Simbang Gabi

SAN FRANCISCO —  Colorful parols lit up Kalayaan Hall located on the first floor of the Philippine consulate in San Francisco. This was all part of the 3rd annual “Paskuhan sa Konsulado.” “This is our tribute...

NEW YORK — The “Simbang Gabi sa Konsulado” is now on its 31st year bringing the East Coast community together, to practice an ages-old Filipino Christmas tradition that involves a series of nine dawn masses on the...

LOS ANGELES — The biggest Filipino Christmas Mass in Los Angeles continues to get bigger and brighter each year. Over 100 parishes and thousands of Filipinos kicked off Simbang Gabi at the Cathedral of Our Lady of...

LOS ANGELES — Christmas has arrived in Filipinotown, as cars blaring OPM music proudly carry parols along the Southern California palm trees. The annual parol parade has been a 12-year tradition in Historic Filipinotown, and each year,...

NEW YORK — On the first night of Simbang Gabi Sa Konsulado in New York, Philippine National Police chief Ronald “Bato” de La Rosa asked the Filipino community for a gift — prayers for a drug-free Philippines. “Sana...

by Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN News LOS ANGELES – It’s the most anticipated and most attended Christmas event for Southern California Filipinos: the annual Simbang Gabi and parol parade at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the...

SALT LAKE CITY — For years, the Filipino Catholic community in Utah went through the holiday season without Simbang Gabi, but thanks to the state’s first and only Pinoy priest, local kababayans can now experience the centuries-old Philippine Christmas...

LOS ANGELES – Some US Pinoys may have been a little sleepy lately because of Simbang Gabi. But despite some cold sleepy mornings, the tradition is a devotion that has many kababayans excited for the holidays....

VIENNA, Va. — The thriving Filipino community in Northern Virginia is keeping the Pinoy tradition of Simbang Gabi alive. Don Tagala takes us for a visit to the town of Vienna, Va. in this report....Read More

LOS ANGELES – Life in sunny Southern California has been shrouded in a bit of darkness lately, following a mass shooting two weeks ago and a terror hoax that shut down schools on Tuesday. But Filipino Catholics...