December 2000

• December  2.  Vigil of the 1^st Sunday of Advent.  St. Peter's Basilica.  First Vespers of Sunday.
• December  3.  1^st.Sunday of Advent.  Basilica of St. Paul outside the Walls.  Holy Mass. 
• December 3.  Day of the Disabled.
• December  8.  Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.  Basilica of St. Mary Major.  Akathistos Hymn.
• December 16.  The Archiocesan Feast of Our Lady of the New Advent.
• December  17.  3^rd Sunday of Advent.  Basilica of St. Paul outside the Walls.  Holy Mass.  Jubilee of the world of entertainment.
• December  24.  Solemnity of the Birth of Our Lord.  St. Peter's Basilica.  Midnight Mass.
• December  25.  Solemnity of the Birth of Our Lord.  St. Peter's Basilica.  Mass during the Day.  "Urbi et Orbi" Blessing.
• December  31.  Solemnity of the Holy Family.  St. Peter's Basilica.  Prayer Vigil for the passage to a New Millennium.
• January  1.  Solemnity of Mary Mother of God.  St. Peter's Basilica.  Holy Mass.  World Day of Peace.
• January Thursday 5.  Vigil of the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord.  Basilicas of St. John Lateran, St. Mary Major and St. Paul outside the Walls.  Holy Mass.  Closing of the Holy Door: Holy Land, Local Churches.  Closing of the Jubilee.
• January  6.  St. Peter's Basilica.  Closing of the Holy Door