Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Masses
Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre
Additional questions about Christmas activities: Email : adoremus at sacre-coeur-montmartre.fr
Parvis du Sacré Coeur, Paris 18th
Metro: Anvers
Bus: 30, 31, 54, 80, 85, Montmartrobus
Saturday, December 24 :
- 6 p.m. : First Nativity Vespers
- 10 p.m. : Organ concert
- 11 p.m. : Christmas Eve chorus sung by the Benedictine Sisters of the Sacré-Coeur of Montmartre
- Midnight : Midnight Mass (Father Jean LAVERTON, Rector)
Sunday, December 25, 2011
- 11 a.m. : Christmas High Mass (Mgr Eric de MOULINS-BEAUFORT, auxillary Bishop of paris)
- 4 p.m.: High Vespers (Vêpres solennelles)
Other Christmas Masses: 7 a.m., 6 p.m. and 11 p.m.
Bring in the New Year : Saturday, December 31
- 10 p.m. : Mass for Peace (Mgr Renauld de DINECHIN, auxiliary Bishop of Paris) You may stay for the night of adoration. Sign up and reserve in advance. Call 01 53 41 89 03
Sunday, January 1, 2012: Holy Mary, Mother of God (Sainte Marie Mère de Dieu)
- 11 a.m. : High Mass
- 4 p.m.: High Vespers (Vêpres solennelles)
Other Masses: 7 a.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m.
Eglise de la Madeleine
1, place de la Madeleine, Paris 8th
Metro: Madeleine/RER: Auber
Saturday, December 24 Midnight Mass
9:30 p.m.: Doors open
10 p.m.: Midnight Mass and music by the chorus of the Madeleine
Sunday, December 25
11 a.m. High Mass with the chorus of the Madeleine
4 p.m. Traditional organ Christmas recital (Organiste: François Henri Houbart)
Holiday Schedule for Notre-Dame de Paris
Saturday, December 24, 201
4:30 p.m.: First Christmas Mass
6 p.m.: Family Mass
Around 7 p.m.: The children’s procession to the nativity scene
8 p.m. International Mass
9:45 p.m.: Film to be shown: Notre-Dame de Paris, Cathédrale vivante (a living Cathedral)
11 p.m.: Christmas Eve vigil begins
Christmas Choir of children and adults
11:55 p.m.: The ringing of the large tenor bell named Emmanuel http://www.notredamedeparis.fr/spip.php?rubrique20
Midnight: Midnight Mass
Sunday, December 25, 2011
8:15 a.m.: Ringing of the bell, Emmanuel
8:30 a.m.: Mass of the Aurore
9:30 a.m.: Solemn “Laudes” of Christmas Day
9:45 a.m.: Ringing of the bell, Emmanuel
10 a.m.: Gregorian Mass
11:15 a.m.: Ringing of the bell, Emmanuel
11:30 a.m.: High Mass
12:30 p.m.: Ringing of the bell, Emmanuel
12:45 p.m.: Mass
4:30 p.m.: Organ Concert
5:15 p.m.: Ringing of the bell, Emmanuel
5:45 p.m.: Solemn vespers (chants/songs, prayers, psalms or other readings)
6:15 p.m. Ringing of the bell, Emmanuel
6:30 p.m.: Evening Christmas Mass
Nativity Scenes
Notre-Dame de Paris
Nativity Scene – (use Google Translate) November 26, 2011 to February 2, 2012
The creche opens on the first Sunday of Advent every year, A transparent vase is next to the nativity scene. Visitors are invited to write a “message of peace” and drop it in the vase. These messages and their intentions are prayed for during the last Mass of the evening.
Madeleine (Crèche)
Crèche à l’Eglise de la Madeleine
December 10, 2011 to January 29, 2012
The nativity scene this year is designed by the sculptor, Josette Rispal. It is surprising and inventive.
Opens on December 10 at 5 p.m.
Free concert: Slovakian choir, 8 p.m.
1, place de la Madeleine, Paris 8th
Metro: Madeleine
RER: Auber
Saint-Vincent de Paul Church – close to the gare du Nord
5, rue de Belzunce, Paris 10th
Eglise Saint-Georges-de-la-Villette
112, avenue Simon-Bolivar 75019 Paris
Metro: Bolivar
Full price : 2 euros
Proceeds go to the La Luciole Association
Discount price : 1 euros
Basilique du Sacré-Coeur, Montmartre
Eglise Notre-Dame de Lorette
18bis, rue de Châteaudun, Paris 9th
Metro: Notre-Dame de Lorette
Notre-Dame du Perpétuel Secours Basilica
- close to the Père Lachaise cemetery
Basilique Notre-Dame du Perpétuel Secours
55, boulevard de Ménilmontant, Paris 11th
Metro: Père Lachaise
Eglise Saint-Germain l’Auxerrois
2, place du Louvre, Paris 1st
Metro: Louvre Rivoli
Eglise Saint- Laurent – - close to the Gare de l’Est
119 rue du Faubourg Saint-Martin, Paris 10th
Metro: Gare de l’Est
Eglise Saint-Louis d’Antin – close to the Saint-Lazare station
63, rue Caumartin, Paris 9th
Metro: Havre Caumartin
