SUNDAY, Nov. 17, 4 a.m.

Holy Mass on World Day of the Poor

EWTN The theme of this year’s eighth-annual observance is, “The prayer of the poor rises up to God” (Sirach 21:5). Pope Francis will celebrate Mass in St. Peter’s. (Re-airs 7 p.m.)

SATURDAY, Nov. 23, 2 p.m.

Christendom

EWTN This 2022 EWTN original docudrama spans the Church’s first 15 centuries, when Catholics created Western civilization, revolutionized daily life and brought about advances in agriculture, medicine, the arts, science, education, the law and more.

SATURDAY, Nov. 23, 6 p.m.

Meet Me in St. Louis

TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES This beloved 1944 musical and romantic comedy, based on Sally Benson’s 1942 same-named novel, captures a Midwest family’s life in the year before the St. Louis World’s Fair of 1904. Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor and Leon Ames star.

SUNDAY, Nov. 24, 3:30 a.m.

Holy Mass on the Solemnity of Christ the King

EWTN Pope Francis will celebrate Mass in St. Peter’s, observing also the XXXIX World Youth Day. (Re-airs at noon.)

TUESDAY, Nov. 26, 5:30 p.m., 2:30 a.m.

St. Joseph: Patron of a Happy Death

EWTN St. Joseph’s life can guide us as we approach death and understand that it is a beginning, not an ending, says Father Joseph Mary Wolfe of the Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word.

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 27, 8 p.m.

Nature: Woodpeckers: The Hole Story

PBS Ann Johnson Prum explores woodpecker families worldwide. Re-air from 2022.

THURSDAY, Nov. 28, 7 a.m., noon

Thanksgiving Day

HISTORY and NBC Explore potato history, farming and products in Modern Marvels: The Potato. TV-PG. In the Kennel Club of Philadelphia’s National Dog Show, taped Nov. 16-17, John O’Hurley, David Frei and Mary Carillo announce as nearly 2,000 dogs in some 205 breeds and varieties compete for best of breed, first in group and best in show.

SATURDAY, Nov. 30, 8 p.m.

The Passion of St. Edmund Campion

EWTN In 1580, St. Edmund (1540-1581) and fellow English Jesuits entered officially Protestant England on an underground reevangelizing mission, prepared to die for the faith. They were caught, tortured and barbarously executed. “The expense is reckoned; the enterprise is begun. It is of God. It cannot be withstood,” Edmund had written. TV-14. (Re-airs 1:30 a.m. Monday.)

Upcoming

SUNDAYS, Dec. 1, 8, 15, 22, 3 p.m.

Advent Reflections

EWTN In this weekly series, priests from four parishes and priories in Ireland offer meditations about, in turn, waiting for Jesus, putting on the glory of the Lord, transformation of the heart by love, and preparing to celebrate Christmas. (Re-airs 11:30 p.m. Wednesdays.)