CATHOLIC FAITH & WORSHIP
As an Augustinian Catholic university, celebration of the Catholic liturgy is an integral part of life at Villanova and grounds us in our values of truth, unity and love. All are welcome to our celebrations and we invite students to share their talents through singing, lectoring and other liturgical ministries.
Special Upcoming Liturgies
• Week of December 8: Regular daily schedule (Mon.-Fri., 12:05 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. in Corr Chapel). Final week of Adoration and Reconciliation until Spring semester 2026.
• Sunday, December 14: Regular Sunday schedule for the Third Sunday of Advent. (3 p.m. Spanish Mass in Corr Chapel; 5, 7, and 9 p.m. in St. Thomas of Villanova Church.) Blessing of the Creche following the 7 p.m. Mass.
• December 21, 2025, through January 5, 2026: No University Masses; no Adoration and Reconciliation.
• Monday, January 5, 2026: 12:05 p.m. (Mon.-Fri.) Mass in Corr Chapel resumes.
• Sunday, January 11, 2026: Sunday Mass at 7 p.m. only.
• Monday, January 12, 2026: Classes begin for Spring 2026. Regular daily and weekly schedule resumes.
Regular Sunday Mass Schedule
3 p.m.
Misa en Español (Spanish Mass)
Corr Chapel
5, 7 and 9 p.m.
St Thomas of Villanova Church
Also available via livestream.
After Sunday, August 24, 2025, the regular Mass schedule as noted above will resume on Sunday, August 31.
Daily Mass Schedule
Monday-Friday, 12:05 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.
Corr Chapel
Daily Mass is held while classes are in session and will begin on Monday, August 25, for the Fall 2025 semester. There will be no daily Mass on Monday, September 1 (Labor Day).
Sacrament of Reconciliation
The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be offered during the Fall 2025 semester on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., and on Thursdays, from 8 to 9 p.m., in the St Thomas of Villanova Church.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is offered weekly during the Fall 2025 semester on Thursday nights at Reconciliation, 8 to 9 p.m. in the Church, and monthly in Corr Chapel on Wednesdays.
For Liturgy questions, contact Mathew Verghese
For Liturgical Musicians questions, contact Sean McElwee
The bread which you can see on the altar, sanctified by the word of God, is the body of Christ... If you receive [it] well, you are yourselves what you receive. - St. Augustine, Sermon 227
PRAYER INTENTIONS
Whatever is on your mind or heart, your Villanova community will lift it up in prayer. Submit your petitions to be remembered at our Centering Prayer twice a week, as well as at daily Mass. Names and requests are not shared aloud or posted publicly.
INTERESTED IN BECOMING CATHOLIC?
Villanova offers those interested on any level an opportunity to explore the Roman Catholic faith and what it means in today’s world.
