Also tune into Advent and Christmas shows.
*All Times Eastern
BONUS:
SATURDAY, Dec. 13, 8 p.m.
Heart of a Servant: The Father Flanagan Story
EWTN Produced by Spirit Juice Studios and the Father Flanagan League, and narrated by Catholic actor Jonathan Roumie, this feature-length documentary on the life of Father Edward Flanagan, founder of Boys Town, makes its network premiere.
SUNDAY, Dec. 14, 4:30 a.m.
On Assignment Magazine Holiday Edition
EWTN This StoryTel special from 2016 visits a Thanksgiving dinner at St. Peter’s Church in Omaha, attends a Christmas party in Chicago for families who chose life for their babies and offers a reflection on the shepherds and the newborn Savior in Bethlehem.
SUNDAYS, Dec. 14, 3:30 p.m.; Dec. 21, 5 p.m.
Advent Reflections
EWTN Priests from around Ireland ready us for Baby Jesus’ coming.
TUESDAY, Dec. 16, 8 p.m.
Great Performances: The Nutcracker from the English National Ballet
PBS This staging’s setting for Tchaikovsky’s beloved classic is Edwardian London.
SATURDAY, Dec. 20, 10 p.m.
Catholic University of America Christmas Concert for Charity
EWTN Catholic University’s Rome School of Performing Arts choir, orchestra and soloists perform in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. Recorded Dec. 5. (Re-airs 4 p.m. Wednesday.)
SUNDAY, Dec. 21, 3 p.m.
Christmas Shows
EWTN New at 3 p.m. is Carols by Candlelight from Knock Shrine in County Mayo. (Re-airs 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.)
At 6 p.m. in the EWTN Family Christmas Special, Father Joseph Mary Wolfe introduces a 12-carol concert from Hanceville, Alabama. (Re-airs 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.)
At 8:30 p.m. is Keep Christ in Christmas, a Catholics Come Home Special Presentation, with Tom Peterson and fellow evangelizers. (Re-airs 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.)
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 24
Christmas Eve
EWTN At 1:30 p.m. Pope Leo XIV will celebrate the Solemn Mass of Christmas: Midnight Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica. (Re-airs 4 a.m. Thursday.)
At 10 p.m. is Choral Meditations on the Nativity in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, followed at 10:30 p.m. by the shrine’s Solemn Mass of Christmas Eve.
At 1 a.m. is Midnight Mass From the Holy Land in Bethlehem.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 24, 8 p.m.
It’s a Wonderful Life
NBC Catholic director Frank Capra helmed this 1946 Christmas classic that is a favorite of Pope Leo. James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore and Thomas Mitchell star.
THURSDAY, Dec. 25, 5:30 a.m.
Star in the Night
TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES This touching, Oscar-winning short from 1945 perfectly captures both the Christmas story and the Christmas spirit in a modern-day setting. Don Siegel directed, and J. Carrol Naish, Donald Woods and Rosina Galli star.
THURSDAY, Dec. 25, live
Christmas Day
EWTN At 6 a.m., Pope Leo will deliver the traditional papal Urbi et Orbi (“To the City and the World”) blessing and message. (Re-airs 3 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. today and 5 p.m. Sunday.)
At 8 a.m. will be the Solemn Mass of Christmas from the EWTN Chapel. (Re-airs 6:30 p.m., midnight.) At noon is the Solemn Mass of Christmas Day from the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.