Bishop Athanasius Schneider has launched a spiritual crusade asking God’s help for the Church.

This crusade was announced on Bishop Schneider’s website for the Confraternity of Our Lady of Fatima. See link.

“In the face of the tremendous crisis now afflicting the Catholic Church, the Confraternity of Our Lady of Fatima is launching a worldwide spiritual crusade consisting in the daily prayer of the Holy Rosary and practice of the Five First Saturdays, to implore, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, God’s help and intervention, particularly for the Holy See in Rome.

“This spiritual crusade will begin on the first Saturday of January 2024 (January 6) and conclude on the first Saturday of December 2024 (December 7).”

We urge our members and readers to attend First Saturday Mass and devotions beginning on January 6, 2024 as well as reciting the rosary daily for Bishop Schneider’s intention: “to implore, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, God’s help and intervention, particularly for the Holy See in Rome.”

A Missa Cantata is offered every Saturday at St. Mary Church on Greenwich Ave in Greenwich in the downstairs chapel at 8 am, concluding with recitiation of the Rosary. Please consider attending this Mass for the First Saturdays in 2024 or another Mass of your choice.

The Solemnity of Christmas, December 25

Connecticut

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, Solemn Midnight Mass begining with carols at 11:30 pm; 10 am Solemn Mass on Christmas Day.

Sacred Heart Oratory, Redding, Midnight Mass; Christmas Day: 7 am Low Mass and 12 noon.

Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Bridgeport, Solemn Midnight Mass preceded by carols at 11:30 pm; Christmas Day: Low Mass 8:30 am, Solemn Mass 10:15 am (The church will be open in time for 8 am confessions)

St. Patrick Oratory, Waterbury, Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 10:30 pm carols, 11 pm Mass at night, reception in the church hall to follow; Christmas Day, 8:30 am Low Mass at Dawn, 10:30 am High Mass at Day.

St. Stanislaus Church, New Haven, the Low Mass for the Vigil of Christmas scheduled for 2 pm on Sunday December 24 has been canceled owing to the unavailability of a priest to celebrate; the High Mass for Christmas Day WILL be celebrated on Monday, December 25 at 2:00 pm.

St. Martha Church, Enfield, Midnight Mass; Christmas Day 9 am.

St. Michael Church, Pawcatuck, Christmas Day 11 am

New York

Holy Innocents Church, New York, NY, Solemn Midnight Mass preceded by carols at 11:30 pm and a procession to the manger and blessing of the crib, festive coffee hour following Midnight Mass; Christmas Day, 9 am Low Mass at Dawn, 10:30 am High Mass followed by Benediction. ( n.b. There are no confession on Christmas Day, the church will close shortly after the 12:30 Mass)

St. Vincent Ferrer Church, New York, NY, Dominican Rite Midnight Mass

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, New York, NY, Christmas Eve: 11 pm Confessions, 11:15 Carols, 11:50 Proclamation of the Nativity, 12 am Solemn Midnight Mass; Christmas Day, 10:30 am Missa Cantata

Our Lady of Peace, Brooklyn, 9:30 am

St. Josaphat, Bayside, Queens, Sung Midnight Mass; Carols begin at 11 pm; Christmas Day 9:30 am.

St. Rocco, Glen Cove, Long Island, Midnight Mass; Christmas Day 11:30 am

St. Michael, Farmingville, Midnight Mass; Christmas Day 9 am

St. Paul the Apostle, Yonkers, Christmas Eve 10 pm.

Annunciation Church, Crestwood, 11:30 am

Immaculate Conception, Sleepy Hollow, Christmas Day Mass, Missa Cantata, 2 pm (n.b. on Sunday, Dec. 24, the Mass for the Vigil of Christmas will be at 2 pm)

St. Patrick Church,Newburgh, 3 pm

Holy Trinity Church, Poughkeepsie, 8 am

St. Mary and St. Andrew Church, Ellenville, 11:30 am

Sacred Heart Church, Esopus, 11:30 am

St. Joseph Church, Middletown, 10:15 am High Mass

New Jersey

Our Lady of Sorrows, Jersey City, Midnight Mass beginning with carols at 11:30 pm, featuring Mozart’s Spatzenmesse. There is no TLM on the morning of Christmas.

Our Lady of Victories Church, Harrington Park, Christmas Eve 9 pm

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Newark, Midnight Mass

Our Lady of Fatima Chapel, Pequannock, Midnight Mass preceded by carols at 11 pm; Christmas Day 7 am Mass at Dawn, 8 am Mass at Dawn, 11 am Mass of Christmas Day, 1:30 pm Mass of Christmas Day ( no 5 pm Mass)

St. Anthony of Padua Oratory, West Orange, Christmas Eve: 10 pm confessions, 10:30 carols, 11 pm Solemn High Midnight Mass; Christmas Day: 9 am Low Mass, 11 am High Mass

Shrine Chapel of the Blessed Scarament, Raritan, Midnight Mass preceded by carols at 11:30 pm; Christmas Day, Missa Cantata 10 am

Corpus Christi, South River, Midnight Mass

St. John the Baptist, Allentown, Solemn Midnight Mass; Christmas Day, 7:30 am Low Mass

Father Richard Cipolla celebrated a Rorate Mass at 6 am this morning at St. Pius X Church in Fairfield, CT.

Connecticut

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, Sat. Dec. 9, 6 am.

Basilica of St. John the Evangelist, Stamford, Sat. Dec. 16, 6:30 am.

St. Pius X Church, Fairfield, Sat. Dec. 16, 6 am

Sacred Heart Oratory, Redding, CT, Sat. Dec. 16, 6 am, Solemn Mass

St. Patrick Oratory, Waterbury, Sat. Dec. 16, 6 am

New York

Holy Innocents Church, New York, NY, 6 am, Dec. 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16.

Church of the Most Holy Redeemer-Nativity, 173 East Third St., New York, NY, Dec. 9, 6:30 am.

St. Josaphat Church, Bayside, Queens, 6:35 am, Dec. 4,5,6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16.

Our Holy Redeemer Church, Freeport, Long Island, Sat. Dec. 9, 6:15 am

Annunciation Church, Crestwood, NY, upper church, Sat. Dec. 16, 6 am

New Jersey

Our Lady of Fatima, Pequannock, Sat. Dec. 16, 6:30 am

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Newark, Sat. Dec. 9, 6 am

Corpus Christi Church, South River, Sat. Dec. 9, 6:30 am