The annual celebration honors Jesus Christ through worship, food and cultural traditions rooted in the Philippines.
In the 1970s, tens of thousands of Filipinos emigrated from Ferdinand Marcos’ Philippines with many settling in Jersey City and Hudson County because of the number of hospitals in the area. Many were ...
All Catholics in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston are being encouraged to join Filipino Catholics in embracing a special jubilee indulgence period celebrating the 500th anniversary of the arrival ...
It’s called “Gifted to Give,” and it began in our area on April 7 at St. Aloysius Church in Jersey City. The theme of the 500th anniversary celebration of Christianity’s arrival in the Philippines, ...