Collection of canned and packaged food for the Food for Hungry People program of the Archdiocese will be through Advent and Christmas and end at the beginning of Epiphany. Your generosity will benefit the poor through the Manna Food Bank.
The Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary will be celebrated on Monday, December 8, with Vespers at 6:30PM.
We remember with gratitude the life of the handmaid of God, Lauren Marie Housley, who fell asleep in the Lord on November 9. We will especially miss her voice in the choir but know that she is in the hands of God. May she rest in peace and may light perpetual shine upon her. We will celebrate the 30th day of her repose with a memorial Requiem Mass on Wednesday, December 10, at 7pm (Vespers at 6:40pm).
The Novena for the Nativity of our Lord will begin on December 16 and continue through December 23, with Vespers at 6PM each evening. The great “O” Antiphons are sung at these services before and after the Magnificat.
On Saturday, December 20, our annual para-liturgical service of Advent Lessons and Carols will be celebrated at 6pm. This quiet service recalls the prophecies of the coming of the Messiah through Scripture readings and hymns. You are encouraged to invite your non-Orthodox friends and family members to this service. A light reception will follow.
On Christmas Eve, December 24, we will begin our Nativity celebration with carols and instrumental and choral offerings beginning at 9:30PM. The first Mass of Christmas will be celebrated at 10PM with a great Nativity feast following.
On Christmas Day, December 25, Matins will be at 9:30 and Mass at 10AM.
On the Sunday within the twelve-day Nativity celebration, the Feast of the Holy Innocents will be celebrated on December 28.
Read the full December newsletter here.