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Re: 10 old cemetery chapels you shouldn’t miss

estancabigas — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 10:33:41 -0000

Bella, yes, I've been there na. :)

Re: 10 old cemetery chapels you shouldn’t miss

Bella Antonia Azarcon Retiraci — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 10:03:36 -0000

u should see the Janiuay Catholic Cemetery in Janiuay, Iloilo... Its gates are dated 1875...relatively younger, but the architecture of the entire place is distinctly remarkable!

Re: 10 old cemetery chapels you shouldn’t miss

bitoypalaboy — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 03:09:04 -0000

my apology.. its a 1700 something (no definite year) structure and not 17th century.. =)

Re: 10 old cemetery chapels you shouldn’t miss

estancabigas — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 01:07:22 -0000

Bitoypalaboy, there's no such thing as such a 17th century (1601-1699) structure in the Philippines.

Re: 10 old cemetery chapels you shouldn’t miss

bitoypalaboy — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 02:20:41 -0000

Taguig's Simboryo or the dome shaped chapel inside Sta. Ana Catholic Cemetery is a 17th century structure and within less than 200 meters away from Sta. Ana Parish church
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Re: 10 old cemetery chapels you shouldn’t miss

estancabigas — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 22:05:47 -0000

Goodluck Gideon. :)

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Re: 10 old cemetery chapels you shouldn’t miss

Gideon — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 20:55:24 -0000

Only been to 4 of them... Will go to anther 2 next year...

Re: Desecrating Cabatuan’s heritage cemetery chapel

estancabigas — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 20:22:00 -0000

Jhay, Cabatuan has one of Iloilo's and the Philippines's well preserved church and cemetery chapel. Alam mo ba yan? And we've writing about your place to highlight what you have so that other people will be informed and will visit. I do hope you understand something about tourism and how it will help people.

Re: Desecrating Cabatuan’s heritage cemetery chapel

estancabigas — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 20:18:44 -0000

Jhay, what if you think about what Cabatuan has to offer to the world in terms of well preserved heritage structure and its potential for tourism? Siguro, your comment would be different di ba?

Re: Desecrating Cabatuan’s heritage cemetery chapel

estancabigas — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 20:17:06 -0000

Jhay, I would suggest that you travel. Especially outside of the Philippines. While your suggestion is practical, there are laws to be followed and your priest broke the law. I also suggest that you think beyond the comfort and appreciate more what preservation of heritage can do to your town, to tourism, to giving people work.

What would you think if the church of Miag-ao, a UNESCO World Heritage site was desecrated? People from all over the world visit MIag-ao because of that. And If they visit Miag-ao, where will they stay? where will they eat? What means of transportation will they take? Will they only visit Miag-ao? What if they hear that there's a well preserved church and cemetery chapel in Cabatuan and they are interested with it and will visit.

All that they need to spend. And what they spend will help the community, will help the city, will help Iloilo. It's additional revenue, its additional income to people providing them service.

Now, how about building a portico sa harap sg simbahan sg Miag-ao? Ano kaya ang mangyayari?

Little minds are dangerous. Most of the time, they only think of short term solutions than seeing long term benefits.

Re: Desecrating Cabatuan’s heritage cemetery chapel

estancabigas — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 20:09:18 -0000

well, if people of Cabatuan will be as enlightened as Mr Lujan, Filipinos of succeeding generations would be able to appreciate and treasure what Cabatuan has for the world. It takes an extraordinary kind of person to appreciate what heritage is.

Mr. Sadat, please, do travel and expand your mind.

Re: Desecrating Cabatuan’s heritage cemetery chapel

Jhay Joseph xian Defensor — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 03:26:55 -0000

kag ang tag-iya ka patyo iya na ka SIMBAHAN.. anhun mo kapanami patyo mo kung ang spirito mo higko sang issue nga wala sang pulos..

Re: Desecrating Cabatuan’s heritage cemetery chapel

Jhay Joseph xian Defensor — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 03:24:46 -0000

hahaha paano abi nga SAD?? ang SAD dira kung ang sumilimba ma patay sa HEAT STROKE.. subra kainit...anhun ka heritage heritag nga ina kung wala sang may simba kung in case nga mag ulan providan nyo payong tanan nga sumilimba? or bc ang ga comentar wala saya ga simba da kung mag misa sa patyo...

Re: Desecrating Cabatuan’s heritage cemetery chapel

Jhay Joseph xian Defensor — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 03:19:31 -0000

ang ga comentar da wala mana guro pag simba kada lunes para sa minatay.. ang kalalouy da ang mga tigulang nga naga simba ka maantos sila sang subra kainit... tama lang gin himu sang Parish Priest indi mana sa mag matu2x without the big YES of his parishoners..

Re: Desecrating Cabatuan’s heritage cemetery chapel

Jhay Joseph xian Defensor — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 03:17:00 -0000

Great minds are to make others great...
Little minds discuss nonsense issues... Jhay xian Defensor

Re: The Franciscans in the Philippines, 1578-1898

jose — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 21:06:46 -0000

The same Rizal tells that in order to attack the Church instead of writing articles in newspapers, he was advised to write novels (I think because once you read a paper, you through it away, whereas you keep books ). So these novels are fiction (that is, are false ) intentionally aimed to attack what the freemasons thought to be against the enlightment of the Philippino: the friars. Friars, like other trades, are not intelectuals or professors. Their mission is to spread the Gospel and help people to gain the salvation of their souls. It is very uncaring of Mr Rizal and very little filipino delicadeza to humiliate one of these friars showing him unable speaking Latin. The only thing you can say about someone who preaches something is if this person lives what he preaches or not. Still it is up you to accept it. I have to say that the friars converted the filipino heathen through their living example and sharing with them the hardship of their daily living.
I have to say also that Mr Rizal succeded. Little he knew that more than a century afterwards, his writings are still throwing mud to innocent people whose grandparents were unborn when Rizal wrote this panflet.

As everyone knows, franciscans are one of the most popular orders in the world. Only you need to count their numbers.

Re: Tea, trade and tears: the Muslim slave raids of the 18th-19th centuries, Part 3 of 3

Archie Qu — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 22:48:50 -0000

always love that part of philippine history.keep posting historical articles

Re: Why Sto. Nino Basilica’s belfry crumbled

carlos1982 — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 08:59:54 -0000

Estan, according to Architect Melva Java and some of the experts, the lantern or farol at the top of the belfry's dome may have contributed to the destruction too.

Prior to the war, the farol was hollow in order to serve its purpose akin to those of lighthouses. Sometime after the war, the farol was filled with concrete thereby increasing its weight and putting much pressure to the dome.

Compare this with the farol of the nearby cathedral which was not filled with concrete.

Re: 10 old cemetery chapels you shouldn’t miss

estancabigas — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 09:38:56 -0000

Nate, have you gone underground in Nagcarlan cemetery?

Re: Visita Iglesia: The old churches of Bulacan, Part 2 of 2

Nate — Sun, 09 Feb 2014 11:01:10 -0000

Gaganda talaga ng mga churches sa Bulacan. I went to the Marilao chuch recently during a visit to that town with relatives. I've been to that church a few times. I have to admit, they have an amazing altar...

Re: 10 old cemetery chapels you shouldn’t miss

Nate — Sun, 09 Feb 2014 02:35:45 -0000

I've been to the one in Nagcarlan. Maganda siya and I went to the church there... to bad, sarado ang simbahan nila when I went there, but still, great places. :)

Re: San Pablo Church ruins in Isabela featured in CNN

Mar-joe Malayao — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 00:04:05 -0000

Wow..so proud because that San Pablo Church In Isabela is walking distance away from our home..I always visit the church every sunday...

Re: The four old churches of Bondoc Peninsula, Quezon

Rick Campos — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 00:28:21 -0000

hi, this is rick campos, im coming up with Bondoc Peninsula Pilgrimage this lent, your article has been of great help, may we use some of your pictures for our marketing materials. thank you very much. God Bless.
Rick Campos, Philippine Islands Road Trip

Re: Visita Iglesia: The old churches of Bulacan, Part 1 of 2

Marcella — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 17:05:17 -0000

In 1968 we visited a church in Bulacan that had the oldest or largest pipe organ. Which church was that? We were at Clark Air Force Base from 1967 to 1969. We have a painting of a church in Bulacan painted by the Filipino artist Buenaventura and cannot find any information about the artist anywhere. We are interested in learning about the artist since we have two paintings by him. One painting is of fishermen bringing in the fishing nets. We love his work and want to learn all about him. We bought both paintings at an art show at Clark Air Force Base while stationed there.

Re: Sto. Nino Basilica Minore belfry being restored

estancabigas — Sat, 11 Jan 2014 23:21:49 -0000

yes, I'm happy that they're going to restore it too.