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<p><b>*All Times Eastern</b></p>
<p><b>BONUS:</b></p>
<p><b>SATURDAY, Dec. 13, 8 p.m.</b></p>
<p><b>Heart of a Servant: The Father Flanagan Story</b></p>
<p><b>EWTN </b>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.</p>
<p><b>SUNDAY, Dec. 14, 4:30 a.m.</b></p>
<p><b>On Assignment Magazine Holiday Edition</b></p>
<p><b>EWTN</b> This StoryTel special from 2016 visits a Thanksgiving dinner at St. Peter&#8217;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.</p>
<p><b>SUNDAYS, Dec. 14, 3:30 p.m.; Dec. 21, 5 p.m.</b></p>
<p><b>Advent Reflections</b></p>
<p><b>EWTN</b> Priests from around Ireland ready us for Baby Jesus’ coming.</p>
<p><b>TUESDAY, Dec. 16, 8 p.m.</b></p>
<p><b>Great Performances: The Nutcracker from the English National Ballet</b></p>
<p><b>PBS</b> This staging’s setting for Tchaikovsky’s beloved classic is Edwardian London.</p>
<p><b>SATURDAY, Dec. 20, 10 p.m.</b></p>
<p><b>Catholic University of America Christmas Concert for Charity</b></p>
<p><b>EWTN</b> 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.)</p>
<p><b>SUNDAY, Dec. 21, 3 p.m.</b></p>
<p><b>Christmas Shows</b></p>
<p><b>EWTN</b> New at 3 p.m. is <b>Carols by Candlelight</b> from Knock Shrine in County Mayo. (Re-airs 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.) </p>
<p>At 6 p.m. in the <b>EWTN Family Christmas Special</b>, Father Joseph Mary Wolfe introduces a 12-carol concert from Hanceville, Alabama. (Re-airs 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.) </p>
<p>At 8:30 p.m. is <b>Keep Christ in Christmas</b>, a Catholics Come Home Special Presentation, with Tom Peterson and fellow evangelizers. (Re-airs 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.) </p>
<p><b>WEDNESDAY, Dec. 24</b></p>
<p><b>Christmas Eve</b></p>
<p><b>EWTN</b> At 1:30 p.m. Pope Leo XIV will celebrate the <b>Solemn Mass of Christmas</b>: Midnight Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica. (Re-airs 4 a.m. Thursday.) </p>
<p>At 10 p.m. is <b>Choral Meditations on the Nativity</b> 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. </p>
<p>At 1 a.m. is <b>Midnight Mass</b> From the Holy Land in Bethlehem. </p>
<p><b>WEDNESDAY, Dec. 24, 8 p.m.</b></p>
<p><b>It’s a Wonderful Life</b></p>
<p><b>NBC</b> 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.</p>
<p><b>THURSDAY, Dec. 25, 5:30 a.m.</b></p>
<p><b>Star in the Night</b></p>
<p><b>TURNER CLASSIC MOVIE</b>S 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.</p>
<p><b>THURSDAY, Dec. 25, live</b></p>
<p><b>Christmas Day</b></p>
<p><b>EWTN</b> At 6 a.m., Pope Leo will deliver the traditional papal <i><b>Urbi et Orbi </b></i>(“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.) </p>
<p>At 8 a.m. will be the <b>Solemn Mass of Christmas</b> from the EWTN Chapel. (Re-airs 6:30 p.m., midnight.) At noon is the <b>Solemn Mass of Christmas Day</b> from the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.</p>
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