Mount Carmel Shrine (Quezon City)

Coordinates: 14°36′52″N 121°01′51″E / 14.614387°N 121.030782°E / 14.614387; 121.030782
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Mount Carmel Shrine
Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Basilica Menor de Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora del Monte Carmelo (
Cubao (since 2003)
DeaneryHoly Family[2]
ParishOur Lady of Mount Carmel
Clergy
RectorDionesio N. Balute[3]

Mount Carmel Shrine, also known as Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (

minor basilica, making it the fifteenth minor basilica in the country.[5]

The church celebrates its liturgical feast every July 16. It is under the jurisdiction of the

Diocese of Cubao
under the Vicariate of the Holy Family.

History

Early devotion and missionaries

The devotion of the Filipinos to

Augustinian Recollects received an image of Our Lady of Mount Carmel from the Carmelites in New Spain (present-day Mexico).[4]

In 1923, a group of four Carmelite nuns arrived in the Philippines, and they set up a convent in Jaro, Iloilo City. The Carmelite fathers followed in 1947, focusing their missionary work in a part of Quezon province (present-day Aurora). In 1952, during a meeting with Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi and the Prior General of the Carmelite Order, the former asked for more Carmelites to be sent to the country to establish a monastery and church in Manila.[4]

In response to Vagnozzi's request, a group of

friars sent to the Philippines initially considered building at either Horseshoe Drive or Gregorio Araneta Avenue, both in Quezon City. However, in 1954, the Carmelites decided to build it at a lot along Broadway Avenue. The land where the basilica stands today was a cogon field that was part of the original estate owned by Magdalena Hemady, the balae or in-law of then-senator Claro M. Recto.[4]

During the 1950s, residents of New Manila would eagerly walk to attend Mass at the nearby Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Cubao, which served as the parish church of New Manila. Other residents would also attend mass at the Christ the King Mission Seminary along E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue or at the Carmelite Convent along Gilmore Avenue. But other residents would also walk or drive as far as the Santa Mesa Parish (now Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish) in Santa Mesa, Manila or the Santo Domingo Church further north.[4]

Construction and opening

The cornerstone of the Mount Carmel Parish was blessed on December 30, 1954. It took a decade for the church to be completed, with the inauguration taking place on July 16, 1964, the feast day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, with Cardinal-Archbishop of Manila Rufino Santos leading the inauguration.[4]

The church later became a popular location for wedding scenes in the movies. It also became a popular church for actual wedding ceremonies; this is attributed to the lower fees charged at the shrine compared to other churches and the long aisle walk favored by many brides.[4]

On February 17, 1975, the church was established as a parish by Cardinal-Archbishop of Manila Jaime Sin.[6]

Contemporary

From 2015 to 2016, the altar was renovated. Its interior has also been coated with paint for the first time since it was built in 1954.[4] On December 14, 2015, the parish was solemnly declared a national shrine.[6]

On February 20, 2017, the shrine was granted a special bond of spiritual affinity with the

Diocese of Cubao to be granted such status.[8]

Shrine details

Designed by Architect Maximo Vicente Jr.

Modernist style on a Latin cross (cruciform) layout, the shrine is located on a 17,155-square-meter (184,650 sq ft) lot along Broadway Avenue in between 4th and 5th Streets. Behind the church is the St. John of the Cross Seminary.[4]

Aside from the main altar, the church has two side altars: the

minor basilica.[8] It also has three air-conditioned mortuary chapels with a capacity of 50 to 150 seats.[9]

The story of the life of the Virgin Mary is depicted in the stained glass windows of the church, starting from her early life until her Assumption.[7]

The shrine also contains a columbarium at its lower level.

Venerated Marian image

The venerated Marian image as it is crowned in 2020.

The venerated image of

sculptor of religious images. He is also the founder of his shop of religious images, the Talleres de Maximo Vicente.[10]

The de tallado image depicts Mary with the

scepter on her right hand. Both the Madonna and the Child wear golden crowns, with the Madonna wearing the colors of the Carmelite order: brown, pale caramel, and white. A golden ring with stars serves as the halo of the Madonna.[7]

On February 20, 2017, the

venerated image had its episcopal coronation (images that are crowned through a decree from the diocesan bishop or archbishop).[7]

On May 13, 2020, the feast day of

Feast of the Assumption of Mary).[12]

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Measured using Google Earth.
  2. ^ "Diocese of Cubao". Catholink. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
  3. ^ "Diocese of Cubao". Catholink. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Francisco, Butch (December 13, 2015). "QC's Mt. Carmel church now a national shrine". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  5. ^ Patinio, Ferdinand (March 26, 2019). "Mt. Carmel church in QC declared as Minor Basilica". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  6. ^ a b Resurreccion, Lyn (December 20, 2015). "Our Lady of Mount Carmel declared a national shrine". BusinessMirror. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Minor Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel". Philippine Faith and Heritage Tours. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  8. ^ a b Resurreccion, Lyn (March 31, 2019). "Mount Carmel national shrine now a minor basilica". BusinessMirror. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  9. ^ "Mt. Carmel Shrine Mortuary Chapel Rates". Mt. Carmel Shrine. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  10. ^ "Exhibit focuses on the religious images of the Talleres de Maximo Vicente". BusinesWorld. April 15, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  11. ^ "Pope approves canonical coronation of Our Lady of Mount Carmel". CBCP News. July 10, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  12. ^ "Our Lady of Mount Carmel receives papal crown". BusinessMirror. August 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2023.

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