Bistia Iglesia 2013

Message from the Parish Priest

Bisita Iglesia 2013 of San Pablo Apostol Parish 

to the Churches in the Diocese of Lucena, Quezon Province

Our ‘BisitaIglesia’ last Saturday, March 23,  was not a tour done during vacation time. It was a pilgrimage, a spiritual journey, an experience of prayer and spiritual growth. Though we used tourist  buses, we were not tourists but pilgrims. We surely enjoyed the trip, the company of our friends, the nice food and the time spent together even though we felt tired at the end of the day. In coming back late in the evening we might have felt a bit cold inside the buses because of the strong aircon but surely we kept and brought home the warmth of the encounter with the Lord that we had as we entered different churches and spent time in prayer.

The visit to old churches in the Diocese of Lucena built several years or even centuries ago became an opportunity not only to understand more the history of Christianity here in the Philippines but to look back with gratitude at the roots of our faith. This pilgrimage was done during the year of Faith and therefore it surely has helped us grow in our Catholic faith.

Our ‘BisitaIglesia’ was also a fund-raising project for the construction of the ‘New Church of San Pablo Apostol’ and we know that we still have a long way to go before we can fulfill our dream. The old churches we visited in the Diocese of Lucena were built mainly by Franciscan missionaries with the help of the local poor people who contributed with what they had. We have learnt from them that the contribution and involvement of everybody is what really matters.

  

Thanks again to everybody: the finance committee that organized the activities, the coordinators, the volunteers and all the participants from our parish and from nearby parishes for being part of this beautiful experience of faith. May the Lord bless you and your family in this Holy Week. 

Yours in Christ, 

Fr. Carlo

We started with a prayer

 

Stations 1 & 2: (Our Lady of Sorrows-Dolores, Quezon) – There was a wedding inside the church so we stayed at their Via Dolorosa Garden

Stations 3 & 4:  St.  John the Baptist – Tiaong, Quezon

Stations 5 & 6: San Pedro Bautista Parish – Candelaria, Quezon

    

Stations 7 & 8: St. Francis of Assisi – Sariaya, Quezon

Stations 9 & 10: Basilika ni San Miguel Arkangel – Tayabas, Quezon

Stations 11 & 12: Kamay ni Hesus, Lucban, Quezon

Pilgrims have reached the top

Stations 13 & 14 and Holy Mass at St. Louis Bishop Parish – Lucban, Quezon

Our t-shirt with this year’s theme

 

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