Have you decided on what churches to visit and where you can reflect on the passion of Christ for the Visita Iglesia this Maundy Thursday? Here are some churches and chapels you can include in your itinerary for your Visita Iglesia. READ:
National Shrine of St. Joseph
, who brought along with them the image of St. Joseph with the child Jesus, as they preached about the son of God. For this year’s Holy Week, the monastery has set up activities in which civilians can attend while visiting the religious site. On Good Friday, the cathedral will again hold “physically” the “Siete Palabras” or the Seven Last Words, a religious activity, which was halted for three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This is the altar of the Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe de Cebu in Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City. | Photo from the Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe de Cebu If you want one place to meditate, pray and reflect then you can add in your Visita Iglesia itinerary of churches to visit the Chapel of San Pedro Calungsod, which is located at the South Road Properties in Cebu City.
Among the sacred pictures located on the main altar are a life-size figure of the Blessed Lady Mary wearing a white gown, and on the other side, St. Joseph, her husband and the patron saint of the universal church.
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