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Schedule of Christmas Eve/Day Services

Plenty of Places In, Around Belleville to Worship This Holiday Season.

Check out our list of some of the local Christmas Eve and Christmas Day masses and services. All are in Belleville unless otherwise noted. 


262 Joralemon St.; 973-759-1555

Christmas Eve: 10:00 p.m.

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Christmas Day: 9:00 & 10:30 a.m. 


77 Wallace St.; 973-751-2290

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Christmas Day: 9:45 a.m. (Christmas Service); Sunday school will have a puppet show entitled “It All Happened in the Country” by Dennis and Nan Allen.


89 Overlook Ave.; 973-759-2881  

Christmas Day: 8:00 a.m., 5:30 p.m.

Holy Family Parish Church
28 Brookline Ave., Nutley; 973-667-0026

Christmas Eve: 5:00 p.m. (Carols); 5:30 p.m. (Family Mass – Blessing and Procession to the Crib); 9:30 p.m. (Carols – Adult Choir); 10:00 p.m. (Solemn Concelebrated Bi-lingual: English & Italian Mass, Blessing & Procession to the Crib)

Christmas Day: 8:00 & 10:00 a.m. (Mass), noon (Choir Mass).


393 Washington Ave.; 973-302-4507

Friday, Dec. 23: 7:00 p.m. (Youth Ministry Christmas Program)

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
120 Prospect St., Nutley; 973-667-2580

Christmas Eve: 10:00 p.m. (Christmas Vigil Mass); 10:00 p.m. (Mass of the Nativity of the Lord)

Christmas Day: 7:00, 8:00, 9:15 & 10:45 a.m.; 12:15 p.m.

St. Anthony Parish
63 Franklin St.; 973-481-1991

Christmas Eve: 5:00 p.m.

Christmas Day: Midnight, 8:00 & 10:30 a.m., noon.


125 Academy St.; 973-450-3003

Christmas Eve: 6:00 p.m.-Midnight (Vespers Prayer followed by Kiahk Praises)

Christmas Day: 8:30 a.m.-noon (Divine Liturgy)

St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church
17 Monsignor Owens Pl., Nutley; 973-235-1100

Christmas Eve: 5:30 p.m. (Family Mass); 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m.

Christmas Day: 7:30, 9:00 & 10:30 a.m., noon (There is no 5:30 p.m. Mass)


155 William St., 973-751-2002

Christmas Eve: 4:00 p.m. (There will be NO 5:30 p.m. Mass.)

Christmas Day: Midnight; 7, 8:30 & 10:00 a.m. (Church); 10:15 a.m. (Spanish Mass, Auditorium); 11:30 a.m. (Church); 1:00 p.m. (Spanish Mass, Church)


108 Stephens St.; 973-759-9513

Christmas Day: Midnight


166 Franklin St.; 973-751-2247

Christmas Day: 11:00 a.m.


225 Washington St.; 973-751-2741

Christmas Eve: 5:00 p.m.

Christmas Day: 11:00 a.m., followed by 1:00 p.m. free community meal.

Jeanne Thiemann contributed to this report.

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