Beautiful Notre Dame Cathedral is THE place to celebrate Christmas week. In addition to its special services—from Mass on Christmas Eve to Gregorian Chants on Christmas morning—the cathedral puts on a magical display, called Lumen de Lumine (Light born of Light).Projected across a huge screen is an “image opera,” which tells the story of the Nativity, followed by a gorgeous sequence of the world’s greatest Christian art ever created, from sculptures and paintings to illuminated manuscripts, from architecture to icons to stained glass windows. The soundtrack is a collection of music by the Notre Dame choirs and organ concerts. While no specific daily time is set, the illumination begins in the when the church is calm... a moment well worth waiting for.
Details:
Notre Dame is open daily from 9:30 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Christmas Eve Services (December 24)
4:30 First Mass of Christmas
6 p.m. Family Christmas Mass
8 p.m. International Mass
11 p.m. Christmas Midnight Mass with Carols
MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS
and A WONDERFUL, HEALTHY 2011
from all of us at Chocolatine!
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