Alipio, Jean GabrielleCastro, Jillienne

Domingo, DennimarFaner, Rica Mae

Hernandez, Jillian AynQuerimit, Coleen Janine

Reverente, Josianne KayeSantiago, Camille Apple

Suba, Risaflor

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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