The Diocese
of San Jose, Nueva Ecija comprises of the city of San Jose and the Science City
of Muñoz and 12 other municipalities in Northern Nueva Ecija. I visited eleven of the fourteen towns and cities.
CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOSEPH
SAN JOSE, NUEVA ECIJA
The painting at the dome of the Cathedral
Picture with Bp. Bobbit Mallari of San Jose, Nueva Ecija when we passed by on our way to Quirino and a picture above taken ten years earlier.
SAN SEBASTIAN PARISH
SCIENCE CITY OF MUÑOZ
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PARISH
LLANERA, NUEVA ECIJA
ST. JOSEPH THE HUSBAND PARISH
RIZAL, NUEVA ECIJA
ST. DOMINIC PARISH
STO. DOMINGO, NUEVA ECIJA
OUR LADY OF THE HOLY ROSARY PARISH
LICAB, NUEVA ECIJA
HOLY FAMILY PARISH
QUEZON, NUEVA ECIJA
What was distinctive in this church were the
big root trunks of acacia trees which were made as base of the altar,
tabernacle and lectern. At the convento, the big dining glass table had also
acacia root trunk as the base. I also noticed that there were Bibles in the
pews of the Church. It is my first time to see many Bibles for the parishioners
to use.
ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST PARISH
GUIMBA, NUEVA ECIJA
In Guimba, I saw a sign pointing to the town of Talugtug. When I checked the map it was only 15 km from Guimba and even nearer than Cuyapo, my next destination which was 20km away. So I decided to go to Talugtug. It was a small town with their church on an elevated part of the town.
OUR MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELP PARISH
TALUGTUG, NUEVA ECIJA
From Talugtug the next destination was Cuyapo. Checking maps.me a road was given which would no longer go back to Guimba and was 11 kilometers shorter. So I took this road.
After about five or so kilometers the cemented road became unpaved. Further
along the way we met a woman and asked her if the road was unpaved until
reaching the highway to Cuyapo and she said yes. There was still about 13
kilomters to go. Then the road ended with only muddy tracks ahead. I got out of
the car and walked ahead to see if it was just a short distance. I noticed that
further on was a more difficult road that the only option was to go back.
Then I saw that on the other side of the irrigation canal there was a gravel road. Upon asking I was told that indeed it
was the only passable road. So I had to make a u-turn and get to the other side
of the irrigation.
ST. ROCH PARISH
CUYAPO, NUEVA ECIJA
DIOCESAN SHRINE OF THE HOLY FACE OF JESUS OF MANOPELLO
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PARISH
NAMPICUAN, NUEVA ECIJA
The church of Nampicuan has become a
popular site for pilgrims visiting the only replica of the ‘One and Only, Unique
and Most Precious Relic of the Resurrection’ kept for centuries at the Basilica
del Santo Volto in Manoppello, Italy. The veil has long been acknowledged as
the “sudarium” or burial face cloth of Jesus together with the Shroud which covered the body. It is
the cloth that was put on the face of the dead Jesus when he was buried, in
accordance with Jewish tradition. While the Shroud of Turin imprinted the
negative image of the Dead Christ, the positive image of the Resurrected Christ was imprinted on the
Veil. The image remains perfectly visible from either side. The replica was enshrined on Sept. 16, 2014.
The town of Nampicuan is only more than a kilometer away from the town proper
of Anao, Tarlac.
The replica of the Holy Face of Jesus of Manopello is enshrined on the side altar of the church of Nampicuan, the face of which is also transparent and can be seen at the back of the altar (below).
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