Church Visits in Iloilo

By March 8, 2014 Travel One Comment

We visited 5 churches during our overnight stay in Iloilo.  After checking in the hotel, we went to Ateneo de Iloilo for anticipated mass



After dinner, we went to Molo Church.  It was already almost closed so it was so dark inside.  But its a beautiful church with a beautiful facade and in a really nice plaza in the city 

Oh thank you , they opened the lights in the altar

Very interesting – the saints here are all female 🙂  

Santa Margarita – my name saint
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San Joaquin Church is the National Treasure of the Philippines with its intricate design of the facade made by coral blocks


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Jaro Cathedral
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Our Lady of Candelaria.  The image started out 12 inches and in a span of 200 years, it has grown over 5 feet.  They have to keep building a new casing to make it fit.  Proof also is the crown – they have to change the crown as it grows so it will be proportioned to the head
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Candles being sold outside.  

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Apparently the vendor was telling me – each colour has a different petition – Good luck, success, money, hope, family, good health, happiness, love and career – now I forget if that is from left to right or right to left 🙂

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They say that Iloilo is all seafood and churches – why not?  I can survive with just that 🙂  And the bonus is we got three wishes per church 🙂  Click below to read more    

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