Old, Historic Churches

St Anne’s Church in Molo, Iloilo is popularly known as the Feminist Church, simply because practically all the statues in the church are statues of female saints.

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This is a magnificent old church that is being completely refurbished. It is taking on a somewhat modern look inside, but is nevertheless and wonderful church to visit and to spend some time exploring. For the Rest of the Story press here

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Come visit the Roman Catholic Basilica of Notre Dame in Canada’s Capital of Ottawa. It is the oldest church in the Ottawa region and has been name a National Historic Treasure.

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It is only 27 kilometres from our jumping off point at the SM City Mall parking lot in Iloilo to the Church of St John of Sahagun in Tigbauan.  It’s an easy 35 to 40 minute drive.

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It is difficult to establish exactly when the Church in Tigbauan was originally built. It appears that an original church may have been built in the late 16th century (possibly between 1575 and 1580 when Friar Luis de Montoya was assigned as Prior). There had been no ‘resident’ parish priest at Tigbauan until his arrival. Continue Reading

The driving distance from our jumping off point at the SM City parking lot in Iloilo to Oton’s Immaculate Conception Church is approximately 11 kilometres. Which translates into a driving time of about 20 to 30 minutes.

This is one of only two ‘modern churches’ in our study.

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The Augustinian Friars first arrived in Oton as early as 1572 under Friar Martin Rada from Dumangas where he had established ‘the church’ in southern Panay having been sent there from the town of Pan-ay in Capiz in 1566, because of his success in evangelizing the population and his ability in the languages of the region.  According to history the first Church built by Friar Rada (date unknown) was destroyed in 1614 when Oton was attacked by Dutch Privateers who razed the church in one of their raids. Continue Reading

The driving distance from our jumping off point at the SM City parking lot in Iloilo to St Julian’s in Janiuay is approximately 27 kilometres. Which translates into a driving time of about 45 minutes to 1 hour.

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This Church was built in 1869, we believe by the Augustinians since their trademark seal appears on the front of the church. With the first mass being said in 1873. Continue Reading

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