Simbáng Gabi, one of the oldest and most popular Filipino Christmas traditions, is being celebrated throughout the Chicago area Catholic community this month. In Skokie, regular Simbáng Gabi Masses ...

The pews were packed Saturday for the 25th anniversary of the Simbang Gabi Mass held at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Round Lake. Simbang Gabi, a Filipino Christmas tradition, is celebrated annually ...

This year the Philippine Islands is celebrating the 500th anniversary of Christianity. In the continent of Asia it was only in the Philippines that Catholicism was firmly established, thanks to the ...

Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston receives the offertory gifts during the final Simbang Gabi Mass at St. Bartholomew Catholic Church in Katy, Texas, Dec. 23, 2021. The Katy-area parish ...

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LOS ANGELES – The unmistakable fragrance of incense floating in the air, punctured by the sound of soaring Tagalog Christmas carols and the kaleidoscopic flickering from “parol” (Christmas lanterns) ...

MANILA, Philippines — In the Archdiocese of Manila (RCAM), aguinaldo mass or Simbang Gabi can start as early as 6 p.m., while the morning mass can begin at 5:30 a.m. for the nine-day novena masses ...

LOS ANGELES — The senses are overloaded by the unmistakable fragrance of incense floating in the air, punctured by the sound of soaring Tagalog Christmas carols and the kaleidoscopic flickering from ...

[IN PHOTO L–R] Amber, Max, and Michael Aaron Vega, along with Ulyza Nor Oliverio, fondly recall their Christmas memories in the Philippines and the traditions they continue to practice in Australia, ...