Please note that while we have included Masses from parishes' regular schedules on the major dates below where they apply, we have not reproduced the regular schedules in their entirety for the whole season of Advent. Please check the Arlington Parishes and Neighboring Dioceses pages for parishes' routine schedules.

Please also note that this year there are only three Sundays of Advent celebrated as such, since Christmas Eve is falling on a Sunday, outranking the Fourth Sunday of Advent.

Masses for Christmastide are listed on a separate schedule for Christmas 2023. 

Every Sunday of Advent (Dec. 3, 10, 17)

• Ordinary Sunday Mass schedules: see Arlington Parishes and Neighboring Dioceses.

Friday, December 8 – Immaculate Conception (Holyday of Obligation)

•  Diocese of Arlington

  • St. Rita of Cascia, Alexandria

    • Missa lecta at 12:15 p.m.

  • St. John the Beloved, McLean

    • Missa lecta at 12 noon

  • St. Patrick, Fredericksburg

    • Missa cantata at 5 p.m.

  • St. Anthony Mission, King George

    • Missa cantata at 7 p.m.

  • Holy Trinity at Renaissance Montessori School, Nokesville

    • Missa lecta at 8:30 a.m.

  • St. John the Baptist, Front Royal

    • Missa lecta at 7 a.m. at Chelsea Academy

    • Missa cantata at 7 p.m. at Chelsea Academy

  • Sacred Heart of Jesus, Winchester

    • Missa lecta at 7 p.m.

• Archdiocese of Washington

  • No TLMs listed

• Archdiocese of Baltimore

  • National Shrine of St. Alphonsus Liguori, Baltimore

    • Missa lecta at 7 a.m.

    • Missa lecta at 12:10 p.m.

    • Advent Recollection at 6 p.m.

    • Missa cantata at 7 p.m.

• Diocese of Richmond

  • St. Joseph, Richmond

    • Missa lecta at 7 a.m.

    • Missa cantata at 10 a.m.

    • Missa lecta at 6 p.m.

  • St. Benedict, Chesapeake

    • Missa lecta at 6 a.m.

    • Missa lecta at 8 a.m.

    • Missa solemnis at 7 p.m. followed by Rosary Candle Procession

  • Holy Comforter, Charlottesville

    • Missa lecta at 6 p.m.

• Diocese of Wheeling–Charleston

  • Priory of the Annunciation (Canons Regular of the New Jerusalem), Charles Town, W.Va.

    • Missa lecta at 8 a.m.

    • Missa lecta at 11:15 a.m.

    • Missa solemnis at 7:30 p.m.

• Diocese of Wilmington

  • St. Patrick, Wilmington, Del.

    • Missa cantata at 7 p.m.

Saturday, December 9

• Diocese of Arlington

  • St. John the Beloved, McLean

    • Sung Rorate Mass at 5 a.m.

  • Holy Trinity at Renaissance Montessori School, Nokesville

    • Low Rorate Mass at 6:30 a.m.

  • St. Anthony Mission, King George

    • Sung Rorate Mass at 6:30 a.m.

  • St. John the Baptist, Front Royal

    • Sung Rorate Mass at 6 a.m. in the Historic Church

• Archdiocese of Washington

  • No TLMs listed

• Archdiocese of Baltimore

  • National Shrine of St. Alphonsus Liguori, Baltimore

    • Sung Rorate Mass at 6 a.m.

• Diocese of Richmond

  • St. Benedict, Chesapeake

    • Sung Rorate mass at 6 a.m.

    • Missa lecta at 7 a.m. is cancelled

    • Missa lecta at 9 a.m. as usual

Friday, December 15

• Archdiocese of Baltimore

  • National Shrine of St. Alphonsus Liguori, Baltimore

    • Advent Recollection at 6 p.m.

• Archdiocese of Washington

  • No TLMs listed

Saturday, December 16

• Diocese of Arlington

  • St. Rita of Cascia, Alexandria

    • Sung Rorate Mass at 6 a.m.

• Archdiocese of Washington

  • No TLMs listed

• Diocese of Wilmington

  • St. Patrick, Wilmington

    • Sung Rorate Mass at 6 a.m.

• Diocese of Wheeling–Charleston

  • St. John University Parish, Morgantown, W.Va.

    • Solemn Rorate Mass at 7 a.m.

Ember Wednesday, December 20

• Diocese of Arlington

  • St. John the Beloved, McLean

    • Sung Missa aurea at 5 a.m.

  • St. Anthony Mission, King George

    • Sung Missa aurea at 5 p.m.

• Archdiocese of Washington

  • No TLMs listed

Ember Saturday, December 23

• Diocese of Richmond

  • Holy Comforter, Charlottesville

    • Rorate Mass at 6 a.m. followed by breakfast

• Archdiocese of Washington

  • No TLMs listed

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