Victoria Garcia
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December 17, 1999

Archdiocese of Newark Celebrates Televised Christmas Mass

The Most Reverend Theodore E. McCarrick, Archbishop of the Newark, will be the celebrant on the one-hour televised Christmas Mass that will air at 10:00 a.m. on Christmas Day on WWOR-Channel 9.

The Mass will be viewed by homebound and hospitalized Catholics as well as millions of viewers from throughout the greater New York / New Jersey area.

Rev. Thomas Iwanowski, Associate Director of the Office of Worship for the Archdiocese of Newark, will serve as the Master of Ceremonies, and Rev. Mr. Alfonso Picon, of Redemptoris Mater Seminary will act as Deacon to the Bishop.

The choir and organist of St. JamesŐ Church, Springfield, will provide music for the celebration, under the direction of Janet Natale, who will also act as Cantor. The organist will be Ada Simpson and the Psalmist will be Daria Dragan.

Friends and family members of the St. James Choir will be the studio congregation. Lectors will be Marie Anne Branco and Norman Jackowski.

The Christmas Mass is a public service production of WWOR-TV in cooperation with the Archdiocese of Newark.

Editor's Note: Below is Archbishop McCarrick's Christmas Mass schedule.

Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick's Mass schedule for Christmas 1998

Christmas Eve:
4 p.m. ChildrenŐs Mass at St. Theresa's, Kenilworth
Midnight Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark

Christmas Day:
10 am at St. MaryŐs, Dumont
12:30 am at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Ridgewood

 
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