Our Reverend Mother opens liturgical vestments and a pall made by the sistersMany of the sisters have prepared pieces for a small concertA Christmas sermon addressed to the sisters followed by BenedictionMass of the DayPriests celebrate three Masses on Christmas, midnight Mass, the Mass of the Aurora at daybreak (seen here), and the Mass of the dayBreakfast on Christmas morningGathering with the faithful after MassThe church prepared for Midnight MassThe Office of Matins on Christmas EveA Neapolitan-style manger lit by candlesDinner after First VespersFirst Vespers of Christmas followed by BenedictionThe reading of the martyrology on Christmas Eve with the announcement of the Birth of the SaviorThe novitiate gathers each evening for a novena leading up to Christmas
