SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2014 AT 4:30 P.M.
ST. JOAN OF ARC PARISH
9245 LAWNDALE AVE.
EVANSTON, IL. 60203
THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY INVITES YOU TO EXPERIENCE SIMBANG GABI, ALSO KNOWN AS THE NIGHT MASS OR MASS OF THE ROOSTER, A CHERISHED PHILIPPINE TRADITION.
RECEPTION AND PROGRAM WILL FOLLOW IN THE SJA AUDITORIUM AFTER THE MASS. THE PROGRAM WILL FEATURE PERFORMANCES BY THE FILIPINO YOUTH, LOYOLA UNIVERSITY KAPWA CULTURAL AND KAPWA MODERN AND THE SJA FILIPINO CHOIR.
SIMBANG GABI IS A NINE-DAY NOVENA OF MASSES BEFORE CHRISTMAS. THE ARCHDIOCESE COORDINATES THIS YEARLY INTER-PARISH CELEBRATION. EACH PARTICIPATING PARISH HOSTS AN EVENING MASS. THIS IS THE 16TH YEAR THAT SJA IS HOSTING SIMBANG GABI.
SIMBANG GABI STARTS DECEMBER 15. IN THE PHILIPPINES, THE NOVENA STARTS DECEMBER 16 AND ENDS CHRISTMAS EVE; EACH MASS, EXCEPT FOR THE FINAL ONE (MISA DE AGUINALDO, ALSO KNOWN AS GOLDEN MASS) STARTS AT 4:00 A.M., JUST AS IT DID IN THE 17TH CENTURY. THIS WAS THE COOLEST PART OF THE DAY IN THE OFTEN HOT COUNTRY. THE EARLY SCHEDULE ALSO ALLOWED FARMERS AND FISHERMEN DO THEIR WORK AFTERWARDS. TO VIEW FOR THE SIMBANG GABI SCHEDULE IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO, VISIT
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Let me be the first to greet you all..........................................
A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Published 12/5/06 ALT MSN Group
Web Page: Merry Christmas 2006
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