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Our Lady of the Atonement Cathedral has been a living heritage and a foundation of faith for many people. Many baptisms, confirmations, weddings, ordinations, funerals and other Liturgical celebrations had been performed. This great Catholic church dedicated to our Lady of the Atonement had been the second in the world and has been a tourist destination for many foreigners and tourist from all over the Country. This site will now stand for the first time as a source of information to catholic faithful all over the world and tourist guide and inquiry for those who are planning to have their weddings, baptisms and other services provided by the church. Schedules and guidelines are provided for easier and more helpful visiting.

History

Indeed destined to have a blessed and magnificent church as a haven for Catholic lineage, Baguio has made it way successfully to this Church with the invaluable missions of three CICM (Congregacio Immaculati Cordis Marriae) missionaries who started it all.

  • Rev. Fr. Oktaaf Vandelwalle,
  • Fr. Serafin Devesse and
  • Fr. Henry Verbeck,

whole heartedly rendered their services to begin a mission on the famous resort city in the Philippines, Baguio City.

As they have arrived here on November 16, 1907 were warmly welcomed by Mr. Petrelli in La Trinidad Valley, they have also relished the spirits of many Catholic Inhabitants in Baguio City, for their mission was to build a Catholic Church on the house of a respected retired treasurer along Session Road, As a matter of fact, the first baptism recorded was held on the living room of this house which turned out to be a temporary chapel dedicated to St. Patrick. The said baptism was celebrated by Rev. Fr. Oktaaf Vandelwalle on a child named Wiliam Lewis on November 25, 1907.

The Virtuous Baguio mission was made possible on a residence along the session road and with great sincerity and humbleness, Fr. Serafin Devesse stood blissfully, as the First rector of the mission.

In 1908, he remodeled the retired treasurer’s house into a chapel, a convent as well as a school for boys. By 1911, more and more students came streaming to this school for boys which is now recognized as the Saint Louis University. And as the years flew swiftly, this school has grown into a very vast one. Not only for boys but also for girls as well.

On the blessed day of October 5, 1953 Fr. Florimund Carlu was appointed as the next mission rector for the Baguio mission. He enlarged the chapel, Fr Serafin Devesse has started for four more times. This was great because a great number of people are going to the Church every now and then. This was again dedicated to St. Patrick, which turned out to be a patron Saint of Baguio.

By 1919 F. Carlu also started the campaign for the construction of the “Church on top of the hill”, this hill is also called Mount Mary.

Baguio Cathedral would not also be completed perfectly without the invaluable help and support of Rev. Fr. Leo Valdemans, CICM who is at the same time an architect and engineer and thus drafted the design of Cathedrals plan.

A great help was also contributed by Fr. Adolph Cansse, a recognized civil engineer who implemented Fr. Valdeman’s plans.

Fr Paul Watson, the founder of the church unity octave who donated $12.00 whole heartedly, and of course the two CICM brothers and 25 Igorot carpenters who gave their full support and strength for the magnificent construction of the Cathedral.

In 1924, the twin towers of the Cathedral were successfully built. Also, the Holy Sanctuary and Altar were splendidly ready. Due to this fact, four bells from Belgium soon arrived. They were gracefully donated by two of Fr. Carlu’s friends, Messrs. Hausermann and Bean, who was both non-Catholics. Three of these bells were installed placed in the Cathedral while the other must have been both to other Church, the three bells that were installed were given names in great honor to some of our saints. They were named Me Fudit ,,, St. Johannes/St. John… Baguio MCMXXXII, Me Fudit ,,, Patricius Patronus Civitatus Baguio/ St. Patrick, patron of Baguio City ,,, Baguio MCMXXXII and Me Fudit ,,, St. Walterius ,,, Baguio MCMXXXII, In connection with these great Imp

Thursday, July 1, 2010

PARISH PATRONAL FIESTA 2010




SCHEDULE
NINE DAYS NOVENA

First Day - June 30, 2010 (Wednesday)
4:30 PM - Novena
5:15 PM - Mass

Second Day- July 1,2010 (Thursday)
4:30 PM - Novena
5:15 PM - Mass

Third Day- July 2,2010 (Friday)
4:30 PM - Novena
5:15 PM - Mass

Fourth Day- July 3,2010 (Saturday)
4:30 PM - Novena
5:15 PM - Mass

Fifty Day- July 4,2010 (Sunday)
2:00 PM - Novena (Oratory)
3:00 PM - Mass (Cathedral)

Sixth Day- July 5,2010 (Monday)
4:30 PM - Novena
5:15 PM - Mass

Seventh Day- July 6,2010 (Tuesday)
4:30 PM - Novena
5:15 PM - Mass

Eight Day- July 7,2010 (Wednesday)
4:30 PM - Novena
5:15 PM - Mass

Ninth Day- July 8,2010 (Thursday)
4:30 PM - Novena
5:15 PM - Mass

July 9, 2010 (Friday)
4:00 PM - Living Rosary (Cathedral Square)
5:00 PM - FIESTA MASS

Monday, May 10, 2010

PPCRV ELECTION 2010 Quick Count(COUNCILORS-BAGUIO)

Partial and Unofficial Result (as of 2:00am May11, 2010)

councilor
Name Total Rank
TABANDA, BETTY LOURDES F. 7016 1
ALIPING, NICASIO JR. M. 6899 2
COSALAN, ISABELO JR.B. 6494 3
DATUIN, ELMER O. 5939 4
FIANZA, PETER C. 5869 5
BILOG, EDISON R. 5353 6
RONDEZ, PERLITA C. 5160 7
CARIÑO, RICHARD A. 5087 8
BAGBAGEN, FRED L. 5011 9
BALAJADIA, ERDOLFO V. 5002 10
PALAGANAS, NICASIO S. 4843 11
TENEFRANCIA, EDILBERTO B. 4583 12
WEYGAN, PHILIAN LOUISE C. 4563 13
DAOAS, SONIA A. 4007 14
TABORA-TUASON, CYNTHIA R. 3826 15
MASKAY, MABINI C. 2514 16
PEREZ, RONALD L. 2488 17
PADILLA, NARCISO R. 2487 18
OLARTE, JOSE JR. L. 2399 19
ACOSTA, VOLTAIRE L. 2337 20
ALLAD-IW, ARTHUR L. 2327 21
ORTEGA, ALEXANDER FRANCISCO R. 2273 22
DUMAWING, GEORGE JR. M. 2232 23
ZARATE, RICHARD V. 2134 24
GUMNAD, PABLITO G. 1902 25
PANAGAN, RUFINO M. 1893 26
MAZO, ALAN ANTONIO S. 1843 27
FANGONON, FRED LARADE 1536 28
GANDEZA, RONEY P. 1518 29
CORTES, ANTONINO JR. A. 1513 30
DELSON, RAFAEL T. 1417 31
ADUBE, LAURENCE R. 1374 32
LARDIZABAL, ORLANDO JR. E. 1367 33
QUILOP, ARTURO B. 1222 34
DANGATAN, PATRICK P. 1196 35
REYES, ALBERTO V. 1119 36
PILANDO, LORENZO S. 1088 37
TELIAKEN, LOURDES A. 992 38
CARLOS, RICHARD A. 980 39
MARRERO, JOSEPH C. 836 40
PARAGAS, RODOLFO DE LEON 820 41
OCAMPO, ROBERTO R. 765 42
AQUINO, ODELL P. 730 43
ASIATICO, CARLOS M. 659 44
COTENG, ROBIN G. 641 45
WASAN, RAFAEL S. 605 46
DIAZ, REYNALDO T. 578 47
BELTRAN,EDGAR ALLAN P. 559 48
DAVID, ROI G. 520 49
MASCARENAS, ANTOLIN L. 517 50
GAPUZ, EDILBERTO C. 504 51
DELACERNA, WIFREDO SR.R. 429 52
ARAOS, ANTHONY A. 305 53
DUQUE, EDGARDO L. 299 54
CLEMENTE, EMMANUEL S. 285 55
MACADANGDANG, BENJAMIN A. 282 56
ANTOLIN, GERARDO R. 231 57

PPCRV ELECTION 2010 Quick Count(VICE MAYOR-BAGUIO)

Partial and Unofficial Result(as of 2:00am May 11, 2010)

vmayor
Name total rank
FARINAS, DANIEL T. 7010 1
OLOWAN, FAUSTINO A. 4311 2
DOMALSIN, CAROL R. 1084 3









PPCRV ELECTION 2010 Quick Count(MAYOR-BAGUIO)

Partial and Unofficial Result(as of 2:00am May 11,2010)

mayor
Name total Rank
DOMOGAN, MAURICIO G. 5823 1
MOLINTAS, JOSE M. 3397 2
GO,MARQUEZ O. 3090 3
SEMBRANO, ELAINE D. 564 4
LABO, RAMON JR. L. 415 5
MANDAPAT, JULIUS J. 244 6
HERNANDEZ, GUILLERMO C. 31 7
BUSACAY-LAZO, ERLINDA A. 21 8
PUZON, PETER D. 15 9
BARCELO, RUBEN L. 14 10























PPCRV ELECTION 2010 Quick Count(CONGRESSMAN-BAGUIO)

Partial and Unofficial Result(as of 2:00am May 11, 2010)

congress man
Name total Rank
VERGARA, BERNARDO M. 3358 1
BALISONG, ROCKY THOMAS A. 2177 2
YANGOT, LEANDRO JR. B. 2089 3
BAUTISTA, REINALDO A. 2045 4
AVILA, EDGAR M. 1909 5
YARANON, BRAULIO D. 1227 6
QUILALA, RABINRANDRANAH P. 547 7
BELLO III, DWIGHT NICOLAS A. 86 8
RAMOS, FELIPE T. 23 9





















PPCRV ELECTION 2010 Quick Count(Party-List)

Partial and Unofficial Result(as of 4:00am May 11, 2010)

partylist
Name total Rank
BUHAY 897 1
GABRIELA 748 2
SENIOR CITIZENS 655 3
ALIM 622 4
KATRIBU 466 5
BAYAN MUNA 380 6
AKBAYAN 367 7
ABONO 357 8
ANG MINERO 354 9
A TEACHER 341 10
KABATAAN 335 11
COOP-NATCCO 272 12
1-UTAK 252 13
DIWA 234 14
ACT TEACHERS 215 15
ANAKPAWIS 210 16
CIBAC 208 17
KATUTUBO 203 18
BUKID 190 19
BANTAY 179 20
KALINGA 164 21
PBA 162 22
ATING KOOP 159 23
AKB 148 24
BAGO 145 25
CONSLA 138 26
VFP 133 27
WOMENPOWER 129 28
1-CARE 127 29
BUTIL 118 30
ABC 100 31
ABROAD 96 32
A-IPRA 95 33
1 ANG PAMILYA FORMERLY ANC 95 33
ALE 94 35
ANG LADLAD 84 36
BH 83 37
ALYANSA NG OFW 83 37
AGHAM 79 39
AGBIAG 78 40
ARARO 75 41
KAAKBAY 74 42
PACYAW 74 42
1ST KABAGIS 72 44
GREEN FORCE 71 45
A TAMBAY 60 46
BABAE KA 59 47
ABBA-AMA 57 48
UNLAD PILIPINAS 56 49
ATM 51 50
AMANG 48
ABAKADA 47
LPGMA 46
AGILA 45
1-GANAP/GUARDIANS 45
ANAD 44
1-TUBIG (FORMERLY AAWAS) 42
ALAY BUHAY 41
AFPSEGCO 40
ANAK 40
VENDORS PARTY LIST 40
PM (MANGGAGAWA) 39
1-ABAA 37
ALAGAD 37
AKAP BATA 36
BANAT 35
APEC 33
AKO 32
ANAKALUSUGAN 31
BINHI 30
ABOT TANW 29
PEP 29
ABS 28
AKAP 26
ALMA 26
KABAYAN 25
ABA 25
AA-KASOSYO PARTY 25
AHON 25
APO 25
YES WE CAN 24
BAYANI 24
ALLUMAD 23
A BLESSED PARTY-LIST 21
TUCP 20
ANG TSINOY 20
BANDILA 20
ARAL 20
KAAGAPAY 20
AKO BUHAY 19
KASAPI 19
AN WARAY 18
ACTS 18
ANUPA 18
KALAHI 16
AT 16
AKAP.TAO 16
ANG TRABAHANTE 15
AGRI 15
OPO 15
ANG KASANGGA 15
SAGIP 14
CHINOY 13
FFW 12
KAKUSA 12
AGAP 12
1-AK 12
BIYAHENG PINOY 12
ORAGON 11
ANG NCIP 11
COCOFED 10
ABA ILONGGO 10
AKSI 10
EMMANUEL 10
ABANTE KA 10
ADA 10
SMART 10
BUKLOD FILIPINA 9
CPM 9
ADD 9
ALIF 9
1-AANI 8
ALON 8
APOL 8
ABANG LINGKOD 8
ARC 7
ASAHAN MO 7
AAMBIS-OWA 7
BANGON TRANSPORT 7
AMA 7
ALUM 6
AAPS 6
AG 6
APELA 6
YACAP 6
AMIN 6
AANI 6
NCCP 6
LYPAD 6
AKO AGILA 5
ABP-BICOLNON 5
KLBP 5
FIRM 24-K 5
AVE 5
DAMAYAN 5
ATONG PAGLAUM 5
AAMA 5
BIGKIS 5
ABO 5
ALNA 5
BIDA (BATANG IWAS) 4
AK 4
ABNAY PARAK 4
SB 4
PFP 3
ALMANA 3
AASCA 3
1-AHAPO 3
1ST PRISA 3
ADD-TRIBAL 2
ANG PADER 2
1-NET 2
PCL 2
AWAT 2
AKI 2
ABAMIN 2
AME 2
UNI-MAD 2
AMS 2
IVAP 2
ACMA 2
ADAM 2
FIL-MUS 1
SABOD 1
COFA 1
PM (MASDA) 1
UFS 1
AMANA 1
ANG PDR 1
AS 1
ARCAPP 0
ANG SAMAKA 0
UCAP 0
BIDA (BINIGKIS) 0
ATS 0
AVPAP 0
AKMA-PTM 0