Our Filipino community would like to invite everybody to our 7th annual “Simbang Gabi” mass here at St. Gregory the Great on Dec 18th at 7:00pm. Our celebrant will be Father Ian Trammell and our Deacon will be Joe Latini. “Simbang Gabi” or Misa De Gallo is a 9-day celebration before Christmas and the tradition has deep roots in the Filipino religious culture. It was called “midnight mass” or “mass of the rooster” and comes from the Catholic custom of gathering for the celebration of the Eucharist in the pre-dawn hours of each of the 9 days prior to Christmas. Over the generations, local Filipino communities have creatively adapted the Simbang Gabi Mass in order to accommodate the needs of people’s work schedules. The other churches involved are:

12/15 7:00pm – St. Anthony of Padua – Hightstown
12/16 7:00pm – St. Paul’s – Princeton
12/17 7:00pm – St David the King – Princeton Junction
12/18 7:00pm – St. Gregory the Great – Hamilton
12/19 7:00pm – St Vincent de Paul – Yardville
12/20 7:00pm – Incarnation – Ewing
12/21 7:00pm – St Raphael - Hamilton
12/22 7:00pm – Holy Angels Church - Hamilton
12/23 7:00pm – St. Ann’s – Lawrenceville

For more information and directions, please visit our website at www.simbanggabi.net .