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SANTISIMO ROSARIO PARISH CHURCH
By: Jo Erika TorredaDYNAREL – FFD2
The Santisimo Rosario Parish is located
at the heart of the 21.5 hectare lot of
The Royal & Pontifical University of
Santo Tomas. It is the only one in the
Philippines to have been visited by two
popes for three times: once by Pope
Paul VI on November 28, 1970, and
twice by Pope John Paul II on February
18, 1981 and January 13, 1995.
Manila Archbishop Michael
O’Doherty canonically inaugurated
the UST Chapel into the Santisimo
Rosario Church on April 26, 1942
during the height of the Second
World War.
During the Japanese Occupation
of Manila, the Chapel of the
University of Santo Tomas was
designated as a Parish Church
and has remained such to this
day.
However, on campus, it is still
identified as the UST Chapel
and serves as a spiritual
haven for the Thomasian
community. It is also the
venue for Eucharistic
Celebrations, recollections &
other religious activities.
The Santisimo Rosario Parish Church
was the temporary home of Our
Lady of Naval when its original
sanctuary in Intramuros was
bombed by the Japanese. The Virgin
stayed at the chapel for 12 years
before it was brought back to the
Sto. Domingo Church in Quezon City
through a solemn procession.
The Santisima Rosario Church
holds the annual novena for the
La Naval Festival, as well as a
lively classical song and dance
show or Heritage Christmas
Concert in December.
The Santisimo Parish Church is
actually quiet huge for a
chapel, but too small to be a
full pledged cathedral or
basilica. It’s somehow cross
between the two, large but
just enough not to take away
its intimate atmosphere.
The Church is a grand edifice of
stone that is in the middle of the
university’s lush greenery and
beautiful parks. Unpainted and
gray, bleached by the elements,
the rugged stonewalls have
acquired a character of its own.
CHURCH’S FACADE
CHURCH’S FACADE
CHURCH’S INTERIOR
CHURCH’S INTERIOR