LIVINGSTON, NJ — St. Raphael Parish, 346 E. Mt. Pleasant Ave. in Livingston, will hold a series of events to celebrate Christmas:
- Advent Reconciliation will run Dec. 18 through Dec. 22 after the 8 a.m. Masses.
- On Saturday, Dec. 22, at 5:30 a.m., attend the Simbang Gabi Filipino Traditional Mass.
- On Monday, Dec. 24, at 4 p.m., there will be a children’s Mass with a Nativity play. A living Nativity will be on display on the church’s front lawns after this Mass and throughout all the Christmas Day Masses.
- On Monday, Dec. 24, at 6 p.m., there will be a Christmas Eve Mass.
- On Monday, Dec. 24, at 11:30 p.m., a Christmas Chorale will precede a midnight Mass celebrated by Bishop Dominic Marconi.
- On Tuesday, Dec. 25, there will be Christmas Masses at 7:30 a.m., 9 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.