December Events Highlights: Advent, The Source, Reconciliation Monday, and Christmas

| 12/3/2023

By: The Good Newsroom

The first month of the new Church calendar ushers in events filled with good tidings of great joy throughout the Archdiocese of New York

People in New York City watch the 89th lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree December 1, 2021. A Catholic family in the Diocese of Wilmington, Delaware, donated the 79-foot-tall, 46-foot-wide Norway spruce for that year's display.
People in New York City watch the 89th lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree December 1, 2021. A Catholic family in the Diocese of Wilmington, Delaware, donated the 79-foot-tall, 46-foot-wide Norway spruce for that year's display. It was cut down and removed from the property of Devon and Julie Price in Fair Hill, Maryland, November 11 and transported to New York City, where it arrived November 13. (CNS photo/Caitlin Ochs, Reuters)

The Archdiocese of New York’s December calendar is full of joyous events, with the beginning of Advent, the new Church year, and Christmas. Below is a selection of some of those activities and information on how to get involved. Click the link on each event title for more information.

December 3 | St. Joseph’s Seminary Schola Cantorum Annual Advent and Christmas Concert | St. Joseph’s Cathedral

December 7 | December Young Adult Mass with Cardinal Dolan | St. Patrick’s Cathedral

December 8 | Immaculate Conception (Holy Day of Obligation) | Parishes throughout the Archdiocese of New York

December 9 | Hispanic Christmas Party: Mi Casa, Tu Casa | Church of the Immaculate Conception

December 14 | Pregnant Help Inc. Christmas Party | Church of St. Vincent Ferrer

December 15 | MGN Online Support Group | www.mgoretti.org

December 16 | Keep Watch: An Advent Day of Prayer and Formation | Church of St. Vincent Ferrer

December 17 | Lessons and Carols: Go, Tell It on the Mountain! | St. Francis Xavier

December 18 | Reconciliation Monday | Parishes throughout the Archdiocese of New York

December 19 | Charismatic Healing Mass at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church | St. John the Baptist Catholic Church

December 21 | The Source: Holy Hour with Music with The Sisters of Life | St. Patrick’s Cathedral

December 24 | Christmas Eve Vigil Masses | Parishes throughout the Archdiocese of New York

December 25 | Christmas Day Masses | Parishes throughout the Archdiocese of New York

December 31 | Solemnity of Mary (Holy Day of Obligation) Vigil Masses | Parishes throughout the Archdiocese of New York

Parishes: submit your events here for inclusion on the Archdiocese of New York events calendar

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