STA PERPETUA PARISH

280 D. Tuazon cor. Manresa QC

 FEAST DAY: First Sunday of March
TITULAR: Santa Perpetua

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The original parish church of Sta. Perpetua along D. Tuazon Street was built with the donation of the Saldana family to the Archdiocese of Manila.  The small church was, built in honor of Sta. Perpetua, was dedicated to the memory of its benefactors, the family of the late Dona Perpetua Saldana.  The Church community became a parish on December 22, 1975, with Fr. Pastor de Guzman as its first parish priest.

Two years after its establishment, the community felt the need for a bigger parish church.  This paved the way for the construction of the present four storey building.  Over the years, different ministries and additional structure were built by different pastors who served in the parish.  In 2001, the parish celebrated its silver anniversary as a Christian community, with parishioners renewing their full commitment to enhance spiritual and communal life through the intercession of their patroness, Sta. Perpetua.

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STO. CRISTO DE BUNGAD PARISH

144 M.H. Del Pilar St. Brgy. Bungad St. SFDM QC
FEAST DAY: Last Sunday of April
TITULAR: Santo Cristo

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The image of the Santo Cristo was owned by several people in the past.  Every year during the barangay fiesta, a makeshift altar was set up as a street corner.  This is where the people of the barangay held the nine-day Novena masses.  It was like this for several years.

After the 1977 fiesta of the Santo Cristo, a piece of land for a chapel was obtained at 144 M.H. del Pilar Street.  Another lot was bought, located at 11 Sanchez Street.  This lot adjoins the one on M.H. del Pilar.  A group then set out to solicit funds for the construction of a chapel.  Due to lack of finance, the chapel remained a lot without walls and a roof and only a table for an altar.

In 1986, a second group became committed to finish the chapel.  That was started several years ago.  By this time, the chapel had walls and a roof.  Mass was being celebrated every Sunday morning and evening.  With the help of churchgoers  and friends, the Santo Cristo Chapel was finally built.

In 1990, the late Jaime Cardinal L. Sin officially declared Santo Cristo de Bungad a parish and appointed Fr. Benedicto Santos as their first parish priest.

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ST. PAUL THE APOSTLE PARISH

Rallos cor. Mo.Ignacia St. QC
FEAST DAY: Last Sunday of January
TITULAR: Saint Paul the Apostle

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The community started as a quasi-parish in 1978 under the patronage of St. Paul the Apostle.  Parish work was initiated by laymen, with the assistance of the RVM Superior of St. Mary’s College.  The quasi-parish was originally supervised by the SVD priests of the Sacred Heart Parish in Kamuning and later by the Sacred Heart Missionary Fathers.  Masses were held at St. Mary’s College Auditorium while other liturgical needs were served at a temporary chapel in the Dionisio Compound on Scout Magbanua.

On September 21, 1979, the parish was established by the Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin.  The MSC fathers continued giving their services until April 16, 1980, when Msgr. Celso Ditan took over.  He was formally installed as the first parish priest on April 27, 1980.  The Parish Pastoral Council successfully acquired a lot for the church on August 19, 1983.  It was solemnly blessed and dedicated to St. Paul the Apostle on July 10, 1986.

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IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PARISH

CATHEDRAL

39 Lantana St. Cubao 1109 QC
FEAST DAY: December 8
TITULAR: Immaculate Conception

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What used to be rice paddies sixty-eight years ago now stands the Immaculate Conception cathedral, the new seat of the Diocese of Cubao.  Since 1935, the SVD priests of Christ the King Mission Seminary celebrated mass in a small chapel near the present Cubao rotonda, headed by Fr. Henry Desmond.  Sunday masses were held from the Carbonell residence in Manga road to Quonset mess halls.  On December 8, 1949, the patron saint San Isidro Labrador was changed to Our lady of the Immaculate Conception.

On July 15, 1950, the Immaculate Conception Parish was canonically erected with Fr. Juan Simon, SVD, as its first parish priest.  On the feast of Immaculate Conception, December 8, 1950, the cornerstone of what is now Immaculate Conception Church was laid and blessed by the Most Reverend Vicente Reyes.  On April 30, 1990, Msgr. Reynaldo Y. Celso was installed as the first diocesan clergy by his Eminence, Jaime Cardinal L. Sin.  He served for ten years until he was assigned to another parish.

On August 28, 2003, the Immaculate Conception was liturgically proclaimed a Cathedral; thus, it is now called the Immaculate Conception Cathedral.  His Excellency, the Most Rev. Honesto F. Ongtioco was installed as the new Bishop of Cubao.

Since the time of SVD and up to the present, the Parish has been promoting, building and forming Basic Ecclesial Communities (BEC) in the different areas.  Aside from BEC, evangelization, sacramental preparations of cathechism, ministries expansion,  and social services and stewardship are the Parish’s pastoral priorities.

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