THE tradition of celebrating Christmas Eve is now on its 15th year.
The Cultural Center of the Philippines will hold the “Misa de Aguinaldo” or Christmas Eve Mass on 24 December 2019 at the CCP Main Theater at 8 p.m. The said event is a culmination of the Misa de Gallo (Simbang Gabi) or nine-day series of Dawn Masses.
This tradition is now in its 15th year. An average of 800 people per day attends the novena Masses; and last year, it reached a total of almost 2,000 patrons during the Christmas Eve Mass.
For the Christmas Eve Mass at the CCP Main Theater, the renowned Philippine Madrigal Singers will again be the Mass choir who will lead the 100-voice chorale in rendering “Carol of the Bells” and Handel’s “Messiah” (Hallelujah Chorus). The said choral groups from the Madz Et.Al. (choral groups being managed by the Philippine Madrigal Singers) will also perform a 30-minute pre-Mass carols to serenade the Mass goers.
Prior to the Mass, an excerpt of “Panunuluyan” shall be performed by the Ramon Obusan Folkloric Group and the Tanghalang Pilipino Actors’ Company. Fr. Mario Sobrejuanite, SSP will be the mass celebrant.
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For more information, please call the CCP Venue Operations Division at 8832-1125 local 1412 or 1413.
