100 Churches Part II

Notes from the Author. When I went on a Holy Pilgrimage Tour in Jordan, Israel, and Egypt, we visited a lot of churches. Churches were built on most biblical sites, and these are just a few of them.

Visited in May 2006

Church 012. Holy Sepulchre Church. Site of the Cavalry.

Church 013. Church Of Nativity, Bethlehem. Site where Jesus’ was born. The oldest church in use. It has small entrance to prevent Persian invaders from getting inside and destroy the church.

014. Shepherds’ Field and Cave Chapel.Not a church, but it is a significant place as this is where the angels appeared to the shepherds announcing the birth of Christ.

015. Church of Golgotta. Site of the Crucifixion.

016. Church of the Beatitudes. The famous Sermon on the Mount.

017. Church in Gethsemane. Site where Jesus wept in the garden of olives.

018. Carmelite Church, Mt. Carmel.

019. Basilica of Visitation, Ein Kerem. Site where Mary visited Elizabeth who was pregnant with John the Baptist. Also the site where John was born.

020. Church of the Transfiguration, Mt. Tabor.

021. House of Caiphas, where Jesus was arrested. Was transformed into church.

022. Basilica of Annunciation, Nazareth. Site where Mary lived and where Gabriel appeared to Mary.

023. Church of the Primacy of St. Peter. This is the site where Jesus and the apostles ate when Jesus appeared to the disciples after His resurrection and where Peter re-committed to Jesus following his denial.

024. Church in Mt. Nebo, Jordan. Moses’ burial site.

025. Church in Cana. The first miracle of Jesus which is transforming water into wine happened in Cana.

100 Churches

I had a goal of visiting a 100 Catholic churches all over the world. To be able to visit a 100 different churches signifies how well travelled you are.

In no particular order, my count starts here…

Batanes Churches

All these churches are in Batanes, unfortunately I’ve forgotten some of their names, but these Churches are found in Sabtang and Basco. Most of them have a similar architectural design, and are quite old.

Church 001. San Carlos Borromeo Church

Church 002. Forgot the name.

Church 003. San Vicente Ferrer Church, built in 1844, Sabtang.

Church 004. San Jose de Ivana Church, built in 1814, Basco.

Vietnam

Church 005. Notre Dame Cathedral, Ho Chi Minh City. This church is where I took my masses every Sunday when I stayed in Vietnam . At that time (2003), they were renovating the facade of the church. It’s one of Vietnam’s city attractions.

Bicol

Church 006. Our Lady of Penafrancia Basilica. Naga City, Bicol

Church 007. Baclayon Church, Tagbilaran. 2006

Manila

Church 008. San Agustin Church, the oldest standing Catholic Baroque Church in the Philippines, completed in 1607.

Church 009. The Manila Cathedral. The Manila Cathedral is a popular wedding church in Intramuros, Manila, but it has a very interesting history. The original cathedral churches built on this same spot were either destroyed by a typhoon, an earthquake or a bombing at the time of war. The most recent construction of the Manila Cathedral was in 1954 to 1958. This is the 5th construction since it was destroyed several times in history.

Tagaytay

Church 010. Our Lady of Lourdes Parish. A relatively new parish built in Tagaytay. 2005

Church 011. The Pink Sisters Chapel and Convent. The Pink Sisters, the nuns in pink habits are prayer intercessors. Visitors would come to this chapel to pray and drop their prayer petitions, so the Pink Sisters can intercede for them. Tagaytay 2008

TO BE CONTINUED . . .