This year in 2021 there are two Masses of obligation that fall next to each other: Christmas Mass and the Sunday Mass of 12/26 (Feast of the Holy Family). Here are the different ways that a Catholic can celebrate both while satisfying their obligations.
Fulfilling your Christmas Mass obligation:
* Masses beginning at 2:00 PM on Friday, 12/24
* Any Mass on Saturday, 12/25
Fulfilling your 12/26 Sunday Mass obligation:
* Masses beginning at 4:00 PM on Saturday, 12/25
* Any Mass on Sunday, 12/26
Looking to get to confession before Christmas?
You're in luck!
Confessions will be available Thursday, Dec 23 from 3:30pm-5:30pm
No better way to celebrate the birth of Our Lord than with a soul white as snow!
— Christmas Mass Schedule —
Friday, December 24
2:00 pm (Adult Choir) | 4:00 pm (Children's Choir)
**All Christmas Masses will be livestreamed from the upper church to the lower church.
**All Christmas Masses will be livestreamed from the upper church to the lower church.
Saturday, December 25
*Midnight Mass* (12:00am) | 7:00 am | 9:00 am | 11:00 am
**There will be NO 4pm Vigil Mass on Saturday, December 25.
**There will be NO 4pm Vigil Mass on Saturday, December 25.
Sunday, December 26
7:00 am | 9:00 am | 11:00 am
From the Archdiocese of Boston:
Updated mask mandate
In the light of spiking numbers of new COVID cases and the likely increase in those numbers in the upcoming holiday season, Cardinal Seán is mandating that throughout the archdiocese all people attending public Masses, including weddings and funerals, wear masks. This mandate takes effect the weekend of December 18/19, 2021, and expires on January 17, 2022.
The last 6 pews on both sides of the church have been designated for people who would like to socially distance while wearing a mask. PLEASE DO NOT SIT in these areas unless you maintain your distance