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Re: My church photos in Mabuhay Magazine

Bonzenti | Con Tour Blog — Mon, 14 May 2012 03:49:11 -0000

grabe jud imo pulso ba. I love also photographing old churches. Its also my fascination. Congrats bai. Lahi ra jud ang magaling. :-).

Re: Church ruins in Lumangbayan, Nasugbu, Batangas

weirdkatt — Fri, 11 May 2012 08:05:01 -0000

I seriously doubt that this church was burned. And by the Spaniards? Laughable. First of all, when I first visited this place last year, I saw no burnt marks (I could be mistaken here since I am not an expert in examining burnt-down structures). Secondly, the Spaniards, particularly the troops, will never EVER do anything drastic towards a Catholic structure. Remember the Catholic zeal that people practiced during those days. And do I even have to mention that the Spaniards were Catholics? If they ever did anything atrocious, burning churches was not one of them. Also, Spanish soldiers were outnumbered by Filipinos in the ranks of government troops. In fact, there were even more native guardias civiles than peninsulares. And troops were mostly, if not all, led by peninsulares. It is highly impossible for the very few pure-blooded Spanish (or even creole) officers to command their indio troops to haul the latter's capua Filipino inside that small church to be burned to death. There is no record of church burning done by the Spaniards. If we are to accuse who was really burning churches during those tumultuous times, look no further: there's our good old buddy, Andrés Bonifacio. Yes, the Katipunan terrorized Spanish friars and attacked many a church in and outside Manila. In fact, the Katipunan, led by the Supremo himself, burned down the Church of Indang in Cavite. And for this, he was arrested by Emilio Aguinaldo's troops. So if you ask me who burned this church in Nasugbú, Batangas, well All I can say is this... "I accuse!" =)

Re: The Augustinians

Fr. Jaypee Avila — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:30:29 -0000

Hi! This is an interesting site. I'm preparing for a talk about the religious history of Bulacan and this site is helpful. Thanks!

Re: Great Churches of the Philippines – Galende and Javellana

estancabigas — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:04:04 -0000

Its currently not with me.

Re: Great Churches of the Philippines – Galende and Javellana

Korat Farang — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:17:21 -0000

Can you tell me the ISBN number, please?

Re: The Seculars & the churches they built

estancabigas — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:34:59 -0000

Thanx for the valuable information :)

Re: The Seculars & the churches they built

History — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 10:43:06 -0000

The Catholic church located in Abra, Bangued; that land itself was donated by an elite and well-respected family (THE PE BENITO's) former Governor, Dr. Vene Pe Benito and his wife Verena Pe Benito.

Re: Visita Iglesia: 8 Old Manila Churches

estancabigas — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:21:08 -0000

Welcome :)

Re: Visita Iglesia: 8 Old Manila Churches

Pely Riego — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 14:11:25 -0000

Thanks for sharing VISITA IGLESIA.Wish someday na mapuntahan ko ang 8 simbahan in one day,missed those churches.GOD bless....

Re: The lost church of Oton, Iloilo

estancabigas — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 06:32:24 -0000

Pete, i posted about this one including the remains of the ruins here http://simbahan.net/2010/10/31...

Re: The lost church of Oton, Iloilo

Pete_lagunda — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:30:20 -0000

would be nice if somebody can post pictures of whats left of the church. just standing on the grounds where the old church once stood would surely bring nostalgic feeling and reverence.

Re: The Franciscans in the Philippines, 1578-1898

Kryg330 — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 08:15:27 -0000

Rizal portrayed the Franciscans negatively in his novels because they were the most loved, known, and popular priests and brothers in the Philippines at that time, especially in Manila and in the surrounding Tagalog speaking areas. Strategically, if one has to attack Spanish friars, the best is to attack tthe most popular one. If the Spanish Franciscan friars were all evil, how come the Filipinos stayed Catholic even after the American period when Protestantism was introduced.

Re: Great Churches of the Philippines – Galende and Javellana

Robert A Alejandro — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 01:50:01 -0000

Thank you very much for featuring our book! From what i remember is won some National Book Award. It was a big thrill for me.

I also remember working with Lory Tan / Father Rene with this book - we would travel and see all these wonderful wonderful churches. GOOD TIMES!

I was blessed to have worked on this project :-)

Re: The 18th century fortress-church of Capul

estancabigas — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:37:22 -0000

Hello Carmen,

I'll be posting primarily about old churches, fortifications and other related structures in this blog. Do come back from time to time. This post is the start of a series and I assure you, more photos will come.

Re: The 18th century fortress-church of Capul

Carmenchita Tuason-Maliner — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:45:24 -0000

It would be nice to have more photos or information about historic places in the Philippines. A few people like me here in the USA are overfed ad nauseum about resorts, restaurants, hotels over there. I like to know and learn about Philippine history. Resorts and all such places are nice too, but I prefer to learn about historic places and hopefully get to see them.
Thank you.

Re: Minalin church newest National Cultural Treasure

Arnaldo — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:59:01 -0000

This is great tidings! The more recognition, the better for our old churches as it not only raise awareness but also adds legal protection.

Re: 10 old cemetery chapels you shouldn’t miss

estan — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:04:05 -0000

of course, dami pa natin ng ganyan :)

Re: 10 old cemetery chapels you shouldn’t miss

thepinaysolobackpacker — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 03:40:53 -0000

wow! amazing list master! :) didnt know most of this cemeteries, an dame pala tlga. thanks for sharing!

Re: The old cemetery of Saravia, Negros Occidental

Arnaldo — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:06:37 -0000

This is a beautiful relic.

As usual, great work here Estan.

Mabuhay ka!

Arnaldo
withonespast.wordpress.com

Re: The Jesuits

Catholic CDs — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:46:41 -0000

Very nice content!

Re: The old cemetery of Oton, Iloilo

estan — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 22:15:32 -0000

I agree, and this was ill advised.

Re: The old cemetery of Oton, Iloilo

Maiette Ilongga — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:19:06 -0000

Apparently, the person who instigated this renovation practically robbed the town of one of its remaining evidence of it's historical past and replaced it with tasteless whatchamacallit.

Re: The Dominicans in the Philippines

estan — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 02:21:47 -0000

Hi,

Thanx for visiting. Regarding your query, the friars owned vast tracks
of lands and this was one of the reasons for the many abuses and
frictions with the Filipinos that time. Regarding specific details, I
think you need to go to the UST archives/library and do research. I
think, there is also a book on the friar estates but can't remember
the title and who published it. If its not UST, try to look the
publications of Ateneo.

Re: The Dominicans in the Philippines

Robert — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 11:54:28 -0000

I find your website useful and I was wondering if you know info about how the Friars in the Philippines were able to own large quantities of land. I have read somewhere in the past they were acquired thru land grants by the order of the King of Spain. I am particularly interested about the holdings of the Dominicans in the area of Calamba, Binan, and Sta. Rosa which the Rizal family interacted as Tenants to the land held by the Dominicans. Why do you think Don Francisco and others claim the Friars could not show proof of ownership to the land they till? Also, after the revolution of 1898 and the take over the American Imperialists, what happened to these lands? Where the Dominicans able to retain ownership or was it confiscated by the government? I have heard that some these Friar lands were entrusted to American Coporations? I found one source pointing to a certain Andrew, last name not given, which the Dominicans entrusted their holdings. I am researching these to help the people of Canlubang, Laguna if the Yulo's did indeed have a land title for their Sugar Estate which apparently was bought from an American Trust (Ehrman). If so, where is the land title? Thanks for your time!

Re: The Augustinians

estan — Tue, 24 May 2011 10:21:20 -0000

Dave, Banate was founded by the Augustinians.