EWTN to air special Christmas programming

 

EWTN Global Catholic Network will air exclusive coverage of special LIVE events and related programming for Advent and Christmas on television, radio and the Internet (www.ewtn.com), according to Doug Keck, Senior Vice Presideant of Programming, Production and Home Video.

 

"We will air live Christmas Masses and other special events from EWTN, St. Peter's Square in Rome and from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (BNSIC) during the Christmas season," he said.

               

Catholic University of America's Annual Christmas Concert from BNSIC in Washington, D.C. will air on December 19 at 12:30 p.m and on December 25 at 2 a.m. Recorded at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville, the beautiful voices of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration usher in the joyful season of Christmas in the much-loved seasonal favorite, Christmas with the Nuns of Our Lady of the Angels Monastery. The program will air on December 20 at 9 p.m. and again on December 24 at 2 a.m.

 

Solemn Mass at Midnight with the Pope from St. Peter's Square will air LIVE on December 24 at 5 p.m. and will encore on December 25 at 7 a.m. Urbi et Orbi from St. Peter's Square: The Pope's Christmas Message to the World will air LIVE on December 25 at 5 a.m. and encore on December 25 at 9 p.m. and on December 26 at 2 a.m.and

9 a.m. Solemn Mass of Christmas from EWTN from the EWTN Chapel in Irondale, Alabama will air LIVE on December 25 at midnight and encore on December 25 at 6 p.m. The Solemn Christmas Day Mass from BNSIC will air LIVE on December 25 at 11 a.m. and encore on December 25 at 11 p.m.

 

Cousins in Christ Family Christmas features songs celebrating the birth of our Savior and a collection of favorite Christmas hymns. This musical Catholic family celebration will air on December 22 at 7 p.m. and December 23 at midnight and 8 a.m.

 

Popular seasonal favorites such as Candy Maker's Christmas, The Legend of the Three Trees, Miracle of Marcelino, The Legend of the Christmas Flower, and Our Lady of Guadalupe and Miraculous Mexico are just a few of the many Christmas programs that will also air during the month of December.

 

Dates and times of all programs are listed on the network's website www.ewtn.com.