- Bahay na Bato ng mga Villarica
- St. Martin of Tours Parish Bocaue
- St. Andrew Kin Taegon Shrine
- Francisca Reyes Aquino Shrine
- Bahay na bato ng mga Villarica (1890)
Main door
Caida
Lababo
Cocina
Entresuelo
- St. Martin of Tours Parish Bocaue
Facade
His life was recorded by a contemporary, the hagiographer Sulpicius Severus. Some of the accounts of his travels may have been interpolated into his vita to validate early sites of his cult. He is a patron saint of soldiers.
This picture is the list of people who died in Pagoda tragedy in 1993
During the river festival of July 2, 1993, tragedy struck when around
500 people rode the floating pagoda of the miraculous Holy Cross of Wawa
way beyond its capacity, causing it to sink, killing more than two
hundred people. Despite the lives lost, no one has been made accountable
for the tragedy. This incident became known as the Bocaue Pagoda Tragedy.
MAHAL NA KRUS NG WAWA (Holy Cross of Wawa)
Aisle
Langit- langitan
Pew(Church Bench)
Main Altar
- St. Andrew Kin Taegon Shrine
(Lolomboy, Bulacan)
Saint Kim Taegon Andrea (김대건 안드레아, Hanja: 金大建) (1821–1846), generally referred to as Saint Andrew Kim Taegon in English, was the first Korean-born Catholic priest and is the patron saint of Korea. In the late 18th century, Roman Catholicism began to take root slowly in Korea,and was introduced by laypeople. It was not until 1836 that Korea saw its first consecrated missionaries (members of the Paris Foreign Missions Society) arrive, only to find out that the people there were already practicing Catholicism.
Born of yangban, Kim's parents were converts and his father was subsequently martyred for practising Christianity, a prohibited activity in heavily Confucian Korea. After being baptized at age 15, Kim studied at a seminary in the Portuguese colony of Macau.
He also spent time in study at Lolomboy, Bulacan, Philippines, where a
statue of his stands in a village. He was ordained a priest in Shanghai
after nine years (1844) by the French bishop Jean Joseph Ferréol. He
then returned to Korea to preach and evangelize. During the Joseon Dynasty,
Christianity was suppressed and many Christians were persecuted and
executed. Catholics had to covertly practise their faith. Kim was one of
several thousand Christians who were executed during this time. In
1846, at the age of 25, he was tortured and beheaded near Seoul on the Han River. His last words were:
Pope John Paul II said this of the Catholic Church in Korea: "The Korean
Church is unique because it was founded entirely by laypeople. This
fledgling Church, so young and yet so strong in faith, withstood wave
after wave of fierce persecution. Thus, in less than a century, it could
boast 10,000 martyrs. The years 1791, 1801, 1827, 1839, 1846, and 1866
are forever signed with the holy blood of your martyrs and engraved in
your hearts. The death of these many martyrs became the leaven of the
Church and led to today's splendid flowering of the Church in Korea.
Even today their undying spirit sustains the Christians of the Church of
Silence in the north of this tragically divided land."
Christianity came to Korea through Christian books which had been brought across the border from China. In 1784 the small community of Koreans who had been converted through what they read in the books sent one of their own to Beijing to receive baptism.
In
the next half century, the rapidly growing Christian community of Korea
was sustained in the Sacraments by only two priests from China, until
1836, when, after years of pleading, a group of French missionary
priests were sent to Korea. These priests all numbered among the
martyrs.
At
the end of the 18th century and throughout the next, there were six
great waves of persecution in which 10,000 martyrs shed their blood for
the faith.
Saints Andrew Kim Taegon and Paul Chong Hasañg, were leaders of the Catholic Church in Korea.
Andrew
Kim Taegon was born to Korean nobility, and his parents converted when
he was 15-years old. He traveled over 1000 miles to study in a seminary
and became the first native Korean priest. He was tortured and beheaded
in 1846.
Paul Choñg Hasang was a Korean Catholic lay leader who defended the
faith before the government of Korea, and reunited the Christians in the
midst of the persecutions, encouraging them to stay strong in the
faith. In response to his direct appeals, the Pope, Gregory X, confirmed
the validity of the Korean Church and sent more priests to Korea. He
was martyred in 1839.
- St. Andrew Kin Taegon Shrine illuminated at night
- Francisca Reyes Aquino Shrine
Francisca Reyes Aquino is acknowledged as the Folk
Dance Pioneer. This Bulakeña began her research on folk dances in the
1920's making trips to remote barrios in Central and Northern Luzon. Her
research on the unrecorded forms of local celebration, ritual and sport
resulted into a 1926 thesis titled "Philippine Folk Dances and Games,"
and arranged specifically for use by teachers and playground
instructors in public and private schools. In the 1940's, she served as
supervisor of physical education at the Bureau of Education that
distributed her work and adapted the teaching of folk dancing as a
medium of making young Filipinos aware of their cultural heritage. In
1954, she received the Republic Award of Merit given by the late Pres.
Ramon Magsaysay for "outstanding contribution toward the advancement of
Filipino culture", one among the many awards and recognition given to
her.
- 1st Filipina National Artist for Dance (1973)
- Philippine National Artist in Dance (1973)
- "Folk Dance Pioneer"
- "Champion of Filipino Folk Dance"
DATE OF BIRTH
March 9, 1899
BIRTHPLACE
Bulacan, Philippines
FATHER: Felipe Reyes
MOTHER: Juliana Santos
2nd HUSBAND: Serafin Aquino
1st HUSBAND: Ramon P. Tolentino, Jr.
YEAR OF DEATH
November 21, 1983
Under the management of the National Historical Institute, this shrine was erected in honor of Francisca Reyes Aquino, the recipient of the National Artist Award for her significant contributions to the development of Philippine arts and to the cultural heritage of the country, particularly in the field of native dance.
