Make your Advent more meaningful by taking part in one or more of these events at our local parishes:

Join the good people of St. Ephrem, Dyker Heights, for Advent Vespers, Dec. 4, 7:30 p.m. Speaker: Sister Helene Jakubowski, R.S.M. All welcome. Call 921-9518.

Our Lady of the Snows, N. Floral Park, is having an Advent Mission: Bethlehem Lights, Dec. 4, 7:30 p.m. with Sister Ave Clark, O.P. Call 428-2471.

Sister Ave Clark, O.P., will lead a Mini Advent Retreat, Dec. 5, after 9 a.m. Mass in St. Augustine rectory, Park Slope. Call 428-2471.

The Sisters at Precious Blood Monastery, Fort Hamilton, invites everyone to join them for Eucharistic Adoration and Sacrament of Reconciliation, Dec. 5, 6:15-8 p.m.

The St. Padre Pio Prayer Group at Our Lady of Hope, Middle Village, is hosting a Festival of Advent Lessons and Carols this Friday, Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m. All are welcome to this evening of readings, carols and prayers in the spirit of St. Padre Pio. Call 429-5438 for more details.

Sister Ave Clark, O.P., will lead a Mini Brunch-Lunch Advent Retreat, Dec. 7, after 9 a.m. Mass at St. Gregory the Great, Crown Heights. Call 428-2471.

Sacred Heart, Bayside, hosts an Advent Candlelight Evening of Prayer, Dec. 8, 7 p.m. in church. Service conducted in the Taize tradition. Call 224-5695. 

Infancy Narratives in the Gospel, a Bible study for young adults at Queen of All Saints, Fort Greene, meets Dec. 8, 15 and 22, after 10:30 a.m. Mass in St. Joseph’s Hall. No pre-work or homework. Contact qasyoungadults@gmail.com or 638-7625.