Monday, April 23, 2012

Holy Week (April 5, 2012)

My sister let me use her digicam even though silently I knew she was pouting inside. The thing is she demands I spend every single minute with her whenever she is in town. Quite reasonable, if you ask me but she understood we already had plans. So D & I went through with the Visita Iglesia trip with our friends.

Holy Thursday, we shoved off at 6:30am. Our destination was to cover as many churches possible in the province of Batangas. After enduring heavy traffic on the SLEX, we reached our first church.


Santissima Trinidad church in Batangas City



The Stations of the Cross were displayed in beautiful stained glasses


2nd church: The Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Batangas City


It had huge murals and colorful paintings depicting biblical events


3rd church: The Immaculate Conception Parish in Bauan, Batangas


The main altar of the Bauan Church


The marker at the Immaculate Conception Parish church, Bauan


We had bulalo for lunch with a fantastic view of Taal Lake and Volcano


4th church: Our Lady of Monte Maria Oratory, Alfonso Cavite


This is the temporary structure which houses an altar and plastic chairs are readily available whenever Father Suarez performs his healing masses.


The Piety statue is very much like the one found at the Vatican in Rome


Life size Stations of the Cross


The vast expanse of the grounds is perfect for a solemn reflection at the Stations of the Cross


The statue of Our Lady of Monte Maria


D & D at the Our Lady of Monte Maria Oratory in Alfonso, Cavite


After a very hot and tiring day, we made our way to the Alfonso hotel for the night

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