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

Advent Wreath

Add a prayer for peace on earth around the Advent wreath each day, remembering especially those enduring war, oppression or famine.

November 28

Advent Calendar

Create an Advent calendar that offers suggestions to do a daily act of kindness for your family members, coworkers, friends or classmates.

November 29

Mail Prisoners

Contact your local jail or a nearby prison to see if you can mail Christmas cookies or cards to inmates incarcerated during the holidays.

November 30

Share Gospel

Share the Christmas story with your followers on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. You may reach someone who has never heard the Gospel before.

December 1

Advent Traditions

Invite friends, neighbors or co-workers, who are living alone, and share your family's Advent traditions with them throughout the season.

December 2

Visit Elderly

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.

December 3

Adopt a Family

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.

December 4

Encounter Scripture

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.

December 5

Time With Jesus

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.

December 6

Join St. Nicholas

Partner with St. Nicholas in giving to the poor this Christmas by supporting the ministry of your choice through Catholic Charities of Arkansas.

December 7

Examine Prejudice

Study Bishop Taylor's Advent Guide about the human rights of immigrants or read the U.S. bishops' pastoral letter against racism.

December 8

Help Moms in Need

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.

December 9

Organize Fundraiser

Help this year's One Church: Unite Arkansas in Faith and Mission partner reach its goal by putting together a fundraiser in your parish.

December 10

Pray for Vocations

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.

December 11

Make Nurses Smile

Have Christmas cookies or a meal delivered to the health care professionals who work tirelessly to care for the sick at your local hospital.

December 12

Support Youth

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.

December 13

Pray for Healing

Continue to pray for the recovery for everyone sick with COVID-19 and for everyone who has died from the virus and their families.

December 14

Call on Saints

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.

December 15

Donate a Car

Got a car or truck you don't need? Consider donating it to benefit Catholic Charities of Arkansas through its Vehicle Donation Program.

December 16

Deliver Groceries

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.

December 17

Adopt Seminarian

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.

December 18

Support Schools

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.