of kindness for your family members, coworkers, friends or classmates.
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November 29
Contact your local jail or a nearby prison to see if you can mail Christmas cookies or cards to inmates incarcerated during the holidays.
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November 30
Share the Christmas story with your followers on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. You may reach someone who has never heard the Gospel before.
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December 1
Invite friends, neighbors or co-workers, who are living alone, and share your family's Advent traditions with them throughout the season.
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December 2
Volunteer to string outdoor Christmas lights or sing carols to bring joy to the elderly of your parish or residents at a local retirement center.
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December 3
Adopt a child or family through a social service agency in your area for Christmas, or give through Catholic Relief Services' Gift of Hope Tree.
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December 4
Meditate on the power of the Christmas story as you await the coming of the Lord through this Advent study from Little Rock Scripture Study.
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December 5
If you don't have an adoration hour each week, sign up for one during Advent and grow your relationship with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.
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December 6
Partner with St. Nicholas in giving to the poor this Christmas by supporting the ministry of your choice through Catholic Charities of Arkansas.
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December 7
Study Bishop Taylor's Advent Guide about the human rights of immigrants or read the U.S. bishops' pastoral letter against racism.
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December 8
Help a couple adopt a baby by donating toward the cost, or serve a mom in need by giving baby items to a pregnancy resource center.
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December 9
Help this year's One Church: Unite Arkansas in Faith and Mission partner reach its goal by putting together a fundraiser in your parish.
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December 10
Pray daily for young men and women in the Diocese of Little Rock to overcome their fears and discern a vocation to the priesthood or religious life.
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December 11
Have Christmas cookies or a meal delivered to the health care professionals who work tirelessly to care for the sick at your local hospital.
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December 12
Give to the Terry Skelton Fund or Hispanic Youth Ministry Office to make it possible for a youth to attend a diocesan event from a parish near you.
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December 13
Continue to pray for the recovery for everyone sick with COVID-19 and for everyone who has died from the virus and their families.
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December 14
Ask the saints of Advent to pray for those who no longer attend church to respond to the invitation to come back during this holy season.
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December 15
Got a car or truck you don't need? Consider donating it to benefit Catholic Charities of Arkansas through its Vehicle Donation Program.
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December 16
Contact your parish and volunteer to grocery shop or run errands for a parishioner who doesn't have a car or otherwise can't go.
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December 17
Adopt a seminarian to pray for daily, make a donation toward tuition or contact the Vocations Office to mail a care package to the House of Formation.
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December 18
Pay the tuition for a student who can't afford to go to a Catholic school, pray for school safety or contact a school near you to see how you can help.
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December 19
Spend time with a grandparent or elderly neighbor to receive #aGiftOfWisdom and exercise it your family, at work, church or on social media.
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December 20
Give to the Catholic Arkansas Sharing Appeal to help serve the pastoral, educational and social needs in the Diocese of Little Rock.
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December 21
Visit our Prayer Book of Intentions, in English or Spanish, and lift up these prayer requests daily with your family or prayer group.
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December 22
Be a guardian angel and help Arkansas Catholic update its technology to reach youth and young adults in the Diocese of Little Rock.
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December 23
Give to a food drive through a Catholic organization near you or provide Christmas dinner for a family in need in your community.
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December 24
Help provide for our religious and priests in retirement in special collections at your parish for religious on Dec. 3-4 and priests on Dec. 24-25.
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