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Faith

Central Luzon heritage rests on an unshakeable foundation: faith— tried and tested by strife, crises, and natural disasters throughout its history. With a heavily Catholic population and living religious traditions, the region is a stronghold for the faithfuls who wish to reflect and renew.


 

Ease your spirit at these historic churches.

  • Our Lady of the Pillar Parish Cathedral (Pilar, Bataan)
  • Minor Basilica and Parish of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception (Malolos, Bulacan)
  • Diocesan Shrine of Nuestra Señora de la Asuncion (Bulakan, Bulacan)
  • St. James the Apostle Parish Church – Betis Church (Guagua, Pampanga)
  • San Andres Apostol Parish Church (Masinloc, Zambales)
  • Barasoin Church (Malolos, Bulacan)
  • San Luis Obispo de Tolosa Parish Church (Baler, Aurora)
  • San Guillero Parish Church (Bacolor, Pampanga)
  • Sunken Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes of Cabetican (Bacolor, Pampanga)
  • Minor Basilica of the Holy Rosary Parish (Angeles City, Pampanga)
  • Apung Mamacalulu Shrine (Angeles City, Pampanga)
  • Shrine of St. Jose Maria Escriva (Gerona, Tarlac)
  • Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes (City of San Del Monte, Bulacan)
  • Diocesan Shrine and Parish of Nuestra Señora de la Saleras (Aliaga, Nueva Ecija)
  • Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Cathedral (Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija)
  • Carmelite Monastry (Angeles City, Pampanga)

 

Experience the region’s living faith at these religious festivities.

  • Siete Palabras – Lenten Rites (Angeles City, Pampanga)
  • Good Friday Procession – St. Augustine Parish (Baliwag, Bulacan)
  • Tanglawan Festival (City of San Del Monte, Bulacan)
  • San Pedro Cutud Lenten Rites (City of San Fernando, Pampanga)
  • Bocaue River Festival (Bocaue, Bulacan)
  • Santero Festival (Macabebe, Pampanga)
  • Lubenas ning Pasku (Magalang, Pampanga)
  • Salubong Festival (Plaridel, Bulacan)
  • Celebration of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Nuestra Senora de la Ermita (Casiguran, Aurora)
  • Apung Iru Libad Fluvial Festival (Apalit, Pampanga)

 

Slip away from the hectic day-to-day at these pilgrimage sites.

  • Banal a Bunduk dalan ning Krus (Arayat, Pampanga)
  • Ina Poon Bato Shrine (Botolan, Zambales)
  • Monesterio de Tarlac (San Jose, Tarlac)
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