Traditional Masses for Christmas

The following churches will offer Traditional Masses for the Christmas season. If you know of any that are not listed here, please let us know.

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT
Christmas Eve:

11 pm Rosary by the creche

11:20 pm Orchestral Prelude: Christmas Concerto (Concerto grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8) (Arcangelo Corelli, 1683-1713)

11:30 pm Christmas Carols
Carol: What Child Is This (Greensleves)
Carol: O Holy Night (Cantique de Noël)
Carol: O Little Town of Bethlehem (St. Louis)
Carol: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Carol: Tu scendi dalle stelle (St. Alfonso Maria de’ Liguori, 1696-1787)
Carol: Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming (Es is ein’ Ros’ entsprungen)
Carol: De Virgine Maria (Carl Rütti, b.1949)
Carol: Silent Night (Stille Nacht)
Prelude: Desseins éternels (from La Nativité du Seigneur) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
The Solemn Proclamation of Christmas
Hymn at the Procession: Adeste Fideles (John Francis Wade, arr. David Willcocks, 1919-2015)
Hymn at the Procession: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks)

12:00 Solemn Midnight Mass
Mass in C Major (K. 258, “Piccolomini”) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Midnight: Dominus dixit
Motet at the Offertory: Laudate Dominum (from Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339) (Mozart)
Motet at the Communion: Verbum caro factum est (John Sheppard, c.1515-1558)
Postlude: In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Postlude: Fugue in A Major (BWV 536/2) (Bach)

Christmas Day, 9:30 am, Solemn Mass
Prelude: Puer natus in Bethlehem (BWV 603) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles, arr. David Willcocks, 1919-2015)
Missa O magnum mysterium (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Day: Puer natus est
Gradual: Viderunt omnes (Pérotin, fl. c. 1200)
Motet at the Offertory: Verbum caro factum est (John Sheppard, c.1515-1558)
Motet at the Communion: O magnum mysterium (Victoria)
Postlude: In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Postlude: Fugue in A Major (BWV 536/2) (Bach)

Sunday Dec. 27, 9:30 am, Solemn Mass followed by festive Christmas coffee hour
Jan. 1, Octave Day of Christmas, 5:30 pm, Solemn Mass

St Martha’s Church, Enfield, CT

Christmas Day, 12 noon, High Mass

St. Stanislaus, New Haven, CT
Christmas Day, 2 pm, sung Mass
Jan. 1, 2 pm, low Mass

Church of St. Anthony, 1496 Commonwealth Avenue, Bronx, NY

Christmas Day, 8:30 AM,Low Mass

Church of the Holy Innocents, New York, NY
Christmas Eve, 1 pm, Vigil Mass of the Nativity; 11:30 pm, program of sacred Christmas music; 12:01 am, Midnight Solemn Mass, followed by a festive reception in the parish hall
Christmas Day, Mass, 10:30 am
Sunday, Dec. 27, Mass at 10:30 am, Sunday Vespers and Benediction at 2:30 pm
Monday, Dec. 28,  Solemn Mass at 6 pm
Jan. 1, Octave of Nativity, Mass 1 pm

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 448 East 116th St., New York, NY
Christmas Day, 10:30 am, sung Mass
Jan. 1, Octave Day of Christmas, 10:30 am, sung Mass
Wed. Jan. 6, Epiphany, 7 pm, Solemn Mass and distribution of blessed Epiphany water, chalk and frankincense

St. Agnes Church, 143 East 43rd St., New York, NY
Christmas Day, 11:15 am, sung Mass

Our Lady of Peace, 522 Carroll St., Brooklyn, NY
Christmas Day, 9:30am

Immaculate Conception Church, Sleepy Hollow, NY
Christmas Day, 3PM Sung Mass
December 27th – 3PM Low Mass
Friday, January 1 – 3PM Low Mass
Sunday, January 3 – 3PM Low Mass Feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, followed by Christmas pageant and special dinner, convivium

St. Matthew’s Church, 35 North Service Road, Dix Hills, NY 
Christmas Day, 12:30 pm High Mass (in the Parish Center Chapel)

St. Ladislaus, Hempstead, NY
Christmas Day, 9:00 am, sung Mass

St. Patrick’s Church, 55 Grand Street, Newburgh,  NY
Christmas Day 3 pm

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 259 Oliver Street, Newark, NJ
Christmas Eve: Solemn Midnight Mass. There will be a prelude of Christmas Carols at 11:30pm.

Our Lady of Victories Church, 150 Harriot Avenue, Harrington Park, NJ
Christmas Eve, 9:00 pm Sung High Latin Mass

St. Anthony of Padua, Jersey City, NJ
Christmas Eve, 9 pm
Jan. 1, 9 am
Wed. Jan. 6, Epiphany, Sung Mass, 7 pm

St. Catherine Laboure, 110 Bray Avenue, Middletown, NJ
Christmas Day, Solemn Mass, 8:45 am

Our Lady of Fatima Chapel, 32 West Franklin Avenue, Pequannock, NJ
Christmas Eve, 11:00 pm Christmas carols, 12:00 Midnight Mass

Christmas Day, 7:00 am  Mass at Dawn
9:00 am  Mass of Christmas Day
11:00 am  Mass of Christmas Day

St. Anthony of Padua Oratory, West Orange, NJ
Christmas Eve,
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)

The stained glass window is in St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church in Manhattan, a church that was closed recently by mandate of the Archdiocese.