These Little Advent preparations have been made with great love, so enjoy utilizing our Advent resources and programming. May they abundantly bless your liturgical season as you prepare your heart for the baby Jesus!
Advent Online Retreat (FREE)
Launching December 6, 2025, just in time for Advent 2025, the Restoration Collective–our Catholic Speakers’ Group–is hosting our first-ever online retreat, “Come Be My Light.”
Advent Virtual Book Club (VBC)
For Advent 2024, in collaboration with our team, speakers, and special guests, we launched our premier Advent VBC using the book Encountering Emmanuel: A Guided Advent Journal for Prayer and Meditation, by Heather Khym.
Each Sunday of Advent, we posted a new video to the Encountering Emmanuel Virtual Book Club playlist on our YouTube channel + blog featuring two new presenters from our group of eight ministry leaders discussing our reflections on the meditations for that week of Encountering Emmanuel, our Advent book.
Lisa Martinez, our founder, hosts this five-part series with the following eight presenters covering these themes:
Introduction to Advent Virtual Book Club:
Thankful for our Advent Book Club.
Advent Week 1: Jesus, Save Us
Presenters: Christie Walker & Monique Gonzalez
Focus: First reason Jesus came, to save us
Advent Week 2: Jesus, Make Us Share in Divine Life
Presenters: Aimee MacIver & Bridget Holtz
Focus: Second reason Jesus came, make us sharers in his divine life.
Week 3: Jesus, Show Me How to Live
Presenters: Christina Brown & Sefanit Stefanos
Focus: Third reason Jesus came, to show us how to live.
Week 4: Jesus, Show Us God’s Love
Presenters: Michelle Hillaert & Tammi McCarthy
Focus: Fourth reason Jesus came, to show us God’s love
Accompanying the Holy Family Advent eBook + Podcast Series
Enter more deeply into the Advent season with our Accompanying the Holy Family Advent eBook Pack. Our weekly approach is perfect for busy people this season, and our multi-media materials make it convenient to read or listen or do both!
Our Accompanying the Holy Family Advent Series includes:
Ep 1: Week 1 – Hope
Ep 2: Week 2 – Faith
Ep 3: Week 3 – Joy
Ep 4: Week 4 – Peace
Ep 5: Week 5 – Home
BONUS: Blog – Learning From the Hiddenness of the Holy Family
Saints for Slackers Podcast Advent Edition
This Advent, listen to our popular podcast, comprised of little saintly inspirations because even Slackers are called to holiness. The saints of this season follow the weekly themes of Advent as well as saints selected from the liturgical calendar for Advent.
Our Saints for Slackers Advent blogs, podcasts, and bonuses include:
Ep 1: St. Rose Philippine
Ep 2: St. Andrew
Ep 3: St. Francis Xavier
Ep 4: St. John the Baptist
Ep 5: St. Nicholas
Ep 8: St. Lucy
Ep 9: St. John of the Cross
Ep 10: St. Francis Xavier Cabrini
Ep 11: St. Peter Canisius
Ep 12: Sts. Adam and Eve
Ep 13: The Nativity of the Lord
Ep 17: St. Genevieve
Ep 18: St. John Neumann
Ep 19: The Epiphany
Ep 20: Epiphany Stories
Advent Holiday Preparation Blogger Panel Video:
If you are trying to get ready for the holidays, this holiday prep video will help. It is the replay of a diverse discussion with 6 panelists, ranging from 20 to 40 somethings, single, married, and moms with LIVE Q&A. The Little With Great Love bloggers shared what we do in our hearts, homes, and for our health as we seek to peacefully usher out another year. We covered things like traditions, resources, ideas, downloads, and FREEBIES (links in the video description)!
And if you still need cards and gifts for your holiday & gift-giving shopping, you can get them in our online shop too!
