My husband was the one who introduced me to Visita Iglesia. We were still dating then when he asked me to go with him one Maundy Thursday to visit churches in Manila. Eversince then, it has been part of our holy week routine year after year to visit churches on Maundy Thursday. We have been visiting churches in Bulacan for two straight years now. But I make sure that we'll get to visit a new church every year. Now that we have a kid, our visita iglesia is not confined to just contemplation and devotion. For the kid, it doubled as a history lesson. Old churches play a big part in our history. Most of them have been silent witness to how the katipuneros work their way to ensure that our dear motherland will be free again from the Spaniards.
This year, we were able to see the historical Barasoain Church. It feels nice to walk on the very same place that first ever congressmen were able to walk. My kid started bombarding me with lots of history questions.
facade of the historical Barasaoin Church
inside Barasoain Church
Another historical church that we visited was Nuestra Senora dela Asuncion in Bulakan, Bulacan. According to the history of the church, it was in here that General Gregorio del Pilar gave out copies of La Solidaridad to the locals of Bulacan.
the scenic Nuestra Senora dela AsuncionI hope my son could pick this family tradition and that he will do the church visits when he gets his share of parenting.
the scenic Nuestra Senora dela Asuncion
traditions are good to pass along to our kids. it gives them a sense of culture... thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteDi kami nakapag bisita iglesia this year. Hope next year e magawa namin.
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I'm sure your son will always be looking forward to your Visita Iglesia every year because he gets to learn snippets of our nation's history, too. Visiting late for Mommy Moments!
ReplyDeleteI went to a school in Malolos but I didn't take that chance to visit these historical churches. Sayang :(
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this over at Happiness Is. See you there again for another round of happy posts :)
I haven't tried visiting other churches during holy week, Hopefully I can one day..Visiting for for Happiness is, mine is up at
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beautiful church Sis :-) your son is cute :-) Dropping by from Happiness Is
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that's so nice to do as a family...:) ka-miss iyang mga tradition sa pinas! kami naman since we're living from one country to another, both buddhist country...kaya what we are doing na lang kapag holy week, eh, ang easter sunday celebration, egg painting, egg hunting, watching a movie about Easter and God, and sweet treats! :) visiting late from happiness is...hope to see you around. thanks and have a great week. :)
ReplyDeleteYou may want to visit San Agustin Church in Lubao, Pampanga . It was older than UST (which was built in 1511, if I am not mistaken ) Its anniversary will be in May 4-5 which is also the town fiesta. There will be foreign journalists and grand festivities , a good day for taking photos and getting inspiration because it's a historical . Even the late Lino Brocka chose it as a setting in two of his movies." Cain at Abel" and " Bayan Ko."
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