Simbang Gabi, also known as Misa de Gallo, is a Filipino Christmas tradition celebrated in the Philippines. It is a series ofnine dawnmasses that take place on consecutive days leading up to Christmas Eve,from December 16 to 24. Many Filipinos believe that completing the Simbang Gabi novena w...
The traditional nine-day novena of dawn Masses, popularly called Simbang Gabi, starting December 16, ushers in the much-awaited Christmas season in the Philippines. Catholic Filipinos flock to their churches for dawn masses or the anticipated masses the previous night. The country is know for ...
Simbang gabi: Directed by Malu Sevilla. With Coco Martin, Susan Roces, Alan Paule, Yutaka Yamakawa.
MANILA, Philippines — Pope Francis celebrated the Simbang Gabi Christmas novena at St. Peter’s Basilica—the first time that a pope presided over the Filipino tradition in Vatican City. In a mass Sunday afternoon (10:30 p.m. Manila time), Pope Francis expressed his appreciat...
The Nine Days before Christmas: After Five Centuries, the Filipino Tradition of Simbang Gabi Is Still Something to Crow AboutEVERY YEAR, AS SOON AS ADVENT ARRIVED, MY PARENTS would tell stories about how Christmas was celebrated "back home" in the Philippines, where they had been born and ...
This coming Friday, December 16, the traditional nine-day novena called Simbang Gabi or Misa de Gallo starts.It is a Christmas custom that exists only in the Philippines. While it is true that other Catholic countries have the nineday Christmas novenas, people do not go to church to attend...