Trip To La Salette's Festival of Lights

You are all invited to join the Malden Filipino Choir to the La Salette Shrine's Festival of Lights.  We are going on Dec 28, Wednesday, at 7 pm. We will meet at the Church and see the sights from there. Dress in layers and keep warm. Don't forget those gloves, caps, and scarves. Bring your thermos with hot beverages.

Here's what to expect:
http://www.lasalette-shrine.org/Christmas/Festival_of_lights.html

God bless and have a Merry Blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Annie
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A FAMILY CHRISTMAS MASS

The Filipino Apostolate invites you to join us for

A FAMILY CHRISTMAS MASS

Sunday, December 25th, 1 PM – celebrated by Fr. Cyriac

St. John the Baptist Church, 44 Church St., Quincy, MA.

To commemorate the birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ.

All are invited and welcome to a Christmas reception and entertainment after the Mass. Our distinguished guest, Santa Claus will distribute gifts to children and encourage our guests to have their photos taken with him. Please remember to bring a wrapped gift with your child/children's name for Santa to give. This will be Santa's last stop before going home to the North Pole. You may also bring a dish or dessert (optional) to share with the community, which we'll greatly appreciate. Please call Loreta Borneo (617-328-9046), Ruben Austria (617-851-1667) or Teng Chiefe (781-963-1740) with any questions or concerns.

Christmas is the most important Catholic holiday revolving around the story of how the Virgin Mary gave birth to Jesus Christ, the son of God.

Christmas is celebrated throughout the Christmas Octave, the eight days from December 25 through January 1. The second day of the festival, December 26, is devoted to St. Stephen, the First Martyr; the third, to apostle and evangelist John the Baptist (on that day wine is consecrated); the fourth day is devoted to the memory of the Holy Infants of Bethlehem (on that day priests offer special blessings to children). Sunday, which falls on one of the days between December 26 and 31, or, if none of the days is a Sunday in a particular year, December 30 marks the feast of the Holy Family: the Christ child, the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph. January 1 marks the joy of the Holy Virgin. Christmas tide continues beyond the Octave until the Baptism of Christ, which in the Roman Catholic calendar is marked on the first Sunday after Epiphany (January 6). Throughout the Christmas holidays the clergy are clad in festive white robes.

Traditions The Christmas tradition of decorating Christmas trees can be traced back to Germanic peoples in whose rituals the evergreen fir tree was the symbol of life and fertility. As Christianity spread among the peoples of Central and Northern Europe, the Christmas tree decorated with colored balls acquired a new symbolic meaning: it was put up in homes on December 24, which in Western tradition is Adam and Eve day, to symbolize the tree in the Garden of Eden.

In the context of Christmas, the fir tree symbolizes the tree of the Garden of Eden and the eternal life man acquires through the New Adam, Jesus Christ.

The Gospel narrative of the three Wise Men who came to prostrate themselves before the Christ child and offered him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh gave rise to the tradition of exchanging gifts at Christmas. Traditionally the family sits down to a Christmas dinner, with the festive food differing from country to country.

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Jesus In The North End @ Fri Dec 16 7:30pm - 10pm

Jesus In The North End

When: Fri Dec 16 7:30pm – 10pm Eastern Time
Where: St. Leonard of Port Maurice Church

Pasko sa Malden

You are all invited to an early Christmas celebration of the Malden Chapter of the Filipino Apostolate -

PASKO SA MALDEN 2011. Hope you will join us and bring your family and friends. 

What: PASKO SA MALDEN 2011

When: This Sunday, Dec. 11, 12:30 - 4 pm.

Where: St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 790 Salem St. Malden, MA. 02148 

Who: Everyone's invited. 

Schedule: 

12:30 pm: Rosary and Divine Mercy

 1:00  pm: Christmas Pageant and Mass. Potluck lunch follows.

 2:45 pm: Christmas Program and Santa's Visit

Details: 

Our traditional Malden Christmas Pageant is now on its 7th year.  It will be in Tagalog (Panunuluyan) and will feature our youth, young adults and the young at heart.  The Pageant tells of the humble birth of Jesus Christ, our Savior, Messiah and King. Holy Mass will follow the Pageant. Potluck lunch will be served after at the church hall. Our Christmas Program will include dances and songs. Santa Claus will drop by and say hello to our children. We ask families with children to bring a small wrapped gift labelled with their child's name and please give them to one of Santa's Helpers. We hope you will join our festivities this Sunday! 

Maligayang Pasko Po Sa Inyong Lahat!

Mass to be held December 11, 2011

THE FILIPINO APOSTOLATE OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON, 

MALDEN CHAPTER INVITES YOU TO JOIN OUR MASS AT

Saint Joseph Church

790 Salem Street, Malden, MA 02148

3rd Sunday of Advent

December 11, 2011

 12:30 PM - Holy Rosary & Divine Mercy Chaplet

1:00 PM - SUNDAY MASS

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