STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Simbang Gabi, which translates to “Night Mass,” is a cherished Filipino Catholic tradition that takes place during the Advent season in the lead-up to Christmas. The Masses bring ...

As Catholics around the world celebrate Christmas, the Lake County Filipino Catholic community observed Christmas during the nine-consecutive-day Simbang Gabi novena that began on Dec. 15. The ...

Simbang Gabi, a Filipino Christmas tradition, is being celebrated in area Catholic churches through Monday, Dec. 23, with each day having a lesson and theme. Churches in Glenview, Tinley Park, Lake ...

Some Protestants observe the Catholic tradition of Simbang Gabi, predawn services in the days leading up to Christmas. For Catholics, who make up nearly 80 percent of the Filipino population, another ...

The Filipino Catholic celebration of Simbang Gabi began in parishes throughout the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on Friday, Dec. 15. Simbang Gabi is one of the oldest Filipino Christmas traditions, where ...

Though it focuses on marking the same miraculous occurrence as in the West — the birth of Jesus in a Bethlehem manger — Filipino Christmas traditions have their own unique flavor, figuratively and ...

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 ...

Every New Yorker is familiar with the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. But you’d probably be hard-pressed to find many who have heard of Simbang Gabi, a nine-day series of Catholic masses leading up ...

As the night falls on Christmas Eve, most American children are headed to bed in hopes seeing what Santa dropped off during the night, while parents and adults put the finishing touches of what they ...