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Gift Guide 2017
Seminary Schola Opens Advent With Sacred Music Concerts
This year’s Schola Advent and Christmas concerts will raise funds for the cultural and spiritual enrichment programs for seminarians at St. Joseph Seminary in Yonkers throughout the year.
Bay Terrace Has Something For Everyone on Your List
Experience the excellent mix of more than 50 premium shops, eateries and services all in one convenient location. The Bay Terrace Shopping Center offers a beautiful and inviting, open-air shopping atmosphere with ample free parking.
Pauline Books and Media
Start your journey to a stress-free Christmas at Pauline Books and Media, Manhattan.
Mel’s Stained Glass
Mel’s Stain Glass, run by Mel Pynn, a parishioner of Holy Name of Jesus Church, Windsor Terrace, designs, repairs and restores stained-glass pieces.
Advent Preparation Prompts Deep Questions of the Heart
Within hours of Black Friday, if not sooner, streets become adorned with Christmas lights, coffee cups change color and stores ready for another holiday season; the Advent season begins.
Gazillion Bubble Show
The Gazillion Bubble Show is currently running at New World Stages in Manhattan.
A Christmas Concert in C Major
The Foundation for the Revival of Classical Culture presents A Christmas Concert in C Major (excerpts) and selections from Handel’s Messiah, performed by The Schiller Institute New York City Chorus at St. Joseph Co-Cathedral, Prospect Heights, Dec. 16.
Sunset Park Is the Place to Shop this Christmas Season
Sunset Park is booming with business and family-friendly events along Fifth Avenue during the Christmas season.
Grammy Winner Harmonizes with Pope’s Choir on New Christmas CD
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – In a new release of music for Advent and Christmas, multiple Grammy award-winning mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli sings with the pope’s Sistine Chapel Choir. It marks the first time one of the oldest choirs in the world has issued a recording with a female singer, Msgr. Massimo Palombella, director of the Sistine Chapel Choir, told Catholic News Service.
