Christmas ranks second among the three greatest feasts of the Christian year, the first being Easter, the third being Pentecost. No one knows the time of year when Jesus was actually born.

Schedule of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Masses

Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. has approved the relegation of the Saint Augustine Church building, the Saint Therese of the Child Jesus Church building, the Saint Madeleine Sophie Church building and the original Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church building to profane but not sordid use.

Goya Foods, the largest Hispanic-owned food company in the United States, will donate 5,000 pounds of food to Nutritional Development Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

Nine Archdiocesan high schools and two private Catholic high schools cap off participation in the Second Annual Archdiocesan “Kids Helping Kids” Christmas Outreach program

he United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has called for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe to be a Day of Prayer and Solidarity with Families of Immigrants

Reverend Dennis Gill, Director of the Archdiocesan Office for Divine Worship and Rector of the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul will preside over the 20th annual Blessing of the Nativity Scene. The crèche will be located at 18th and Race Streets in Philadelphia this year.

This fall, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., along with the Auxiliary Bishops of Philadelphia and the Archdiocesan Office of Catholic Education (OCE) announced an inaugural “Christmas Card Design Event” in the 217 parishes, 17 high schools, 122 elementary schools, and 4 schools of special education in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

The 60th Annual Archbishop’s Christmas Benefit for Children will host nearly 500 young people who receive services from over a dozen programs administered by Catholic Social Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.