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Ignacia del Espíritu Santo luco, also known as "Mother Ignacia" (February 1, 1663 – September 10, 1748) was a Filipino religious sister of the Catholic Church.She was known for her acts of piety and religious poverty and founded the Congregation of the Sisters of the Religious of the Virgin Mary, the first native Filipino female congregation with approved pontifical status in what is now ...
Sanchez has received many awards and honours in the Philippines and the Church, including winning the Ten Outstanding Young Men award in 2006. [11] He is the founder of the Filipino religious community, the Light of Jesus Family. [12] As of 2016, the community had 35,000 members in the Philippines and around the world. [13]
Ancestral houses of the Philippines or Heritage Houses are homes owned and preserved by the same family for several generations as part of the Filipino family culture. [1] It corresponds to long tradition by Filipino people of giving reverence for ancestors and elders. Houses could be a simple house to a mansion.
Teodoro Montelibano Locsin Sr. was born on December 24, 1914, in Silay City, Negros Occidental to a Chinese Filipino family. [1]Locsin attended public school from Grades I to IV and later transferred to the Ateneo de Manila where he stayed on until he completed his Associate in Arts degree.
Pedro Calungsod (Spanish: Pedro Calúñgsod or archaically Pedro Calonsor; July 21, 1654 [1] [4] – April 2, 1672), also known as Peter Calungsod and Pedro Calonsor, was a Catholic Filipino-Visayan migrant, sacristan and missionary catechist who, along with the Spanish Jesuit missionary Diego Luis de San Vitores, suffered religious persecution and martyrdom in Guam for their missionary work ...
The Philippine Independent Church (Filipino: Malayang Simbahan ng Pilipinas; Ilocano: Nawaya a Simbaan ti Filipinas), officially referred to by its Philippine Spanish name Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) and colloquially called the Aglipayan Church, is an independent [e] Christian denomination, in the form of a nationalist church, [f] in ...
The Ruiz family led a generally peaceful, religious and content life. In 1636, while working as a clerk for the Binondo Church, Lorenzo was falsely accused of killing a Spaniard . Lorenzo sought asylum on board a ship with three Dominican priests: Antonio Gonzalez , Guillermo Courtet , and Miguel de Aozaraza ; a Japanese priest, Vicente ...
A church was constructed before 1614. When transferred to its present site in the 18th century, a new church was built to accommodate new churchgoers. In 1778, the roof was replaced with nipa as the wood was destroyed by termites. In 1863, the church was slightly damaged by an earthquake. [6]