Friday 18th May 2012

Churches

Virgen Sang Barangay Chapel

I believe the Virgen sang Barangay Chapel is one of the most beautiful churches in Negros Ocidental. In fact, I find it so beautiful I got married there. Located inside Sta. Clara Subdivision, considered as the Forbes Park of Bacolod City, the chapel is quiet, intimate and with no unwanted observers. If you’re planning to [...]

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Vito Church in Sagay City

Vito Church in Sagay City is the Shrine of St. Vincent Ferrer. The church was established during the religious administration of Negros by the Recollect Friars in the 1860s. The religious tradition of palapak is still being practiced at Vito Church. The base of a small statue of St. Vincent Ferrer is lightly pressed on [...]

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Mary Magdalene Church in Hinigaran

The Church and Parish of Mary Magdalene in Hinigaran built using Romanesque architecture is one of the remaining colonial churches in Negros Occidental. It was established by Fr. Juan Pavon, an Augustinian-Recollect Parish Priest who arrived in Hinigaran on November 4, 1848 and served until October 1849. It was first made of light materials then [...]

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Victorias City’s Church of the Angry Christ

Church of the Angry Christ. The name invokes a sense of wonder. Perhaps because anger is one of the seven deadly sins and it’s strange that a Catholic Church would associate Christ with it. I haven’t had the opportunity to visit the Church of the Angry Christ even though I often visit Victorias City. It [...]

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Queen of Peace Church (Hua Ming)

The Queen of Peace Church in Bacolod City is located inside the St. John Institute (SJI) campus better known as Hua Ming in a 5,000-sq. m. lot donated by Alfredo Montelibano Sr. The SJI and the Queen of Peace Church are still referred to as Hua Ming by the locals which came from Hua meaning [...]

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Negros Occidental Catholic Churches

Catholic churches have both historical and spiritual values to us Filipinos. Colonial churches are proof of Spain’s influence and provides a wealth of information to the life of our ancestors during the colonial period. Many of us know that our local delicacies dates back to the time some of the colonial churches were built. Egg [...]

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