San Pedro (Macati)
The Church of San Pedro , also Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul , is a Roman Catholic church in Poblacion, the oldest part of Makati . Opposite the facade is the Plaza Cristo Rey, where the municipal cemetery used to be. Poblacion Parish Church is a Filipino Heritage Site, which is on the Official List of Cultural Monuments of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines .
history
Before the Spanish conquest, today's municipal area was part of the Kingdom of Sapa or Namayan, whose ruler Rajah Kalamayin resided in Namayan, which is now part of Santa Ana, Manila . The Franciscans converted the indigenous Tagalog of Sapa to Christianity by 1578, after converting the original settlement into a Visita , which was named Santa Ana de Sapa .
In 1589, Capitan Pedro de Brito, at that time the aide of the Spanish army chief, bought today's parish land as part of a large area for 1500 Pesos and founded an encomienda called "Hacienda Pedro".
On July 1, 1608, Capitan Pedro de Brito, now the newly elected Alferez General , and his wife Ana de Herrera donated part of the land to the Jesuits . Fray Gregorio Lopez SJ accepted the donation and an additional donation of 14,000 pesos so that a workhouse and church would be built on the highest hill in the area called Buenavista. The church should be dedicated to Saint Peter as the patron saint of the church, who was also the patron saint of the giver.
Construction of the church began in 1620 under the direction of Fray Pedro delos Montes SJ When the income of the ecclesiastical encomienda from the production of ceramics rose to 30,000 pesos annually, the Jesuits were able to realize their vision of an impressive architectural creation. The church, known as San Pedro y Paul Viejo , was made of hewn stone, gravel and gravel mixed with mortar. The facade is dominated by a three-part papal tiara on which the cruciform keys of Saint Peter are depicted.
In 1718 the Jesuit Juan Delgado brought an ivory statue of the Virgin Mary as Virgen de la Rosa (Virgin of the Rose) with the Acapulco-Manila-Galleon from Mexico to the Philippines. This image of the Virgin Mary was kept in the church and was the object of veneration due to a hair relic that was supposedly kept in the statue's chest.
According to Nick Joaquin, this is confirmed by Pedro Murillo's description in his Historia de la Provincia de Filipinas de la Compania de Jesus : “Your most holy picture of Our Lady of the Rose carries a very valuable treasure on your breast, more valuable than that of Tharsus or Ophir with their very valuable precious metals. It is a strand of the hair of her most holy head, the authenticity of which I read with great admiration. In all of India I don't know of any comparable relic. "
Unfortunately, like the ivory hands and head, the reliquary was lost in the revolution of 1899 . All that is visible is an oval cavity in the upper body, the missing body parts were reproduced from wood.
According to Lourdes Policarpio, the title of the Virgin comes from Our Lady as a mystical rose or the Rosa mystica . In Lucca, Italy, the feast of Our Lady of the Rose is celebrated annually on January 30th. It is believed that on this day in January, three roses were found in the arms of the Virgin.
The parish has two famous festivals on June 29th, the feast day of Peter and Paul, and on June 30th, the feast of Our Lady of the Rose. The "Panatang Sayaw" (Tagalog: pledge dances), as the arcade dances (bailes de los arcos) are called, go back to at least the beginning of the 19th century. In these dances, the dancers wear arched flower garlands. It is a ritual of praise and thanksgiving for Peter and Paul and the Virgin of the Rose.
The church was destroyed during the British occupation of Manila in 1762. Much later, in 1849, the church was rebuilt using stones from the nearby towns of Guadalupe in Makati and Meycauayan in Bulacan , other materials were Jakal and Molave as lumber and Capiz shells for the window panes.
After the expulsion of the Jesuits, the owner changed. The Makati Hacienda was reclaimed by the state and sold in a public auction in 1795 to Don Pedro de Garuga, Marquis of Villa Medina. Ownership changed three times over the next 50 years until the property was purchased in 1851 by Don Jose Bonifacio Roxas, the founding father of the Roxas Ayala Sable clan, who built his family seat on the banks of the Población river, on the site of the current park, the "Casa Hacienda Park".
During the war with the United States from 1899 to 1902, the church was used as a hospital for wounded soldiers. The church grounds also served as a camp for American soldiers. During this time the statue and its relic were lost.
Over the years the church has been renovated several times. Most of the interior such as the reredos, but also the church bells, remained unchanged.
architecture
The construction corresponds to the style characteristics of the baroque. The rectangular nave with apse and sacristy is typical of the colonial era. The altar with its carved reredos with floral motifs and fruits in the rococo tradition can still be seen in the church today.
Cultural monument
The Saints Peter and Paul Parish Church is recognized by the state as a cultural and historical monument and has been labeled as such since 1937.
Parish priest
| Surname | period of service | status |
|---|---|---|
| Rev. Msgr. Jose Dimbla | 1899-1904 | + |
| Rev. Fr. Tirso Tomacruz | 1918 | + |
| Rev. Fr. Adriano Cuerpo | 1920-1929 | + |
| Rev. Fr. Getulio Ingal | 1930 | + |
| Rev. Fr. Osmundo Aguilar | 1931-1939 | + |
| Rev. Fr. Lazaro Ochuga | 1939-1951 | + |
| Rev. Fr. Francisco Teodoro | 1955-1974 | + |
| Rev. Fr. Pablo Dimagiba | 1974 | |
| Rev. Msgr. Feliciano Santos | 1974-1980 | + |
| Rev. Msgr. Antonio B. Unson, HP | 1980-2006 | iR |
| Rev. Ms. Estelito Villegas | 2006-2014 | |
| Rev. Msgr. Pedro Gerardo O. Santos, Ed. D., PC | December 15, 2014 to date |
Former priests
| Surname | period of service | previous office |
|---|---|---|
| Rev. Fr. Virgilio Soriano | 1937 | |
| Rev. Fr. Pio Palad | 1951 | |
| Rev. Fr. Dalmacio Eusebio | 1960 | Vicar |
| Rev. Fr. Amado Ligon, Jr. | 1967 | Vicar |
| Rev. Msgr. Augusto Pedrosa | 1968 | Vicar |
| Rev. Ms. Celso Sta. Maria | 1970 | Vicar |
| Rev. Fr. Rogelio Positar, OSA | 1996 | priest |
| Rev. Fr. Jaime Bautista | 1996 | Vicar |
| Rev. Fr. Wilmer Rosario, JCD | 2006 | Vicar |
| Rev. Ms. Estanislao Amper | Vicar | |
| Rev. Ms. Roy Bellen | 2006-2011 | |
| Rev. Fr. John Patrick D. Calimlim | 2008-2015 | Vicar |
| Rev. Fr. Ryan O. Diño, SVD | 2016 | priest |
Current clergy
| Surname | Office |
|---|---|
| Rev. Ms. Gabriel A. Paraan, Jr. | Asst. Congregation priest |
| Rev. Fr. Boy Aurelio T. Buhay | Resident Priest |
Prayer communities
- Our Lady of Lourdes (Hondradez) Chapel (Brgy. Olympia, Makati City)
- Holy Cross (Sampalucan) Chapel (Brgy.Olympia, Makati City)
- Sacred Heart (Rockwell) Chapel (Power Plant Mall, Makati City)
- San Fabian (Olympia Village) Chapel (Brgy.Olympia, Makati City)
Individual evidence
- ^ Scott, William Henry (1994). Barangay: Sixteenth Century Philippine Culture and Society. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press. ISBN 971-550-135-4 .
- ↑ https://traveleronfoot.wordpress.com/tag/nuestra-senora-de-la-rosa/
- ↑ Almanac for Manileños by Nick Joaquin; Nuestra Senora de la Rosa and her Young Dancing Maidens by Lourdes Policarpio
- ↑ https://traveleronfoot.wordpress.com/tag/nuestra-senora-de-la-rosa/
- ↑ Almanac for Manileños by Nick Joaquin Nuestra Senora de la Rosa and her Young Dancing Maidens by Lourdes Policarpio
- ↑ Almanac for Manileños by Nick Joaquin; Nuestra Senora de la Rosa and her Young Dancing Maidens by Lourdes Policarpio
- ↑ Old Makati and the Bailes de los Arcos by Alejandro Roces
- ↑ a b Algarme, Claire (2014-05-11). "
- ↑ Nick Joaquin: Almanac for Manileños . Mr & Ms Publications, 1979 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ^ Philippine-American War .
- ^ Makati's Historic Churches .
- ↑ Sts. Peter and Paul Parish Church . Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
- ↑ Administration.
