Cardinal DiNardo set to celebrate Simbang Gabi, Christmas Eve Masses

Daniel Cardinal DiNardo will preside over two separate Masses, marking a pair of major Advent and Christmas devotions for the Filipino and Vietnamese Catholic communities.

Cardinal DiNardo will celebrate the Archdiocesan Simbang Gabi Culmination Mass at Sts. Simon and Jude Parish (26777 Glen Loch Dr., The Woodlands) on Friday, Dec. 22, at 7 p.m. Traditional Filipino carols begin at 6:30 p.m. The Mass concludes the Filipino Simbang Gabi novena tradition, a series of Masses held in anticipation of Christmas across the Archdiocese.

Then, Cardinal DiNardo is set to be the main celebrant for a Christmas Eve Mass at Our Lady of La Vang Parish (12320 Old Foltin Rd., Houston) on Sunday, Dec. 24, at 6 p.m. with the Vietnamese Catholic community.

Bishop Italo Dell'Oro, CRS, to also preside over Christmas Masses in Houston, Galveston

Auxiliary Bishop Italo Dell'Oro, CRS, is also set to celebrate several Advent and Christmas Masses.

He will concelebrate the Friday, Dec. 22, Simbang Gabi Christmas Culmination Mass at Sts. Simon and Jude Parish at 7 p.m.

Bishop Dell'Oro will also celebrate Christmas Eve Mass on Sunday, Dec. 24, at 8:30 p.m. at the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston.

He will also celebrate Mass on Christmas Day at 12:30 p.m. at St. Mary Cathedral Basilica in Galveston.