Simbang Gabi: A Filipino Novena in Preparation for Christmas – December 14-23

Event Details

Date & Time

2025-12-14

Organizer

Simbang Gabi is a Filipino Christmas tradition, a spiritual and devotional nine-day series of Masses that prepares us for the Birth of Christ and honors our Blessed Mother. Let us celebrate this special season with our Archdiocesan Filipino family!

Masses will be celebrated December 14-23 at the following locations:

Holy Family Church – Mitchellville, MD

12010 Woodmore Road, Mitchellville, MD 20721

301-906-0334/[email protected]

December 20-23, 2025

Rosary 7:00 p.m. – Mass 7:30 p.m. ET

December 23 – Nativity Pageant 7:00 p.m. ET & Mass 7: 30 pm ET

Our Lady Help of Christians – Waldorf, MD

100 Village St, Waldorf, MD 20602
(301) 645-7112 – [email protected]

December 14-23, 2025

Sunday 14 & 21 Mass at 5:00 p.m. ET
Weekday Masses 15 – 20, 22 & will be at 7:00 p.m. ET

Our Lady of Victory – Washington, D.C.

4835 MacArthur Blvd. NW, Washington, DC 20007

202-337- 4835 / [email protected]

December 15-23, 2025

Mass 8:00 p.m. ET

Bishop Evelio Menjivar will be the principal celebrant for the 8:00 p.m. Mass at Our Lady of Victory on December 23, 2025.

Saint Columba – Oxon Hill, MD 

Livingston Road, Oxon Hill, MD 20745

301-567-5506/[email protected]

December 15-23, 2025

Mass at 7:00 p.m. ET

December 23 – Fellowship after Mass Only

Bishop Efren V Esmilla, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia will be the principal celebrant for the 7:00 p.m. Mass at St. Columba on December 23, 2025.

Saint Edward The Confessor – Bowie, MD

1940 Mitchellville Road, Bowie, MD 207
301- 249-9199

December 15-19, 2025

Rosary 7:00 p.m. ET – Mass 7:30 p.m. ET

Saint Mary’s Catholic Church – Rockville, MD

520 Veirs Mill Road, Rockville, MD 20852

240-893-6866/[email protected]

at St. Mary’s Chapel

December 15–23, 2025

Mass 7:00 p.m. ET

December 23 Fellowship – Christmas celebration after Mass

Saint Michael the Archangel – Silver Spring, MD

805 Wayne Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910

(301) 589-1155 – [email protected]

December 21, 2025

Mass 5:00 p.m. ET

Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament – Washington, D.C.

3630 Quesada Street NW, Washington, DC 20015

202-966-6575 – [email protected]

December 15-23, 2025

Rosary 7:00 p.m.  – Mass 7:30 pm ET

Parishes may reach out to [email protected] for additions and/or corrections to this list. Please provide contact info for confirmation.

Discover Simbang Gabi
The Filipino ministry at St. Columba in Oxon Hill, MD describes their joyful community celebration of Simbang Gabi, a nine day novena of Masses. Catholic churches are decorated over the course of the nine days and traditional Filipino foods are shared.

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