PARANAQUE │ St. Martin De Porres Parish

Taking advantage of being sort of "travelling physiotherapist", which what they called in the US, Home PT here in the Philippines, I just decided yesterday to have some known places visits every time I have home PT patients, just around their area if any.

Moving on, I went to Paranaque twice a week for my home treatment sessions for this month and I searched the net for possible known landmarks nearby and this church came out, St. Martin de Porres church. I looked it from the google maps and knew where exactly it is. 2222 Narra St. United Hills Village 1713 Paranaque city, luckily it's exactly at the village of one of my home patients.

I went to exclusive United Hills village from Cavite, via bus all the way to Pasay rotonda and took Sucat Bicutan KALIWA jeepney, don't forget KALIWA (left) signage 'cause you might end up traversing wrong road which is KANAN (right) and spent some time going back. Just as ask the driver to drop you to the said village or just say United 1, it was called then as UPS1, United Paranaque Subdivision 1. Landmark would be Petron gas station on your left.

Upon entering the village's gate, every visitor will be asked about their purpose of getting in, so be sure to have any form of identification and of course your reason.

After passing through the gates, just walk straight ahead crossing Molave and Yacal streets, then on your right side you will saw covered basketball court which is just beside the white parish of St. Martin de Porres.

After my patient's treatment session, my real business at the said subdivision, I sneak to my next stop just few blocks away. It was my first time to enter and visit the said parish, it was like 11am in the morning. No church goers inside, of course it was almost an hour before lunch except for the church cleaners that time. They keenly swept the floors and kept outside plants in shape.

Going back to the parish design, interior is good and well maintained, beautifully planned and constructed evident through it's ceiling window design which made inside look well ventilated.

Glass pane front doors.

Mama Mary at the right side of the altar.

St. Martin de Porres statue in front of the parish.

Meeting the patron saint of the Church, I just knew that that St. Martin de Porres was the first black American saint known for his charitable activities,  love for the poor and the orphans and piety. He is also known as the Patron of  social justice and inter-racial love.

Parish liturgical services schedule.

ST. MARTIN DE PORRES DIOCESE OF PARANAQUE
2222 Narra St. United Hills Village Paranaque │ 2823-2842

SPENDINGS
Cavite-Pasay-Cavite Bus             - P72.00
Pasay-United Hills-Pasay            - P24.00
     TOTAL -                                  P98.00

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CAVITE │ Our Lady Of The Holy Rosary, De La Salle University-Dasmarinas Memorial Chapel

After we had Museo De La Salle tour, I headed alone at the University's Church and took some pictures to share it with you guys. I guess there's an everyday afternoon mass around 5PM so better drop by here after your tour, for Catholics.

This chapel was built by Conjuancos for Our Lady of The Holy Rosary beautifully situated near Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo, La Comida, Museo De La Salle, Lake Park and Botanical Garden. Antiques and idols inside came from one of the collector donors from Ternate, Cavite, the Panlilios.

Interior was kinda good that time. Ceilings were like painted with brown dirt which gave a nice pattern in away. Chandeliers lighten up quarter to 5PM in preparation for the afternoon mass and patterns from old white ceiling became more noticeable.

Those lamps gave a warmer look, perfect to set mood for the mass celebration. However, I was sad because it wasn't well maintained that gave that dirty look in the ceiling part...but all in all the church was still in good condition.

St. John Baptist De La Salle icon.

After 9 years since I last visited our university's church, I can say that it kinda remains the same and still kept all the longing prayers of million's of Lasallian students at the campus. Hope I can visit it again and attend mass. Nakakamiss!

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