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Reminder: You Have to Go to Mass Twice This Weekend!

Reminder: You Have to Go to Mass Twice This Weekend!

Because Christmas falls on a Monday, you are obligated to attend Mass once for the 4th Sunday of Advent and once for Christmas.

You can choose one of the following Masses to fulfill your Fourth Sunday of Advent Obligation:

Saturday: 5pm at HCA and at the Church, 7pm BiLingual at the Church

Sunday: 7am, 8:30am, 10:30am at the Church, 10:30am at HCA, 12:30pm

Then choose one of the following to fulfill you Christmas obligation:

Sunday: 4pm and 6:30pm at Holy Cross Academy, 4pm and 8:30pm in the church, 6:30pm in Spanish in the Church

Monday: Midnight Mass at 12am, 7am, 8:30am, 10:30am, 12:30pm.  

PLEASE NOTE THERE IS NO ‘TWO FOR ONE MASS’.  YOU MUST GO TWICE!

Christmas Mass Schedule

Christmas Mass Schedule

Christmas Eve Mass at St Mary Church: 4pm and 8:30pm in English, 6:30pm in Spanish, Caroling Before Midnight Mass at 11pm

Christmas Eve Mass at Holy Cross Academy (all in English): 4pm and 6:30pm

Christmas Day Mass at St Mary (all in English): 12midnight, 7am, 8:30am, 10:30am, 12:30pm

Advent Lessons and Carols This Friday at 7pm!

Advent Lessons and Carols This Friday at 7pm!

From the Desk of Director of Music and Organist

On Friday, December 15, 2017 at 7:00 p.m., the choirs of St. Mary will present a service of Advent Lessons and Carols as part of the St. Mary Concert Art Series.  In addition to the readings and music presented by the choirs, there will an opportunity for the congregation to participate in singing carols of the Advent Season.

The tradition of the Festival of Lessons and Carols was established in England as the adaptation of an earlier service on Christmas Eve, 1918, in the chapel of Kings College, Cambridge University, for the university community and for the city of Cambridge.  The Kings College service was first broadcast by radio in 1928; and, excepting the year 1930, these broadcasts have continued to this day.  This wonderful tradition, moreover, has been duplicated in cathedrals and churches throughout America.

It is my hope that all who can will attend this beautiful and most spiritual service of the season.

God’s Blessings,

David Uschold