Monday, June 14, 2010

My World#74 (Philippine Churches Part 6): Church of San Juan Bautista

This is the church where our national hero, Dr. Jose P. Rizal, was baptized. The church was established in 1779. It has a beautiful glass mosaic of the first Filipino saint, San Lorenzo Ruiz, by its entrance door. Photo of the saint here.

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In recent years, the church has added these sculptures on its front yard:

The Sacred Heart of Jesus
Laguna,San Juan de Bautista

Jesus by the well with a sign that says "The Well of Renewal"
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10 comments:

Sylvia K June 14, 2010 at 3:57 PM  

Such a lovely old church and your photos are marvelous! Hope you have a great week, Marites!

Sylvia

Larry D June 14, 2010 at 4:56 PM  

This looks like a wonderful church, nice photos!

Photo Cache June 14, 2010 at 5:57 PM  

so glad you feature our churches. i have never heard of this yet. it's such a marvelous church. the altar is so pretty and detailed.

enjoy the new work week.

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Unknown June 14, 2010 at 8:27 PM  

i visited this church and the Rizal Shrine last year or 2 years ago. it's always to great to see places that somehow shaped our history as a nation.

Rajesh June 15, 2010 at 1:21 AM  

Very lovely old church.

Carver June 15, 2010 at 6:52 AM  

That's a beautiful old church and good photographs of it.

Indrani June 15, 2010 at 10:39 PM  

Great capture of the church, beautiful shots.

Mridula June 16, 2010 at 2:02 AM  

Beautiful photos.

Eden June 16, 2010 at 5:11 AM  

Thank you for this post. I never heard of this church before. Love to visit there one day. Great photos. Thank you so much for sharing.

Johnny Nutcase June 17, 2010 at 4:43 PM  

ohh i like old churches, looks like a beautiful one!

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