A DOCUMENTARY ON STA MONICA PARISH CHURCH, MINALIN, PHILIPPINES amanuningbie.com
MOTHER OF GOOD COUNSEL SEMINARY, SENIOR PRE-COLLEGE DEPARTMENT. A BENEDICTUS PRODUCTION. PRESENTS HIYAS SA LUWAD A DOCUMENTARY ON STA. MONICA PARISH CHURCH, MINALIN, PAMPANGA, PHILIPPINES.
DIRECTOR - CHRISTMER PANGILINAN
ASSISTANT DIRECTORS - CENON TULIO, JEROME ROQUE, CJ PINEDA
VIDEOGRAPHER - NINO LANSANGAN, JM CANLAS, KENNETH MANDAC
VIDEO EDITORS - CHRISTMER PANGILINAN, JON CUENCO, PAULO REYES
SENIOR CONSULTANT - JAYPEE S. MANLUTAC
SPECIAL THANKS TO REV. FR. GREG VEGA (PARISH PRIEST & TOUR GUIDE) AND SEM. MICHAEL ANGELO BORROMEO. BASILIO TRANSPORTATION.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2012
STA. MONICA PARISH CHURCH WAS DECLARED A NATIONAL CULTURAL TREASURE BY THE NATIONAL MUSEUM LAST AUGUST 27, 2011.
TO GOD BE THE GLORY, NOW AND FOREVER. MABUHAY!
STA MONICA CHURCH MINALIN NOW A NATIONAL CULTURAL TREASURE amanuningbie.com
ON AUGUST 27, 2011 ,AFTER WAITING FOR 397 YEARS, BY GOD'S GRACE, AND WITH THE COLLACBORATIVE EFFORTS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM HEADED BY ITS CURATOR, ANGEL BAUTISTA, REV. FR. GREG VEGA (PARISH PRIEST), ARCHITECT OWEN CANLAS (DEPUTY OFFICER OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM & HEAD OF PARISH COMMISSION ON CULTURAL HERITAGE), HON. ARTURO KATOY NAGUIT (INCUMBENT MAYOR) AND HIS BROTHER FLORENCE NAGUIT, WE NOW PROUDLY ANNOUNCE THAT STA MONICA PARISH CHURCH, MINALIN, PAMPANGA WILL NOW BE DECLARED A NATIONAL CULTURAL TREASUREE THIS COMING AUGUST 27, 2011.
ON THREE MAIN GROUNDS:
1. THE FOUR CAPILLA POSAS
2. ITS MAGNIFICENT FACADE - A GIANT RETABLO
3. THE PAINTING OF OUR LADY OF CONSOLATION AT THE TOP OF THE MAIN RETABLO AT THE ALTAR.
LAST MARCH 5, 2009, REV. FR. GREG VEGA POSTED THIS VIDEO AT stamonicaparish YOUTUBE CHANNEL, FOR THE WORLD TO SEE THE BEAUTY AND MAJESTY OF STA MONICA PARISH CHURCH AND ITS CULTURAL TREASURES. THREE YEARS HENCEFORTH IS THE DECLARATION OF THIS BEAUTIFUL SANCTUARY AS A NATIONAL CULTURAL TREASURE.
Friends, watch the beauty and the majesty of Sta. Monica Church. Its historical origins is dated back from May 14, 1614. Buried by two-meter lahar mud flow, caused by the eruption of Mt Pinatubo in 1991,it has resurrected from the ravages of lahar mud flow. All these years, it has been well preserved and protected by the people of Minalin.
IT IS NOW BE DECLARED A NATIONAL CULTURAL TREASURE BY THE NATIONAL MUSEUM LAST AUGUST 27, 2011, FEAST OF SANTA MONICA, ALDO NING MINALIN, FIESTANG ILUG, LIBAD NG STA MONICA AT SAN AGUSTIN.
PRIDE OF MINALIN. PRIDE OF PAMPANGA. PRIDE OF THE PHILIPPINES. PRIDE OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH WHICH STOOD THE TEST OF TIME FOR 397 YEARS.
ALL FOR THE GREATER OF GOD.
PHOTOS BY VHICE BAUTISTA. VIDEO BY FR GREG VEGA. MABUHAY!
Sta. Monica Parish, Minalin, Philippines Minalin Teachers Recollection 2008
Sta. Monica Parish, Minalin, Philippines Minalin Teachers Recollection 2008
VENERATION OF RELICS: STS. MONICA, AUGUSTINE, NICHOLAS, RITA Minalin, Pampanga
MAY 4, 2012, STA. MONICA PARISH, MINALIN, PAMPANGA, PHILIPPINES. REV. FR. GREG VEGA, PARISH PRIEST. MABUHAY!
ST MONICA PARISH CHURCH 25TH ANNIVERSARY BANQUET - TRIBUTE TO FATHER BERNARD BEEN
HOLY WEDNESDAY PROCESSION APRIL 4, 2012 STA MONICA PARISH MINALIN
HOLY WEDNESDAY PROCESSION, APRIL 4, 2012, STA MONICA PARISH, MINALIN, PAMPANGA, PHILIPPINES.
VIDEO BY VHICE BAUTISTA. MABUHAY!
TAIZE Prayer YOUTH Meet TUPANG LIGAW STA MONICA PARISH Minalin
Archdiocesan YOUTH TAIZE PRAYER GATHERING, held at Sta Monica Parish Church, Minalin, Pampanga last May 25, 2011, 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm. The TAIZE PRAYER gathering was organized by Fr. Ramil Capulong, Archdiocesan Youth Director of Pampanga, with Bro. Michael andBro. Charles. Main speaker and facilitator is Bro. Andrei, an Indonesian Taize Brother. Congratulations also to our Parish Youth Ministry leaders, Rondon Mercado, Joana De la Cruz, Ernest, familia singles, singles for Christ, kbs and all youth groups of the Parish and the Archdiocese. God bless you all for a job well done.
Mabuhay ang ating mga kabataan!
Sta. Monica Parish, Minalin, Philippines - All Saints Day 2008
Sta. Monica Parish, Minalin, Philippines - All Saints Day 2008
Sta. Monica Church Minalin Pampanga
After Waiting for almost 397 years,
By God's Grace, and with the Collaborative efforts of the national Museum headed by its Corator, ANGEL BAUTISTA, Rev.Fr. GREG VEGA (Parish Priest) , Architect Owen Canlas (Deputy Officer of the National Museum & Head of Parish Commision on Cultural Heritage), Hon. Arturo Katoy Naguit (Incumbent Mayor) and his Brother Florence Naguit, We Proudly Announce that Sta Monica Parish Church Minalin Pampanga will now be Declared A National Cultural Treasure Last August 27,2011 On three Main Grounds.
????1. The Four Capilla Posas.
????2. Its Magnificent Facade-A Giant Retablo.
????3. The Painting of our Lady of Consolation at the top of the main Retablo at the altar.
Watch the beauty and majesty of our Sta. monica parish Church, Its Historical Origins is dated back from May 14, 1614. Buried by two-meter lahar mud flow from Mt. Pinatubo in 1991, it has resurrected from the ravages of lahar.
It has been well protected by the people of minaleños.
August 27, 2011 is the feast of SANTA MONICA, Aldo ning Minalin, Pyestang ilug, Libad ng STA. MONICA at SAN AGUSTIN, PRIDE OF PAMPANGA,
PRIDE OF MINALIN,
PRIDE OF PEOPLE OF MINALIN,
PRIDE OF CATHOLIC FAITH which stood the test of time for 397 years.
ALL FOR THE GREATER OF GOD.
Photos by: Vhice Bautista
Video by: Fr. Greg Vega
Mabuhay!!.. Minalin!!.
#ApungMonica
#Minalin
SECRETS OF MINALIN CHURCH BELLS REVEALED by FR. GREG VEGA
A GUIDE TO MINALIN TWIN BELL TOWERS
STA. MONICA PARISH CHURCH
San Nicolas, Minalin, Pampanga, Philippines
by Rev. Fr. Greg Vega, Parish Priest
ENTRANCE TO THE RIGHT BELL TOWER FROM THE CHOIR LOFT
- THREE STEPS DOWN FROM THE CHOIR LOFT
- CROSS OVER STEP TO THE 30 STEPS GOING UP THE BELL TOWER
3 + 30 = 33 THIRTY THREE REMINDS US OF THE AGE OF JESUS CHRIST
- 30 STEPS SPIRAL STAIRCASE TO THE TOP
- SPIRAL STAIRCASE 5 FEET IN DIAMETER FROM WALL TO WALL
- (PHOTO INSERT) CRISPIN AND BASILIO LOOKING FOR THEIR MOTHER SISA OR THE OTHER WAY ROUND
- GAUDENCIO NONG GALANG MINALIN'S LEGENDARY KAMPANERO
- RED-FIRED BRICKS ROOFING OF THE BELFRY. RED-FIRED BRICKS IS CALLED TIBA IN KAPAMPANGAN MEANING OLD RED (MATUANG MALUTU)
- BIG BELL HANGING AT THE CENTER 33 INCHES IN DIAMETER
- MEDIUM BELL BESIDE IT 20 INCHES IN DIAMETER
- INSCRIPTION ON THE BIG BELL : HECHA EN 26 OCTUBRE DE 1777 AÑOS
- FRONTAL DESIGN IS A CROSS WITH DECORATIVE BASE
- BACK DESIGN IS POPE'S MITRE WITH TWO CROSSED KEYS ABOVE THE LETTER S.P.¬_o meaning SAN PEDRO the first POPE
- THE MEDIUM BELL BESIDE THE BIG BELL IS 20 INCHES IN DIAMETER
- INSCRIPTION ON THE MEDIUM BELL: STA MONICA PUEBLO DE MINALIN
AÑO DE 1877 FUNDICION de HILARIO SUNICO
- TWO ROTARY BELLS SIZE SMALL AND SMALLER
- SMALL ROTARY BELL IS 18.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER
- INSCRIPTION IS STA MONICA MINALIN PAMP RENEW 1965
- SMALL ROTARY BELL IS 12 AND ¾ INCHES IN DIAMETER
- INSCRIPTION IS STA MONICA MINALIN PAMP RENEW 1965
- OCTAGONAL RED BRICKS TOWER WITH 8 WINDOWS AND 8 MOORISH POINTERS ON TOP
- PARAPET RAMP TO THE IMAGE OF STA MONICA WHERE STUDENTS USED TO CLIMB TO TOUCH IT THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE JUAN AND AZON VOWED TO TAKE EACH OTHER WITH STA MONICA AS WITNESS WHEN THEY FINISHED COLLEGE
- TOWER IS CROWNED BY ONE TURRET AND 8 MINARETS. TOWER DESIGN SIMILAR TO BUDDHIST TEMPLES . According to Mike Pangilinan, the bell tower of Sta. Monica Parish Church has 8 sides like the PADMAPANI (LOTUS SEAT), as well as 8 PILONS similar to those found in the temples of Hindu-Buddhist Temples of Nepal. Pointing to the 8 sacred directions in Hinduism and Tantric Buddhism. The crown is definitely a stone pagoda symbolizing the 5 elements that make up the Buddhist universe, sitting on a layered PADMAPANI (8 SIDED LOTUS SEAT). Jose Jimenez said, the Eight sided lotus seat may refer to the eight-fold path of Buddhist religion. Mike Pangilinan said the 8 directions of the compass (4 desha & 4 upadesha)... the up and down remains invisible, except to those who are deeply rooted...
THE LEFT TOWER HAS NO BELLS BECAUSE ACCORDING TO FOLK TALES JUDAS STOLE THE BELL SO PEOPLE WILL NOT HEAR THEM RINGING AND WOULD NOT GO TO MASS, BECAUSE HE HIMSELF LEFT THE EUCHARISTIC TABLE DURING THE LAST SUPPER.
PHOTOS BY VHICE BAUTISTA
CLTV 36 FEATURES STA MONICA PARISH CHURCH 12 AUG 2011 amanuningbie.com
CLTV 36 FEATURES STA MONICA PARISH CHURCH, MINALIN, PAMPANGA AS A NATIONAL CULTURAL TREASURE. JEFF GOMEZ INTERVIEWS REV. FR. GREG VEGA, PARISH PRIEST, AND ARCHITECT OWEN CANLAS, HEAD OF COMMISSION ON CULTURAL HERITAGE AND CONSERVATION OF SMP, ON THE SIGNIFICANCE AND REASONS BEHIND THE DECLARATION OF SMPC AS A NATIONAL CULTURAL TREASURE BY THE NATIONAL MUSEUM ON AUGUST 27, 2011, SATURDAY, 3:00 PM. TO GOD BE THE GLORY. MABUHAY!
Cycling in Pampanga: Trip to Minalin 2
My second time in Minalin town, the egg basket here in Luzon, visiting Sunset Park, Minalin Church and their foods like tamales and suman, tokwat baboy, goto and more...
Parishioner ng Sta. Monica Parish, may reklamo sa Kura Paroko | CLTV36
September 22, 2017 - Inirereklamo ng ilang parishioners ng Sta. Monica Parish Church sa #Mexico, #Pampanga ang kanilang Kura Paroko. Ang isa sa reklamo, paghihingi umano ng donasyon pero tinatakdaan ng presyo? At, nagpapa-bingo pa raw ang pari sa loob ng bakuran sa simbahan. Alamin ang buong detalye sa report na ito.
Biernes Santo Minalin 2009 (Paroba & Sta. Monica)
One of the traditions in the Philippines is the procession on Good Friday. Photos start in our house in Paroba. Our family (Lagman) is the caretaker of the Crowning with Thorns statue. Background Music: In Him Alone / Take & Receive by Bukas Palad, What the Lord Has Done In Me by Soweto Gospel Choir.
4 CAPILLA POSAS MINALIN CULTURAL TREASURE amanuningbie.com
STA MONICA PARISH CHURCH, MINALIN, PAMPANGA HAS BEEN DECLARED A NATIONAL CULTURAL TREASURE ON AUGUST 27, 2011 BY THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. STA MONICA PARISH CHURCH, MINALIN IS THE ONLY KNOWN CHURCH IN THE PHILIPPINES THAT HAS FOUR CAPILLA POSAS REMAINING INTACT UP TO THESE DAYS AT THE FOUR CORNERS OF ITS PLAZA. THIS IS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS FOR ITS DECLARATION AS A NATIONAL CULTURAL TREASURE.
ACCORDING TO RESEARCHES, CONDUCTED BY REV. FR. GREG VEGA (PARISH PRIEST) SINCE OCTOBER 2007, THE CAPILLA POSAS SERVE THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES DURING THE SPANISH AND OLDEN TIMES:
(1) THEY SERVED AS WAITING STATIONS FOR CATECHUMEN DURING THE 40 DAYS OF LENT BEFORE THEY ARE BAPTIZED ON THE NIGHT OF EASTER VIGIL AND ALLOWED ENTRY INTO THE CHURCH AND JOIN THE COMMUNITY CELEBRATION.
(2) CAPILLA POSAS ARE SMALL CHAPELS, LOW ATRIUM ORATORY STATIONS, WHERE THE BLESSED SACRAMENT IS PUT OR POSTED (POSAS) DURING THE CHRIST THE KING & CORPUS CHRISTI PROCESSIONS & CELEBRATIONS. THEY ARE USED AS STOPOVER POSTS DURING THE PROCESSION WHEREIN PRAYERS ARE OFFERED FOR THE DIFFERENT SECTORS OF THE SOCIETY.
(3) THEY ARE ALSO USED AS STOPOVER INNS (PIPAGLAYUNAN) DURING CHRISTMAS EVE TO RECALL MARY AND JOSEPH' S SEARCH FOR AN INN FOR THE HOLY CHILD TO BE BORN.
(4) IN THE EARLY TIMES, THE CAPILLA POSAS ARE ALSO USED AS STATIONS (KUBOL) FOR HOSANNA CHILDREN DURING PALM SUNDAY COMMEMORATING THE TRIUMPHANT ENTRY OF JESUS INTO JERUSALEM
(5) LAST NOVEMBER 2010, DURING HIS SABBATICAL LEAVE, IN HIS VISIT TO MEXICO, REV. FR. RAYMUND M. REYES, DISCOVERED THAT THESE MINI CHAPEL STRUCTURES OUTSIDE THE CHURCH ARE MEANT TO ACCOMMODATE THE INDIOS OUTSIDE THE CHURCH, WHILE THE PENINSULARES (SPANISH ELITE AND THEIR FAMILIES) ARE THE PRIVILEGED ONES ALLOWED TO ENTER THE MAIN CHURCH. INDIOS (NATIVES) ARE LEFT OUTSIDE THE CHURCH PATIO TO FULFILL THEIR DEVOTIONS IN THE CAPILLA POSAS. EVEN THE IMAGES THEY USED FOR THE VENERATION OF THE INDIOS ARE LESS BEAUTIFUL THAN THOSE INSIDE THE CHURCH. THUS THE CAPILLA POSAS ARE ALSO REMNANTS OF SPANISH RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION.
IN MINALIN, PAMPANGA, EACH OF THE CAPILLA POSAS IS FACING THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH - EAST, WEST, NORTH, SOUTH. CHRIST IS THE HEAD OF ALL NATIONS. HE COMES TO UNITE ALL PEOPLES FROM THE EAST, WEST, SOUTH AND NORTH. HE COMES TO GIVE SALVATION TO ALL MEN. THE MINALIN CAPILLA POSAS DATE BACK AS OLD AS THE ERECTION OF THE PARISH CHURCH WAYBACK IN THE 18TH CENTURY. THE CAPILLA POSAS HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME. BECAUSE OF MT PINATUBO ERUPTION IN JUNE 1991, A SIZEABLE PART OF THE STRUCTURE, MEASURING AROUND SIX FEET HIGH, HAS BEEN BURIED BY LAHAR MUDFLOW. MEANWHILE, THE IMAGES OF STO. NIÑO AND THE THREE ARCHANGELS ARE PUT INSIDE THEM TO WARD OFF LOVERS IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT. IN SPITE OF THE ONSET OF RAVAGING LAHAR AND ROAD IMPROVEMENTS THEY REMAIN STANDING AS MONUMENTS AND WITNESSES TO THE HISTORY OF MINALIN PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. LONG LIVE STA MONICA PARISH, MINALIN, PAMPANGA, PHILIPPINES. PHOTOS BY VHICE BAUTISTA. Mabuhay!
Easter Sunday Pakbung Hudas - Minalin
The Pakbung Hudas (explosion of Judas) held every Easter Sunday in Minalin, Pampanga
Minalin Pampanga (Proud to be Minaleños Video)
MAMASYAL TAMU MINALIN
Tribute for 400 Years Quadricentennial Catholic of Faith
Minalin, Pampanga, Philippines.
Created by:
John Nikki P. Sotto
John Apolinar A. Nunag
Karen Kate M. Navarro
Laurence Tongol
PROUD TO BE MINALEÑOS!
Santa Lucia of Minalin Pampanga (San Nicolas 2nd Chorale)
San Nicolas 2nd Chorale Mass Service at Sta. Monica Parish Minalin, Pampanga.
January 08, 2012. Piestang Kuraldal ng Apung Lucia qng Minalin.
FIRST FRIDAY DEVOTION MINALIN stamonicaparish
March 6, 2009. First Friday Mass. Fr. Angel Gamboa. Sta. Monica Parish. Minalin, Pampanga, Philippines. stamonica.co.cc
Sta. Monica Parish, Minalin, Philippines Advent Wreath Ceremony 2008
Sta. Monica Parish, Minalin, Philippines Advent Wreath Ceremony 2008