Simbang Gabi: A Filipino Novena in Preparation for Christmas – December 14-23
Event Details
Date & Time
2025-12-14- December 14 - December 23, 2025
- 5:00 pm
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Organizer
- Office of Cultural Diversity and Outreach
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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.