Alipio, Jean GabrielleCastro, Jillienne
Domingo, DennimarFaner, Rica Mae
Hernandez, Jillian AynQuerimit, Coleen Janine
Reverente, Josianne KayeSantiago, Camille Apple
Suba, Risaflor
V I S I T A I G L E S I A
Church and SacramentsTTh 10:30-12:00
Professor Edgardo Aquilon
Sta. Cruz ChurchPICTURES
CHARACTERISTICS
Common Name: Sta. Cruz Church
True Title: Santa Cruz Church
Location: Santa Cruz, Manila City, Metro Manila
Feast day: 3rd Sunday of October
Parish Priest: Rev. Fr. Felix Elverio, SSS
SHORT HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
As to its origins, it was constructed and overseen by the Jesuits until 1768
when the Jesuits were expelled from the archipelago. Dominicans then took over
the administration of the church. Adjacent to the church was the Jesuit College
of San Ildefonso. It was founded on January 9, 1724 by Alfonso Fajardo dela
Tenza. The Nuestra Señora del Pilar (Our Lady of the Pillar) is the patroness of the
church. The confraternity named after the patroness was founded canonically on
1743. During the liberation of Manila in 1945, the church was heavily damaged.
Quiapo ChurchPICTURES
CHARACTERISTICS
Common Name: Quiapo Church
True Title: Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene
Location: Quiapo, Manila, Philippines
Feast day: January 9th
Parish Priest: Jose Clemente F. Ignacio
SHORT HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
On 29 August 1586, Governor-General Santiago de Vera founded the District
of Quiapo as a suburb of Spanish Manila. The Franciscan Missionaries built the
first church on the site, using bamboo for the frame and nipa palm as thatching.
Saint Pedro Bautista, a Franciscan missionary and martyr, was one of the founders
of the Quiapo Church and several other churches in what is now Metro
Manila and Laguna. The original church burned down in 1639 and was replaced by
a stronger edifice, which was partially destroyed by an earthquake in 1863.
Under the supervision of Rev. Eusebio de León and Rev. Manuel Roxas, the
third church was completed in 1899. Roxas had raised the unprecedented amount
of ₱40,000.00 from donations and lay contributions. On 30 October 1928, the
church again caught fire and was almost completely destroyed. Doña Encarnación
Nakpíl de Orense, then the head of the Parish Committee, raised funds for the
reconstruction. Filipino National Artist, architect Juan Nakpil (the son of
composer Julio Nakpil) added the dome and a second belfry to the edifice.
St. Vincent De Paul ParishPICTURES
CHARACTERISTICS
Common Name: St. Vincent de Paul Church
True Title: Church of San Vicente de Paul
Location: 959 San Marcelino Street Ermita, Metro Manila
Feast day: September 27
Parish Priest: Rev. Fr. Jojo M. Rendon, CM
SHORT HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The Church of San Vicente de Paul was originally built as a chapel in 1883
and used as parish church of Paco from 1898 to 1909. The concrete parish church
was built in 1912 to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the arrival of the
Vicentians and Sisters of Charity in the Philippines.
Ermita ChurchPICTURES
CHARACTERISTICS
Common Name: Ermita Church
True Title: Nuestra Señora de Guia Parish (Our Lady of Guidance)
Location: A Flores St, Maynila
Feast day: May 19
Parish Priest: Fr. Sanny de Claro
SHORT HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
On 19 May 1571, a Saturday, Miguel Lopez de Legazpi took possesion of
Manila in honor of the King of Spain, Felipe II. On this occasion, one of his
soldiers roamed and reached as far as the seashore in what is now the site of Ermita
Church. There he witnessed the natives’ pagan worship to a beautiful statue of the
Blessed Virgin Mary placed on top of a trunk surrounded by pandan leaves.
It was believed that the image must have been brought to the Philippines in
1521 by Magellan’s own ships and was later sent by Cebu chieftains as a gift to
one of the many rajahs in Manila. In a Royal Decree dated 9 August 1578, the
King of Spain declared Nuestra Señora de Guia as the “Sworn Patroness” of
Manila by reason of the continual favors that the Blessed Virgin lavished on the
city.
University of Sto Thomas ChurchPICTURES
CHARACTERISTICS
Common Name: UST Church
True Title: Santísimo Rosario Parish
Location: UST, España, Manila City, Metro Manila
Feast day: 1st Sunday of October
Parish Priest: Fr. Franklin Beltran, OP
SHORT HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
When the Santísimo Rosario Parish was canonically inaugurated by
Archbishop of Manila Michael O' Doherty on April 26, 1942. During the Japanese
Occupation of Manila, the Chapel of the University of Santo Tomas was
designated as a Parish Church and has remained such to this day. However, on
campus, it is still identified as the UST Chapel and serves as a spiritual haven for
the Thomasian community. It is also the venue for Eucharistic Celebrations,
recollections and other religious activities.
On September 28, 1942, after the Sto. Domingo Church in Intramuros had
been damaged during the initial bombing raids of World War II, the image of Our
Lady of La Naval was transferred, for reasons of safety, to the UST Chapel, and
was enshrined there until October 10, 1954. The image was again transferred in a
solemn procession to the newly-erected Convent of Santo Domingo in Quezon
City.
In commemoration of the 50th year of the said transfer, the image of Our
Lady of La Naval returned to the University on October 1, 1992. After the nine-
day novena, Our Lady was brought back in a solemn procession to her shrine in
Santo Domingo Church.
Malate ChurchPICTURES
CHARACTERISTICS
Common Name: Malate Church
True Title: Our Lady of Remedies Parish ( Malate Catholic Church )
Location: Malate, Manila
Feast day: 3rd Sunday of November
Parish Priest: Fr. John Leydon, MSSC
SHORT HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The Malate Church is a Baroque-style church which faces a small park and
beyond that Manila Bay. The church was built originally on this spot in the
sixteenth century by the Augustinians, and is one of the oldest churches in Manila
outside of Intramuros.
British soldiers took refuge in this church during their occupation of the
Philippines and attack on Intramuros in 1762-63. The church was destroyed in
1773, rebuilt, badly damaged in World War II, and later restored again.
Malate Church is dedicated to Nuestra Senora de Remedios ("Our Lady of
Remedies"), the patroness of women in childbirth. A revered statue of the Virgin
Mary in her role as Our Lady of Remedies was brought from Spain in 1624 and
stands at the altar.
Baclaran ChurchPICTURES
CHARACTERISTICS
Common Name: Baclaran Church
True Title: National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help
Location: Baclaran, Parañaque City, Metro Manila
Feast day: June 27
Parish Priest: Fr. Victorino A. Cueto, CSsR
SHORT HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
On 1906, Redemptorists arrived in the country to introduce the Mother of
Perpetual Help. The Redemptorists are one of the many Catholic congregations.
The first Perpetual Novena was done in Iloilo in the Redemptorist Church in St.
Clement in May 1946.
The congregation started to explore the country. Father Gerard O’Donnel
became the first Rector in Baclaran on 23 June 1948. Father Leo English
conducted the first novena in the Baclaran Church. The church had a 300 person
capacity yet only 70 people attended.
Before the end of 1949, Wednesday became the official day of prayer for the
Virgin of Perpetual Help, therefore also making it the novena day for the week.
Slowly Filipinos began to flock to the church making it hard to accommodate more
people, but with the help of Filipino communities’ donations and thanksgiving
letters the church was renovated to help more people.
At present, the church continues to accommodate thousands of devotees,
though it is still uncertain why Filipino people choose to hear mass specifically at
the Baclaran Church.
Manila CathedralPICTURES
CHARACTERISTICS
Common Name: Manila Cathedral
True Title: National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help
Location: Cabildo corner Beaterio, Intramuros, Manila
Feast day: May 19
Parish Priest: Rev. Msgr. Nestor C. Cerbo
SHORT HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The Church of Manila was established by the secular Juan de Vivero who had the honor of
baptizing Rajah Matanda. Vivero first arrived in these shores in 1566 as chaplain of the nao or
galleon of San Geronimo which had come to support the Spanish colonization of the newly
discovered islands. He was given the special privilege and sole faculty by the Archbishop of
Miexico to establish the spiritual administration of the new Philippine colony. Later, Vivero
would become the first vicar-general and the first ecclesiastical judge of Manila .
The Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception administered the religious affairs of
Manila until such time it became a parish and Manila was created into a diocese. It was a simple
structure of nipa and bamboo, materials which were readily available during that time. It had for
its first parish priest the secular Juan de Villanueva. The other religious who became the pillars
of this parish were Juan de Vivaneta and Nicolas Riccio.
This church was also witness to the events that would threaten the city and its residents. On
November 30, 1574 , the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle, the Spanish forces were able to quell
Limahong’s invasion. Because of such fortunate turn of events, the holy apostle was made patron saint
of Manila . The victory was celebrated with fireworks and a Mass with sermon was held in the Church of
Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception in Manila .
San Agustin ChurchPICTURES
CHARACTERISTICS
Common Name: San Agustin Church
True Title: Inglesia de San Pablo
Location: General Luna Street, Intramuros, Manila
Feast day: August 27
Parish Priest: Fr. Asis R. Bajao, OSA
SHORT HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
San Agustin Church originally known as "inglesia de San Pablo", founded in
1571 is the oldest stone church (built in 1589) in the Philippines. It is a
administered by the Order of Saint Agustine (Augustinian Friars). Since the time of
its foundation, the devotion to Nuestra Senora dela Consolacion y Cirrea is
celebrated every Saturday.In this Church - tomb of "El Adelentado Miguel Lopez
de Legaspi" Founder of the City of Manila is located in the eastermost chapel of
the transept. Terms for the American occupation of Manila was signed in the
sacristy and First Plenary Council of the Philippines in 1953 was held in the
Choirloft.
Binondo ChurchPICTURES
CHARACTERISTICS
Common Name: Binondo Church
True Title: Minor Basilica of St. Lorenzo Ruiz
Location: Plaza L. Ruiz, Binondo 1006, Manila
Feast day: September 28
Parish Priest: Msgr. Geronimo F. Reyes
SHORT HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Binondo Church, also known as Minor Basilica of St. Lorenzo Ruiz was
erected in 1596. It is one of the oldest places of Christian worship in the
Philippines, but over the centuries the original edifice has sustained considerable
damage from earthquakes and other natural disasters. Today the octagonal bell
tower is all that remains of the 16th century construction.
The church’s patroness is the image of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary but
there is also an image of St. Lorenzo Ruiz on the left side of the altar to honor the
first Filipino saint.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Transportation Expense
Route No. of Person/s Amount expense each TOTAL expenses
Saint Vincent De Paul Church - UST
2 8.00 16.00
UST- Ermita church 2 9.00 18.00
Ermita Church – Malate Church
2 8.00 16.00
Malate Church – Baclaran Church
2 9.00 18.00
Adamson University - San Agustin & Manila
Cathedral5 50.00 250.00
San Agustin & Manila Cathedral - Quiapo
Church5 8.00 8.00
Quiapo Church - Sta. Cruz Church
5 -- --
Sta. Cruz Church - Binondo Church
5 -- --
TOTAL TRANSPORTATION EXPENSE 326.00
Food Expense
Chowking 158.00
Chuann Kee Grocery 276.00
Chuan Kee Restaurant 353.00
TOTAL FOOD EXPENSE 787.00
TOTAL EXPENSE: 1,113.00