PAN DE CAFE ALAY SA SIMBANG GABI - Mistah Foundation

PAN DE CAFE ALAY SA SIMBANG GABI

Date: 04 Mar, 2017  No Comments

“Someday, the realm of liberty and justice will encompass the planet. Freedom is not just the birth right of the few, it is the God-given right of all His children, in every country. It won’t come by conquest. It will come, because freedom is right and freedom works. It will come, because cooperation and good will among free people will carry the day.”

― Ronald Reagan, The Quest for Peace, the Cause of Freedom

On the 16th – 24th day of December 2016, the Mistah Foundation sponsored an activity with the theme of “Pan de café alay para sa Simbang Gabi”. The said activity aims to reach out all the people that need help when it comes to camaraderie and cooperation that signifies this organization by terms of sharing blessings to others. The foundation collects ideas from some personnel of church about the practices and traditions of Filipinos. One of these practices is Simbang Gabi. It is a nine day novena in honor of Mary the Mother of Jesus Christ the Savior. It is celebrated by going to mass every day from the 16th of December to Christmas Eve December 24th. Most churches celebrate the mass at dawn.

For the foundation to be able to preserve the said tradition, We observed that our tradition is not that strong practices, unlike before maybe because of the different gadgets and lifestyle now days that affects in observance of this tradition. They conduct an activity that emphasizes the importance of still practicing the Simbang Gabi. They’ve prepared some foods such as kakanin, puto bungbong, suman, Coffee, Hot Choco and other Filipino snacks and they’re going to distribute it to the people after the Holly Mass. It also a way of making a bonding to other people, also an inspiration to pursue in completing the 9 days of Simbang Gabi. The church of St. Joseph in Aguilar Pangasinan is the selected area for rendering this activity.

The activity of the foundation became successful with the leadership of Richard T Gubatan (Founding President), The PNP personnel of Aguilar Pangasinan as man power, the Parish Priest of St. Joseph in Aguilar Pangasinan and other authorities. The cooperation of the different authorities as well as the people during the activity builds a very remarkable yet important impact to the preservation of our practices and traditions.