Advent by Candlelight
Livestream Tonight at 7 pm
Advent by Candlelight will be live streamed tonight, November 16 at 7 pm, on St. Thomas More’s YouTube channel and STM’s Facebook page. If you do not already have a reservation to attend in person, please join us virtually! It is going to be a beautiful night of praise, Candlelight Mass, and a reflection on the coming season of Advent by Mary Beth Bonacci (schedule and bio below). Questions? Please reach out to Jan Ahern at 303-877-6229. We are praying for our community and praying that this evening’s program will bless us all.
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Advent by Candlelight Schedule
7:00 Welcome
7:05 Candlelight Mass celebrated by Fr. Kevin Barnekow
7:45 Advent Reflection from Mary Beth Bonacci
8:35 Closing Remarks
Tonight's Speaker
Mary Beth Bonacci has been giving talks on love, relationships and chastity across the United States and internationally for . . .well . . . her entire adult life. She was among the first Catholic speakers to introduce audiences to St. John Paul II’s beautiful Theology of the Body. She is the founder of Real Love, Inc., an organization dedicated to promoting respect for God’s gift of human sexuality. Her book Real Love, based on the Theology of the Body, has been translated into ten languages. She is also the author of We’re on a Mission from God, writes a monthly column for Catholic newspapers and contributes regularly to the Catholic Match Institute blog. Her educational video, Sex and Love: What’s a Teenager to Do? was awarded the Crown Award for best youth curriculum. She spoke to 75,000 people at World Youth Day in Denver, Colorado, and 22,000 at the TWA Dome during the St. John Paul II’s visit to St. Louis. She was featured in the PBS documentary Colorado Experience: Pope John Paul II about the Holy Father at Denver’s World Youth Day.
Mary Beth holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communication from the University of San Francisco, a Master’s degree in Theology of Marriage and Family from the John Paul II Institute, and an honorary doctorate from the Franciscan University of Steubenville. No longer a full time speaker, for the past 15 years she has paid the bills and funded her ministry by working as an award-winning real estate agent with RE/MAX Alliance here in Denver.
She can be found via her web site at www.reallove.net.
FIAT
FIAT is a ministry for all parents at STM Parish School. FIAT (Faith in Action Together) encourages everyone to live the faith and grow closer to Jesus Christ. FIAT in Latin means, “let it be.” Just as Mary, Joseph, and Jesus said “yes” and accepted their early mission, let us strive each day to accept God’s calling for us in our lives. May we come together as one – school community and parish community –
to live out our faith with support and love for one another.
to live out our faith with support and love for one another.