10 Churches

What started out was a harmless idea of having to spend some quality time to one of my two closest friends in high school. Let’s dub in to the name of Kay and Rhea! Haha two beings who are opposites from each other but the differences made them a bond stronger than the bamboo shoots. No kidding and I was the middle weight girl who had short hair, chubby cheeks and a smile like a mouse!

Churches are of the things I like to visit; the art of every Christian people being carved unto these structural wonders. It’s quite fascinating for people in devoting their time of beautifying the sanctuary of holiness.

Ten churches were the target with 5:30 am in the morning the start off time. Too bad for me I have to wake up so early and head off with the meeting place.

Simala Sanctuary and St. Therese of the Child Jesus

Hold that thought; apparently I woke up around 4:30 in the morning, still in doubt if going with them was a good idea. I was still battling myself with sleepiness plus the soothe fabric made my nerves surrender. Thank God for a sms that made my decision to go with them and ditch review for the day. Pretty neat decision indeed...

Forget the target time; I usually make my own time. Even though the meeting place was a walking distance for me, I managed to spend some time to eat, find a decent shirt and drink my hot milo. Yes I was late! Precious the time may get but being late somehow runs in the family, except for my mother of course.

So below is the list of the ten churches we visited in order:

1. Simala Parish Church – Sibonga, Cebu
2. Basilica de Santo Nino- Osmena Boulevard, Cebu City
3. Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral- Mabini Street, Cebu City
4. Sto. Rosario Parish – P. Del Rosario Street, Cebu City
5. Sacred Heart of Jesus- D. Jakosalem Street, Cebu City
6. Archdiocesan Shrine of Blessed Pedro Calungsod- Archbishop's residence compound, Cebu City
7. Asilo de la Milagrosa- Gorordo, Avenue, Cebu City
8. St. Therese of the Child Jesus- Pasteur cor. Edison Sts., Lahug
9. Carmelite Montesory- Juan Luna Avenue, Cebu City
10. St. Joseph Patriach Paarish- Mabolo, Cebu City

Ironically some churches close their doors during free time of the day, example was the Redemptorist Church near the St. Therese College. No idea why they are close during noon time but it’s suppose to be open to the public right? Mostly it’s been a year since I came back visiting them again like in Simala, Carmelite and Shrine of Perdo Calungsod. My mother mentioned before about making a wish whenever you visit a church for the first time. First time I visited the St. Therese and Asilo churches, so I was able to make 2 wishes. I hope and pray so much for it to be granted! ^_^

inside Carmelite Montesory and Asilo De La Milagrosa

Anyway we still manage to squeeze our time to visit the vicinities. Nothing kept us from getting our way, even if we didn’t have our own car and trusted the public vehicles to take us to our destinations. The weather was on our side too during the morning but it kinda poured down when we visited Carmelites. Going to and back from Simala was the awesome part. I never did get to chance to thank Mary after the NLE last year so I was doing a thanking with helping kind of petition.

I was tired totally with my legs shouting to stop since Kay preferred to walk most of the time. Walking is fine but when it’s under the scourging sun, that’s different. You’re literally giving yourself to the radiation of the sun. Mr. Sun who likes to barbecue everyone!

Sacred Heart of Jesus and Shrine of Pedro Calungsod

Started at 6:30 am and ended at 4:30 pm, not bad. And to think I was having second thoughts of not going to visit all ten in one day, booo for me before acting. That’s what you call a lazy bum!