Malate Church restoration project enters second phase
NOW LINED with a brilliant blue incandescence, Our Lady of Remedies Parish (also known as Malate Church) commands attention from afar come nighttime, its newly restored façade made even more
NOW LINED with a brilliant blue incandescence, Our Lady of Remedies Parish (also known as Malate Church) commands attention from afar come nighttime, its newly restored façade made even more
FOR A HISPANIC colonial structure, the interior of the Church of Our Lady of Remedies on MH del Pilar Street, Malate, Manila, looks too austere. The walls are plain off-white
One man’s dirt is another man’s patina. Quite often, what we have come to define as the “character” and “charm” of an old building is nothing more than
The war destroyed Ermita and left its residents destitute. One by one, the families left their snooty, Spanish-speaking district which had been their home for one hundred
The Parish church of Malate, otherwise known as Remedios Church, which is dedicated to the Nuestra Señora de Remedios, says it is opposed to the planned reclamation of Manila Bay because of the environmental threats the project poses.
You would think I was a Bicolana when I joined the Bicolanos sing “Ama Niamo” during the Triduum of Masses, Sept. 5-8, at the Malate Church honoring Our Lady of Peñafrancia, Bicol’s patroness. With tenor Chris Añago on the organ and the Comelec Choir leading the singing, the faithful—mostly Bicolanos living in Metro Manila—sang, “Ama niamo/ na yaon ka sa langit/ sambahon ang ngaran mo… ”
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