San Sebastian Parish Church (Lumban)
| Lumban Church | |
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| San Sebastian Parish Church | |
Church building | |
| Completed | 1600 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Adobe |
| Administration | |
| Province | Manila |
| Archdiocese | Manila |
| Diocese | San Pablo |
| Clergy | |
| Priest(s) | Sonny A. Arcilla |
| Assistant priest(s) | Avelino Cads |
The San Sebastian Parish Church, informally known as Lumban Church, is the only
Lumban, Laguna, Philippines. Its titular is St. Sebastian and its feast is celebrated every January 20. The first tabernacle outside Manila was inaugurated in Lumban including the first Eucharistic Procession outside of Manila. The Franciscans
established the first School for Church Music in the country in this town under Juan de Santa Maria. Today, the church is under the pastoral care of the Clerical Congregation of the Missionaries of Faith.
History
When the Franciscans first arrived in the Philippines in 1578, Father
San Pedro Bautista to build the church and convent in stone on that same year.[4]
The church of Lumban was finished in 1600. It became the first stone church in Laguna and the first Franciscan building outside Manila made out of stone.[2][3]
In this church, the first tabernacle outside
Pila and Lumban sang in a mass officiated by Father Juan Montes de Oca, provincial of the Augustinians.[5] Based on the records of Felix Huerta, the parish has two chapels dedicated to Saint Sebastian and the Holy Cross.[6] Adjacent to the church is the church convent (convento) built under the term of Father Francisco de Cañaveras.[6]
The first School for Church Music in the country was established by the Franciscans in Lumban under Father Juan de Santa Maria, OFM on 1606.[2] Around 400 boys were taught liturgical hymns and use of musical instruments.[2] The church also served as infirmary or hospital of the male Franciscan religious from 1606 to 1618 before it was transferred to Pila.[2]
In the 18th century, the town adopted Saint Sebastian Martyr as its patron saint.1880 Luzon earthquakes.[7] and was restored by Father Manuel Rodriguez in 1889. The massive church of Lumban was completed in its original form during the American occupation and was dubbed as the biggest stone church in Laguna. It was again heavily damaged during the Japanese occupation in 1941 and a storm in 1947.[4]
Architecture
The church has a three-story
facade. To its right is a square based three level octagonal bell tower with the statue of San Sebastian, its patron saint on top.[4]
Media
The church appears in the ABS-CBN television series Huwag Kang Mangamba, depicted as Hermoso church that was later burned down.
Notes
- ^ Huerta 1865, p. 121
- ^ a b c d e f National Historical Institute 1993, p. 67
- ^ a b c d Huerta 1865, p. 122
- ^ a b c d e f g "Bells of St. Francis". OFM Philippines Archives. Order of Friar Minors in the Philippines. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ^ a b Huerta 1865, p. 123
- ^ a b Huerta 1865, p. 124
- ^ "American Journal of Science - Art.V. The earthquake of the Philippine Islands, July 1880", pp.52–57.
Bibliography
- Huerta, Felix de (1865). Estado geográfico, topográfico, estadístico, histórico-religioso: de la santa y apostólica provincia de S. Gregorio Magno, de religiosos Menores descalzos de la regular y más estrecha observancia de N.S.P.S. Francisco, en las Islas Filipinas: comprende el número de religiosos, conventos, pueblos, situación de estos, años de su fundación, tributos, almas, producciones, industrias, cosas y casos especiales de su administración espiritual, en el archipiélago filipino, desde su fundación en el año de 1577 hasta el de 1865 [Geographical, topographical, statistical, historical and religious state of the holy and apostolic province of S. Gregorio Magno] (in Spanish). Binondo: Imprenta de M. Sanchez y Ca.
- Historical Markers: Regions I-IV and CAR (in Filipino). Manila: National Historical Institute (Philippines). 1993. p. 105. ISBN 9715380611.
External links
Media related to Saint Sebastian the Martyr Parish Church of Lumban at Wikimedia Commons- San Sebastian Parish-Lumban
- San Sebastian Parish - Lumban, Laguna Official Facebook page
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