March 03, 2022

4 Churches Within Cavite Ideal for Your Visita Iglesia

Holy Week 2022 is just a few weeks away. By now, you might be planning what to do and where to go on vacation during the whole of Lent season. And while you’re choosing which resort or towns to visit, consider allotting a schedule for prayer, reflection, and reconnecting with your spirituality. After all, Holy Week is the time to evaluate your actions in the previous year and months and ask for penance for your shortcomings.

If you’re touring Cavite, you might want to add soul searching and spirituality into your Holy Week trip. That said, here are four churches you should go to on your visita iglesia journey:

Our Lady of the Pillars Parish in Imus City

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Also known as the Imus Cathedral, the Our Lady of the Pillars Parish is a 200-year-old Baroque church in Cavite’s capital city. The parish was founded in 1795 in the town of Toclong in Kawit, although the church building was relocated and established in Imus in 1823. Today, Imus Cathedral serves as the diocese seat of the bishop of Imus and has jurisdiction all over the Civil Province of Cavite.

Perhaps the highlight of Imus Cathedral is that it enshrines the original and miraculous crown of the image of Our Lady of the Pillar. The church also holds the longest Holy Week procession all over Cavite. On your pilgrimage trip, you’ll see over 70 floats featuring different venerated images. 

Immaculate Conception Parish Church

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Several churches in the Philippines witnessed the bloodshed and violence during the colonial periods. For example, the Immaculate Conception Parish Church in Dasmariñas served as a refuge to many Filipino revolutionaries who joined the uprising led by Don Placido Campos in 1896. Then, the church was burned in 1897 by Spanish soldiers who shot refugees as they fled out of the sanctuary. Since then, this event is now known as the Battle of Perez Dasmariñas.

Parts of the Immaculate Conception Parish Church may have been reconstructed, but its historical significance reverberates to this day. From your Amaris Homes residence, your visita iglesia at Immaculate Conception Parish Church may also serve as a reminder of what our heroes did to fight for our country’s independence.

St. Francis of Assisi Church in General Trias

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Locally known as General Trias Church, St. Francis of Assisi Church is a Renaissance-style sanctuary that used to be a visita of the Cavite Viejo (present-day Kawit). Inside this ornately built church, you’ll see carved images of different saints dating back to at least 300 years ago.

Another must-visit within this church’s complex is the convent building. Back then, this was where the Banda San Francisco de Malabon practiced the music of the Philippine national anthem before performing it at the Philippine Declaration of Independence. Today, the convent is now a museum housing the band’s paraphernalia.

St. Michael the Archangel Parish

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Also known as Bacoor Church, St. Michael the Archangel Parish is one of the oldest churches in Cavite. During the Spanish colonial period, Father Mariano Gomez was the parish priest of St. Michael the Archangel Parish. He was one of the three priests martyred via garrote during the Cavite Mutiny of 1872.

Bacoor Church is one of those structures built with egg white, adobe, and tegula. And while the majority of the cathedral has been reconstructed, it remains a historical gem for locals and tourists to remember Cavite’s bloody yet heroic past.

 

Churches are a repository of history and quiet places for prayer and worship. They’re treasures that keep our past and faith intact. Add these four churches into your visita iglesia itinerary while you do some soul-searching and pilgrimage in Cavite.

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