On Dec. 16, we are just nine days until Christmas! The Church’s liturgy begins today to make a shift: the first part of Advent is far more eschatological, focusing on Jesus’ Second Coming and our need ...

TURIN, Italy — An Italian priest named Father Charles Vachetta is credited with writing a novena in 1721 to inspire his parishioners during Advent. Today, that novena is known as the “Christmas Novena ...

SCOTCH PLAINS — On Wednesday, Dec. 15 at 7 p.m. Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Scotch Plains will kick off its nine-day Simbang Gabi Advent Novena as part of parish preparations for the Christmas ...

On Saturday, Dec. 15 at 7 p.m., Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Scotch Plains will kick off its nine-day Simbang Gabi Advent Novena as part of parish preparations for the Christmas season. Simbang ...

Pre-dawn Christmas novena Masses in the Philippines technically violate the Church´s liturgical norms but continue as they have for centuries because of their popularity and religious meaning. The set ...

There's something beautiful and stunning about rising at 4:30 a.m. and walking through the predawn darkness to attend Simbang Gabi, a yearly nine-day Advent novena that began in the Philippines. The ...

This weekend, the Christians begin the season of Advent. In Guyana, we begin the Novena on 15 to 23 December. Christmas Novena has a long history and tradition, which could be traced back to 1861 when ...