Christmas 2020

Resources for Christmas at Home

On this page you will find resources for the Christmas Season to be used at home.

Advent Calendar 2020 (Click on Link)

For the final days of Advent, you may wish to visit this interactive Advent calendar, hosted on the website of the Irish Bishops’ Conference. 

Here are some further Advent Resources, from the website of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

• About Advent Wreaths
• Blessing of an Advent Wreath
• Blessing of a Christmas Tree
• Blessing of a Christmas Manger or Nativity Scene
• Festival of Lessons and Carols
• Pope Benedict XVI’s Spiritual Thoughts on Advent
• The “O Antiphons” of Advent
• Video Reflections on Wisdom

Advent / Christmas Stations (Diocese of Limerick – Click on Image)

Christmas Resources

The Diocese of Kildare and Leighlan has provided these resources. 

Christmas Carol Service

Christmas Reflections

Lord’s Day at Home (Salford Diocese – Click on Links)

For those still at home and not attending Mass, Salford Diocesan Liturgy Office has prepared a sheet called ‘The Lord’s Day at Home’, based on the Sunday Scriptures, so that you can pray on your own or with your family. It is particularly aimed at those not able to follow a Mass on in the internet.

Fourth Sunday of Advent (20^th December)

THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD (25^th December)

The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph (27^th December)

The Second Sunday of Christmas (3^rd January 2021)

The Baptism of the Lord (10^th January)

Pope Francis Celebrates Christmas in Rome 2020 (Click on Links)

Vigil Christmas Mass by Pope Francis (24th December at 6.30pm)

‘Urbe et Orbi’ Blessing of Pope Francis on Christmas Day (25th December at 11am)

MEDIA

Christmas Religious Programming on Shalom World TV(Click on Link)

Christmas Religious Programming on EWTN(Click on Link)

Christmas Religious Programming on the BBC (Click on Link) 

Christmas Religious Programming on RTÉ (Click on Link)

Twelve Days of Christmas (Click on Image)

These materials, produced by the Northern Pastoral Network, provide us with a series of reflections following the feasts of the twelve days of Christmas. On each of the twelve days we are invited to spend time with scripture, reflection and prayer. You may want to use this booklet in your private prayer or find a time to gather each day with your family. We pray this Christmas that each of us will rediscover the meaning of Our Lord’s Nativity and the great hope that it proclaims for the world.