Saturday, November 24, 2007

Two Pampanga Churches

I got up early last Sunday to attend an early mass in my parochial church. Since I learned the night before that my appointment for the day has been cancelled, I decided to go to SM Pampanga to do a little shopping. It is on my way there that I happened to pass these two statuesque churches of Pampanga:


Sta. Monica Church, Mexico, Pampanga



Sta. Monica Parish and St. Benedictine Convent are located in Mexico, Pampanga. The Church has been destroyed during the last world war and what remains now is just the Belfry Tower of the the former Augustinian-run church.


Sta. Ana Church, Sta. Ana, Pampanga



Sta. Ana Church, on the other hand is one of the oldest Church in the Philippines. It was built during Spanish rule three centuries ago. It is located in the Sta. Ana which is one of the smallest town of the province.

I really wish that I have more time to visit some other Church in the province but I have an evening appointment that day so these two will have to do for now.

20 comments:

  1. Sta. Ana Church reminds me of our own centuries-old church in Capul, N. Samar. Beautiful churches, indeed.

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  2. Interesting site! Keep on posting. Kung madadaan ka dito sa Tuguegarao minsan hanapin mo lang ako at ililibre kita ng Pancit. God bless.

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  3. Beautiful churches! Reading these posts make me miss Pinas even more; wish I can go back there this year. Haay!

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  4. @ panyero - hope to see that church someday. musta amerika?

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  5. @ abad - pangako yan ha. ternuhan mo naman ng turon tsaka gulaman at sago. :-p

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  6. @ kyels - there is really nothing like home. have a nice day.

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  7. Hello I am originally from Pampanga and just wanna ask when will be your next trip there? If it is not too much to ask , can you take pictures of St. Scholastica's in San Agustin and the SM and Robinson's in Pampanga? Thanks.

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  8. You travel a lot!
    Nice pair of churches!

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  9. Law, Virgo and Travel, that makes three coincidences already!
    Great blog with beautiful pictures. Loved to see!
    And thanks for your comment at Blogtrotter
    Enjoy your weekend!

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  10. @ bernadette - thanx 4 d visit, i really do not know when i will be back there but ill take note of ur request when i go back.

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  11. @ sidney - thanx. i really like traveling. and i guess more frequently now to make up for the lost times i spent in law school.

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  12. @ gmg - thnk u. enjoy ur weekend too.

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  13. panyero, paano ba maglagay ng text sa loob ng text (e.g. url). ok lang so far dito sa Amerika. Andaming kano! :-)

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  14. mali. text sa loob ng picture. :-)

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  15. @ panyero - gamit ko paint lang, open mo photo tapos insert text. :-)

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  16. tried using paint pero me frame (rectangle) e. pano ba yung text lang talaga? :-)

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  17. @ panyero - click mo yung icon na may "A" tapos may lalabas sa baba na dalawa pa uli box/icon. click mo yung 2nd, then dalin mo yung cursor sa pic na lalagyan mo nung text.

    or

    you cud try photoshop kaya lang dapat gawa ka muna logo then insert mo na lang yung logo sa pic tapos use the edit function para maging transparent yung logo mo.

    hope this helps. ;-)

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  18. salamat sa comment and 4 adding me up..

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  19. Nice shot... you should have told me so that i could tour you inside upto the famous massive belfry...
    I'm from Sta. Ana and thanks for posting this...

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  20. Mali po lagi ung mga description, Sta.Monica Parish Church was destroyed by the earthquake by the end of the 18th century and is at San Jose Matulid, Mexico. It was not destroyed by the last World War but rather was renovated to the far side of the lot and the bellfry was a part of the Benedictine convent which was formerly St.Joseph's Academy and is now part of the parish

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