It’s Holy Week again and this Visita Iglesia story is as relevant as any! Find the Churches around the metro and plan your trip wisely.
Maundy Thursday – a local Lenten tradition is the Seven Churches Visitation or Visita Iglesia (Spanish term for “to visit churches”). Traditionally, people of faith pray before the Blessed Sacrament placed on the Altar of Repose, following a mass on Maundy Thursday. Here in the Philippines though, most churchgoers do the Visita Iglesia either on Maundy Thursday or Good Friday and recite the Stations of the Cross in each visited church.
Whether you’re a practicing Catholic or just a stranger lost in a sea of Holy Week devotees, we’ve rounded up some of the beautiful churches in and around the Metro:
Churches to Visit in Rizal
Antipolo Cathedral
Dela Paz St., Antipolo City, Rizal
Our Lady of Light Parish Church
A. Bonifacio Avenue, san Andres, Cainta, Rizal
St. Jerome Parish Church
Turentigue St., Brgy. San Jose, Morong, Rizal
St. Joseph Church
San Jose Street, Bgy. San Juan, Baras, Rizal
St. Mary Magdalene Parish Church
Bgy. Imatong, Pilila. Rizal
Sta. Ursula Parish Church
Libid, Binangonan, Rizal
St. John the Baptist Church
Bgy. San Isidro, Taytay, Rizal
St. Ildefonsus of Toledo Parish Church
MH Del Pilar St., Tanay, Rizal
St. Rose de Lima Parish
Bgy. San Gabriel, Teresa, Rizal
Churches to Visit in Manila
Manila Cathedral
Cabildo cor. Beaterio, Intramuros, Manila
Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene
910 Plaza Miranda, Quiapo, Manila
San Agustin Church
General Luna St., Intramuros, Manila
Our Lady of Remedies Parish Church
2000 MH Del Pilar, Malate, Manila
Parish of Our Lady of the Abandoned (Sta. Ana Church)
New Panaderos St., Sta. Ana, Manila
Minor Basilica of St. Lorenzo Ruiz
Plaza L. Ruiz, Binondo, Manila
San Sebastian Church
Plaza del Carmen, Quiapo, Manila
Churches to Visit in Quezon City
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Shrine
Mariana, New Manila, Quezon City
Church of the Gesu
Ateneo de Manila University Campus, Loyola Heights, Quezon City
Monasterio de Santa Clara
Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City
St. Joseph Convent of Perpetual Adoration
No. 71, Dona Hemady Avenue cor. 11th St., New Manila, Quezon City
St. Paul the Apostle Parish
Sct. Rallos cor. Timog Ave., Mother Ignacia Avenue, Bgy. Laging Handa, Quezon City
Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish
28 Sct. Ybardolaza, Bgy. Sacred Heart, Kamuning, Quezon City
National Shrine of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of La Naval de Manila (Sto. Domingo Church)
537 Quezon Ave., Quezon City
Christ the King Church
Greenmeadows Ave., White Plains, Quezon City
Churches to Visit in Makati
St. Andrew the Apostle Church
#62 Constellation St., Nicanor Garcia cor. Neptune Sts., Bel-Air Village, Makati City
Nuestra Señora de Gracia Church (Guadalupe Church)
7440 Bernardino St., Guadalupe Viejo, Makati City
Saints Peter and Paul Parish
5539 D.M. Rivera Street, Poblacion, Makati City
Santuario de San Antonio Parish
3117 McKinley Rd., Forbes Park, Makati City
St. John Bosco Parish
Arnaiz Ave. cor Amorsolo St., San Lorenzo, Makati
National Shrine of the Sacred Heart
4 Sacred Heart St., San Antonio Village, Makati
Help us update this list. Leave a comment below on other churches you and your family visit during the Holy Week.
