In an effort to serve and engage with the parishes and ministries of South Carolina, the Office of Communications will release a social media toolkit each month for the coming year with social media assets and resources to promote a monthly theme. This coming month, December, will center around Advent and Christmas.

All parishes are encouraged to share and amplify the message of #BEJOYFUL across their own social platforms with the help of the resources below.

Resources

Title English Spanish
1st Sunday of Advent – Nov. 27 – PDF
1st Sunday of Advent – Nov. 27 – Word
Advent Calendar – 2022
All social media graphics – Dec2022 – Zip
December bulletin inserts – PDF
December bulletin inserts – Word
December toolkit – PDF
December toolkit – Word
General Intercessions – PDF
General Intercessions – Word
Homily Helps – Dec2022 – PDF
Homily Helps – Dec2022 – Word
UPDATED – Pope Francis’ Intentions graphics

Links

Graphics

Click to see a larger version. Right-click to Save image as. Captions are in the December 2022 (PDF and Word doc) above, or you can copy/paste from below each image.

The Eucharist

Jesus taught us that the greatest form of love consists in sacrificing for the good of another. He gave us the Holy Eucharist, His very body and blood, as the ultimate gift of love, the means of our redemption and font of grace. #bejoyful

The Sacraments

This Advent, let us prepare our hearts, minds and souls for Christ’s birth. By clinging to the sacraments, we invite God to dwell within us. In living out our vocations, we journey with the wise men to the Infant King. #bejoyful

Pope Francis' Intentions

This month, Pope Francis asks that we join in prayer for the future of the very young. Let us do everything in our power to set up the future of our church by ministering to our youth.

Second Sunday of Advent

John the Baptist preached to all Judea to repent because the kingdom of heaven was at hand. Many came to him at the Jordan River to be baptized and acknowledge their sins. What is Jesus saying to us in this Gospel? How does it still apply to us today?

Feast of St. Nicholas

Happy Feast of St. Nicholas! Nicholas was the Bishop of Myra in the province of Lycia (modernday Turkey) in the fourth century. He is believed to be the patron saint of children and gift-giving. Tradition states that St. Nicholas' parents died at a young age, leaving him a large sum of money. With this inheritance, he practiced Christian charity, helping the poor and less fortunate.

Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception

A blessed Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception! The Catholic Church teaches that Mary was conceived without the indelible mark of original sin on her soul. Let us ask for her intercession, that she might advocate for us at the throne of God.

Memorial of St. Juan Diego

Early in the morning Dec. 9, 1531, an indigenous man named Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin was walking to Mass along Tepeyac Hill on the outskirts of what is now Mexico City. He heard a voice say his name and saw a mestizo woman. She called herself the perfect and perpetual Virgin Mary, Mother of Jesus, the true God. St. Juan Diego, pray for us!

Third Sunday of Advent

Take a few moments to pray with today's Gospel, where Jesus sends a message to John the Baptist, a message still sent to us. Through him, the blind regain their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised and the poor have the good news proclaimed to them.

Our Lady of Guadalupe

Happy feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe! She appeared to Juan Diego to ask that a chapel be built on Tepeyac Hill. She provided a miracle to the local bishop, imprinting her image on Juan Diego’s tilma, or cloak. The black sash that she wears denotes that she is with child, and thus, she is regarded as the patroness of the unborn.

Fourth Sunday of Advent

Jesus is truly the light of the world. His light does not dull or fade. He illuminates everything he touches. His light is healing — it restores our souls. We were made to live in His light. REFLECT: Take a few moments to pray with today's Gospel. What is Jesus saying to you? How can you honor Jesus as the light of your life?

Nativity of the Lord - Christmas

The Diocese of Charleston wishes you and yours a very Merry Christmas! May you revel in the joy of the Savior's birth this Christmas season.

Feast of the Holy Family

A blessed feast of the Holy Family! May our own family units strive to imitate the Holy Family through loving one another in the joys and struggles of daily life. It is through our yes to God in the ordinary moments that we become holy.

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