Vatican
City, 27 November 2013 (VIS) - Below is the calendar of liturgical
celebrations due to be presided over by the Holy Father from the end
of November to January 2013.
NOVEMBER
Saturday
30 November: celebration of first Vespers for the First Sunday of
Advent, with students from the universities of Rome at 5.30 p.m. in
the Vatican Basilica.
DECEMBER
Sunday
1 December, first Sunday of Advent: pastoral visit to the Roman
parish of “San Cirillo Alessandrino”; Mass at 6 p.m.
Sunday
8 December, Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed
Virgin Mary: Homage to Mary Immaculate, at 4 p.m. at Piazza di
Spagna.
Tuesday
24 December, Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord: Midnight Mass at
21.30 p.m. in the Papal Chapel of the Vatican Basilica.
Wednesday
25 December, Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord: “Urbi et Orbi”
blessing at 12 p.m. from the central loggia of the Vatican Basilica.
Tuesday
31 December: celebration of the first Vespers and Te Deum for the
Solemnity of Mary Mother of God, thanksgiving for the past year, 5
p.m. in the Vatican Basilica.
JANUARY
Wednesday
1 January, Solemnity of Mary Mother of God: and 47th World Day of
Peace, Mass in the Vatican Basilica at 10 a.m.
Monday
6 January, Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord: Mass in the Vatican
Basilica at 10 a.m.
Sunday
12 January, First Sunday after the Epiphany, Feast of the Baptism of
the Lord: Mass and baptism of newborns in the Sistine Chapel at 9.45
a.m.
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