Thursday, September 20, 2012

Visita Iglesia: Reviving Catholic Tradition

In the Philippines, this tradition is called Visita Iglesia (Spanish: Church Visit), where people visit one, seven, or fourteen churches and pray the Stations of the Cross, with the stations divided amongst the churches. A common practise until the 1970s was to recite all fourteen stations in each church rather than a fraction of it. 
(Cited from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maundy_Thursday)

We decided to cover 14 churches, each representing the 14 stations of the cross. This was our route when we had a visita iglesia last year:

1. Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Makati
2. Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Baclaran
3. Manila Cathedral, Intramuros
4. San Agustin Church, Intramuros
5. Malate Church, Manila
6. Binondo Church, Manila
7. Sta Cruz Church, Manila
8. Quiapo Church, Manila
9. San Sebastian Church, Manila
10. St Jude, Manila
11. Loreto Church, Legarda
12. St Anthony of Padua and St Francis of Assisi Church, Legarda
13. St Clare, Katipunan
14. Antipolo Cathedral, Antipolo