Christmas & New Year’s Mass Schedule St. Joseph Catholic Church Address: 141 South Washington St., Marksville Christmas Eve: Dec. 24, 4 p.m. Christmas Day: Dec. 25, Midnight & 9 a.m. New Year’s Eve: Dec.

With the members of Holy Apostles Parish feeling the Christmas spirit a little bit more this year after the announcement that the parish would not be merging and Ss. Peter and Paul church would not close,

Bishop Earl Fernandes of the Catholic Diocese of Columbus said parishioners who fear ICE detention may stay home during the Christmas season.

Catholic churches are preparing for large crowds to enter their doors to celebrate Christmas. Christmas is one of the most highly anticipated services for churches to expect large crowds to file into pews.