Dec 20, 2023 ORLANDO | Whether Puerto Rican, Colombian, Filipino, Venezuelan, Ecuadorian, Anglo or from many other cultural backgrounds, you can find a familiar holiday tradition at Holy Cross Parish in Orlando. For more than 10 years, the multicultural parish has combined customs into one celebration, welcoming the whole community. “It’s a powerful celebration, embedded in each country’s…

Dec 20, 2023 ORLANDO | The longstanding Simbang Gabi devotion leading up to Christmas made its debut in seven churches in the Diocese of Orlando in 2005, and today, 18 years later, the 2023 novena of Masses is planned in 32 churches, uniting the central Florida Filipino community in faith and tradition. “Simbang Gabi is one way of…