BYAHILO’s Visita Iglesia for the Holy Week Season 2008
Posted on March 17, 2008 - Filed Under Churches, Traditions | 1 Comment
Many of our fellow Catholic Filipinos would probably practice one of the country’s unique Holy Week traditions: The Visita Iglesia. Visita Iglesia is a Spanish term which roughly means church visit.
Read More..>>Byahilo’s Holy Week schedule
Posted on March 13, 2008 - Filed Under Churches, Traditions | 5 Comments
This coming Sunday is the start of the Holy Week already for the Catholic faith bellievers. I, being a Catholic myself observes this most holy days in our Christian Calendar.
One of the unique Filipino traditions that I have been practising is the Visita Iglesia. Visita Iglesia is a Spanish term meaning Church Visit. [...]
Betis Galleria: Kapampangan Wood Sculpting at its Finest!
Posted on December 21, 2007 - Filed Under People, Road Trip, Traditions | 1 Comment
After visiting the Betis Church last week, I was then asked by my friends where to go next. READ: We had an itinerary at that time but we scrapped it at the last minute.
So I then asked some of the locals about the usual livelihood of the people in Betis and where [...]
Sinulog Festival 2008 Guidelines
Posted on November 26, 2007 - Filed Under Events, Festivals, News, Traditions | 2 Comments
I got this post from Leylander. The Cebu Sinulog Foundation has already released the Official Guidelines for the upcoming Sinulog Festival 2008.
Sinulog Festival is a celebration on honor of the Child Jesus also known as the Santo Niño. The event is held every 3rd Sunday of January in the City of Cebu. Sinulog is [...]
Liliw, Laguna
Posted on April 20, 2007 - Filed Under Churches, Traditions | 1 Comment
One of the most captivating churches of Laguna is the parish of St. John the Baptist (San Juan Bautista) in the town of Liliw, Laguna. Liliw is my 6th church in this year’s visita iglesia. The church was builtmore than a century ago using red bricks. The bricks used are somewhat similiar to the ones [...]
Read More..>>San Antonio de Padua Church
Posted on April 19, 2007 - Filed Under Churches, Traditions | 1 Comment
The 5th church we visited during our Visita Iglesia was the Diocesan Shrine of San Antonio de Padua in the historic town of Pila, Laguna.
Read More..>>San Policarpio, Cabuyao
Posted on April 14, 2007 - Filed Under Churches, Traditions | 1 Comment
The second church I went to during my visita iglesia last week was the church of Saint Policarp (San Policarpio) in the town of Cabuyao, Laguna.
Read More..>>The Church of Santa Rosa de Lima
Posted on April 13, 2007 - Filed Under Churches, Traditions | Leave a Comment
Last week, I performed a unique Catholic Ritual, very common in the Philippines. This is the Visita Iglesia. This is usually done on a Maundy Thursday, by visting seven churches and comtemplating on the life and sufferings of the Lord. Due to a very hectic schedule, I have to move my Visita Iglesia to Holy [...]
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