Advent & Christmas Schedule, 2024

Please join us in this sacred season as we prepare our hearts for the Christ Child!

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DAILY MASS
Monday-Friday: 12:10pm; Saturday: 9am

ADVENT CONFESSIONS                
Saturdays: 3:00pm – 3:45pm
Tuesday, Dec. 3: 7:00pm – 8:00pm
Tuesday, Dec. 10: 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Tuesday, Dec. 17: 7:00pm – 8:00pm
Saturday, Dec. 21:  1:00pm – 3:45pm
*Monday, Dec. 23: 6:00pm – 7:00pm  *Last Chance for Confession before Christmas!
Please note: There will not be Confession on New Year’s Eve.

ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
Friday, Dec. 6: 1pm-7pm
Tuesday, Dec. 10: 7pm-8pm Healing Holy Hour with Music

FIRST WEEK OF ADVENT

  • Advent Reflection Booklets for all Parishioners
    Prepare spiritually with daily readings and reflections. Booklets in vestibule.
  • The Giving Tree
    Select a simple “Advent Need Tag” from our entrances & return unwrapped gifts by Sunday, Dec. 15 to support Families struggling to provide basic needs like gloves, hats, jackets, socks.
  • Family Advent Project
    Fill a box with non-perishables to welcome the Christ Child for our Food Pantry Families. Return filled boxes by Monday, Dec. 16.
  • Outdoor Crèche Blessing & Christmas Tree Lighting
    Saturday, Nov. 30 after the 4:00pm Mass: Join us for our annual Creche and Tree Lighting and enjoy caroling with our Choirs! Reception to follow in the Great Room hosted by the Knights. The Knights are requesting a toy for Norwalk Toys for Tots Collection.
  • Advent Evening of Recollection with Fr. Frank
    Tuesday, Dec. 3 at 7pm
    Fr. Frank will offer a reflection on the meaning of the Season, focusing on the themes of Expectation, Hope & Preparation. Confessions will also be heard from 7:00pm to 8:00pm.

SECOND WEEK OF ADVENT

  • Parish Christmas Fair!
    Dec. 7-8 Weekend: 10:00am-6:00pm in the Great Room.
  • Hand-carved Olivewood Gifts from the Holy Land
    Dec. 7-8 Weekend: After all Masses, opportunity to purchase religious items recognized by the Holy Father.
  • Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, A HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION
    Monday, Dec. 9 Masses: 8:00am, 12:10pm, 7:00pm.
  • Healing Holy Hour with Music, Fr. Ignacio
    Tuesday, Dec. 10: 7:00pm in Church. Confessions before Adoration from 6:00pm to 6:30pm.
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe Mass with Fr. Ignacio
    Thursday, Dec. 12: 6:30pm in the Chapel.
  • Jesus & Jammies
    Friday, Dec. 13: 6:30pm Christmas Storytime in the Church followed by dessert in the Great Room.

THIRD WEEK OF ADVENT

  • Poinsettia delivery to our Homebound
    Dec. 14-15: After all Weekend Masses select a Poinsettia Plant with attached name/address tag, and drop it off to the designated parishioner to let them know we remember them at Christmas!
  • Breakfast with Santa!
    Sunday, Dec. 15, 10:00am in the Great Room: Make great memories – breakfast, photos with Santa, elf games! Reservations required by Monday, December 9.

FOURTH WEEK OF ADVENT

  • 4th ANNIVERSARY MASS FOR MSGR. WALTER C. ORLOWSKI
    Sunday, Dec. 22, 5:00pm Mass will be offered in Memory of Msgr. Walter C. Orlowski

CHRISTMAS EVE

  • THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD: TUESDAY, DEC 24 MASSES
    4:00pm Vigil with Children’s Pageant
    6:00pm Mass
    9:30pm: Musical Prelude for Christmas Eve with Choirs, A Service of Lessons & Carols
    10:00pm with Psalm & Adult Choirs

CHRISTMAS DAY

  • THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD: WEDNESDAY, DEC 25 MASSES
    9:00am Mass
    10:30am Mass
    12noon Mass.

NEW YEAR’S EVE
SOLEMNITY OF MARY, A HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION

  • Tuesday, Dec. 31
    4:00pm Vigil Mass

NEW YEAR’S DAY

  • Wednesday, Jan. 1
    8:00am Mass
    12:10pm Mass

PARISH OFFICE CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR’S HOURS

  • Dec. 24-27: Closed
  • Dec. 31-Jan. 1: Closed