DECEMBER 23, 2006 (Saturday)

4:00 pm At St. Catherine Church:
Eucharistic Concelebration and Holy Novena for the parish.

DECEMBER 23, 2006 (Saturday)

1:00 pm At the Tomb of Rachel:
His Beatitude, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Michel Sabbah, is welcomed by, Latin Parish Priest of Bethlehem and representatives of Bethlehem, Beit Jala and Beit Sahour.

4:00 pm At St. Catherine:
Daily Procession to the Nativity Grotto.

10:00 pm St. Catherine Church:
Open, tickets, free of charge, required.

11:10 pm St. Catherine Church:
Solemn "Office of Readings".

DECEMBER 25 (Monday)

Midnight: At St. Catherine:
Pontifical Eucharistic Concelebration.

Midnight: At the Grotto:
Low Masses till 5.15 pm with interruption at 1.30 am for one hour approximately, and at 5.30 am till 7.00 am approximately.

1:30 am At St. Catherine:
Solemn traditional Procession to the Grotto.

10.00 am At St. Catherine:
Chanting of Terce and Pontifical Mass.

2.00 pm Pilgrimage to the Orthodox Grotto
of the Shepherds and the Latin Chapel of Shepherds' Field.

DECEMBER 26 (Tuesday)

At St. Catherine:
Masses at 6.30, 7.30, 10.00 am., and 4.30 pm.

DECEMBER 27 (Wednesday)

5.15 pm At St. Catherine:
Procession to the Grotto of the Holy Innocents and Sung Vespers.

DECEMBER 28 (Thursday)

Feast of the Holy Innocents:
Masses at 6.30, 7.30 a.m.

8.00 a.m.
Sung Mass in the Grotto of the Holy Innocents.

DECEMBER 31 (Sunday)

6:30 am At St. Catherine:
Mass at 06:30, 07:30, 09:00, 11:00 am.

4.30 pm
Mass and Benediction with the Holy Sacrament.
2007

JANUARY 1 (Monday)

10.00 am At St. Catherine:
Low Masses followed by Procession to the Milk Grotto.

JANUARY 5 (Friday)

11.00 am At the Tomb of Rachel:
His Paternity the Custos of the Holy Land is welcomed by Latin Parish Priest and other representatives of Bethlehem.

11.30 am At the Manger Square:
Solemn Entry of his Paternity the Custos of the Holy Land into the Basilica of the Nativity and St. Catherine Church.

1.30 pm At St. Catherine:
Pontifical Vespers and Procession to the Grotto.

3.30 pm At St. Catherine:
Procession to the Grotto.

JANUARY 6 (Saturday)

Midnight At the Grotto:

Masses till 9.00 am with an interruption

between 1.00 and 2.00 am approximately.

10.00 am At St. Catherine:
Pontifical Eucharistic Concelebration.

3.30 pm At St. Catherine:
Sung Vespers and Solemn traditional Procession to the Grotto.

JANUARY 7 (Sunday)

6.30 am, 7.30 am, 9.00 am, 11.00am:
Low Masses

4:00 pm At the Latin Chapel of Shepherds' Field:
High Mass