Advent Outreach 2026
Once again as part of our Advent Outreach initiative, Annunciation of the Lord will be supporting families from 4 local schools and from our community by providing Christmas hampers. We are very grateful for the generosity of our parishioners in past years! This is a beautiful way to serve others in our community during this special time of year when many have difficulty providing for their families.
We ask you to support in one of three ways:
- Pray for the families who will receive Christmas hampers. We encourage you to select a specific way to pray: a rosary, a daily chaplet, a novena, or simply regular daily prayer for them.
- Donate $30 Walmart gift cards. Gift cards should be $30 and can be dropped off at the parish office throughout the coming weeks. Walmart gift cards allow families purchase gifts for their children.
- Sponsor a hamper. Put together a beautiful Christmas dinner hamper and deliver it to a family in need!
If you are interested in sponsoring a family this year by providing a hamper, we ask that you fill in the form below with your contact info and your preferred family size. You will then be provided with information about your sponsor family so that you can reach out to them and plan for delivery. The parish will provide the meat (turkey, ham or fish), which will be available for pick up on December 19th between 10 and 11am.
Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact outreach@annuncation-ottawa.com
To learn more, including suggested hamper items, click here.
This Advent, Annunciation Parish will pray Hallow’s Pray25 Challenge, It’s a Wonderful Life, together, starting Monday, November 30.
The truth of Christmas isn't the parties or presents, the carols or cookies. It's that God Himself has come to dwell among us, not just in a manger 2,000 years ago, but right here, right now.
Scripture tells us: "Behold, the virgin shall bear a son, and they shall call him Emmanuel, which means God is with us." But how often are we too busy or distracted to notice God's presence?
This Advent, join Hallow as we journey through one of the greatest Christmas films of all time: It's a Wonderful Life. Over the 25 days leading up to Christmas, we'll walk with the film's main character, George Bailey, as he begins to open his eyes to the great beauty of his life and teaches us to do the same.
Sister Miriam will lead us in prayer throughout the challenge, joined each week by Chris Pratt, Jonathan Roumie, Gary Sinise, and Fr. John Burns as we walk through the film's most beloved scenes. Together, we'll follow George's story and discover what film director Frank Capra found to be at the center of the film: "There is a radiance and glory in the darkness, could we but see, and to see we have only to look. I beseech you to look" (Friar Fra Giovanni).
For Kids
Join Hallow Kids on a family adventure and prayer journey like no other in the Advent Challenge: "The Incredible Advent-ture:' Follow Josie and her best friend Sean as they discover what it means to wait in joyful hope while Sean prepares for the townwide sled-riding competition and Josie anxiously awaits the arrival of her adopted baby brother.
Already a Hallow user?
- Join the prayer challenge on our parish page in the Church tab at the bottom right.
New to Hallow?
- Download the Hallow app.
- Before creating your account, tap the church icon in the top right corner.
- Search for our parish (use zip code if needed) & Join.
- Finish creating your account and join the challenge!
Questions? Visit help.hallow.com/en or email parishsupport@hallow.app.
Need more in-depth steps to sign up?
We have a dedicated team at Hallow providing technical support! Looking for additional help getting setup? Email parishsupport@hallow.app.
If you are already on Hallow..
- Open the Hallow app
- Navigate to the Community tab (bottom of screen)
- Search for our parish by typing “K1J 7N5”
- Click join!
- Once on our parish page, click on the Advent Challenge
If you want to sign up for Hallow for the first time..
- Open the App store (Play Store on Android) on your phone
- Search for “Hallow” and download the Hallow app. (You can also join from the hallow.com website and access the content from your computer.)
- Open Hallow and sign up. You don’t need to start a free trial (just click the x to bypass the offer for now). If you create an account with a phone or email, write down your password or remember it.
- On the bottom right of the app, tap Community > Friends > Join A Church
- Search for “K1J 7N5” and select Annunciation of the Lord Parish to join our community page!
- Once on the parish page, click on the Advent Challenge