Traditional Masses for Christmas

Window in Our Lady of Guadalupe/St. Bernard church, New York

 

Connecticut:

Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Bridgeport
Christmas Day: 10:15 AM

St. Martha, Enfield

Christmas Day: Mass, 12:00 PM

St. Mary Church, Norwalk

Christmas Eve: 11:00 PM, Rosary at the Creche

11:30 PM, Christmas Carols and Organ Music:
Prelude: Es is ein’ Ros’ entsprungen (Johannes Brahms, 1833-1897)
Hymn: Once In Royal David’s City (Irby)
Hymn: A La Nanita Nana (anon. Spanish, XVIII C.)
Carol: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (Carol)
Hymn: Joys Seven (arr. Hughes)
Carol: Il est né, le Divin Enfant (arr. Gabriel Fauré, 1845-1924)
Hymn: Riu riu chiu (Mateo Flecha el Viejo, 1481-1553)
Carol: Tu scendi dalle stelle (St. Alfonso Maria de’ Liguori, 1696-1787)
Motet: There Is No Rose (anon. English, XV C.)
Carol: Silent Night (Stille Nacht)
Prelude: Desseins éternels (from La Nativité du Seigneur) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)

12:00 AM Solemn Midnight Mass:

Hymn at the Procession: Adeste Fideles (John Francis Wade, arr. Willcocks)
Messe solennelle (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Midnight: Dominus dixit
Motet at the Offertory: Verbum caro factum est (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Quem vidistis pastores (Cipriano de Rore, 1515-1565)
Motet at the Communion: O magnum mysterium (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Postlude: In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

Christmas Day: 9:30 AM, Solemn Mass:

Prelude: Von Himmel hoch, da komm ich her (BWV 700) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa Dies sanctificatus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Day: Puer natus est
Gradual: Viderunt omnes (Pérotin, fl. c. 1200)
Motet at the Offertory: Puer natus est (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Viderunt omnes (Byrd)
Motet at the Communion: Dies sanctificatus (Palestrina)
Postlude: In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) (Bach)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 1 (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)

St. Peter’s Church, 160 Main Street, Hartford

Christmas Eve:  Midnight Mass

St. Stanislaus, New Haven

Christmas Day: High Mass 2:00 PM (St. Gregory Society)

 

New Jersey:

Mater Ecclesiae,261 Cross Keys Road, Berlin

Christmas Eve: 10:30 PM Christmas Carols
10:50 PM Blessing of Manger and Christmas Proclamation
11:00 PM Midnight Choral Mass

Christmas Day:
8:30 AM Low Mass
11:00 AM High Mass

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Newark,
Christmas Eve: Midnight, Missa Cantata

Our Lady of Fatima,32 West Franklin Avenue, Pequannock

Christmas Eve:
11:00 PM Christmas carols
Midnight: Missa Cantata

Christmas Day:
7:00 AM Mass at Dawn
9:00 AM Mass of Christmas Day
11:00 AM Mass of Christmas Day

Our Lady of Victories, Harrington Park

Christmas Eve: High Mass 9:00 PM

St. Anthony’s, Monmouth St. between 6th and 7th St.; Jersey City

Christmas Eve: 8:30 PM Concert of Seasonal Sacred Music; 9:00 PM High Mass (with music including the “Spatzenmesse” of Mozart)

St. Anthony of Padua Oratory, West Orange

Christmas Eve:
5:00 PM Confessions
5:30 PM First Mass of Christmas (fulfills the Christmas obligation)
9:30 PM Confessions
10:30 PM Traditional Christmas Carols
11:00 PM Solemn High Midnight Mass (First Mass of Christmas)

Christmas Day:
7:30 AM Low Mass (Second Mass of Christmas)
9:00 AM Low Mass (Second Mass of Christmas)
11:00 AM High Mass (Third Mass of Christmas)

St. Catherine Laboure, 110 Bray Avenue (off of Route 36);Middletown

Christmas Day: Solemn High Mass 8:45AM

New York:

Holy Innocents, New York

Christmas Eve: 7-8 PM – Christmas Carols; Church doors open at 11PM for Carols in preparation for the Midnight Mass; 12:01 AM, Christmas Midnight Mass

Christmas Day: Mass, 10:30 AM

Immaculate Conception, Sleepy Hollow

Christmas Day: Missa Cantata, 3 PM

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 448 East 116th Street, New York

Christmas Day: Sung Mass, 10:00 AM

Our Lady of Peace Church, Carroll Street, Brooklyn, New York

Christmas Day: Missa Cantata, 9:30 AM ( Fr. Joseph Koterski, SJ, celebrant)

St. Agnes, New York

Christmas Day:  High Mass, 11:00 AM (with Schola Cantorum)

St. Anthony’s Church, Bronx, New York

Christmas Day: 8:30 AM

St. Ladislaus Church,18 Richardson Place,Hempstead (Nassau County, LI)

Christmas Day: 9:00 AM

St. Matthew,35 North Service Road, Dix Hills, New York

Christmas Day: 12:30 PM (in the chapel)

St. Anthony’s, Jersey City (Courtesy of Mark Bertotti)