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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

Monday, May 10, 2010

PPCRV ELECTION 2010 Quick Count(Senators)

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

senator
Name total Rank
DEFENSOR, SANTIAGO 9200 1
DRILON, FRANKLIN M 8859 2
MARCOS, FERDINAND, JR. R 8680 3
CAYETANO, PILAR JULIANA S 7238 4
ENRILE, JUAN PONCE 7157 5
BONG REVILLA, RAMON, JR. B 6122 6
ESTRADA, JINGGOY E 5968 7
OSMEÑA, SERGIO II D 5842 8
RECTO, RALPH G 5654 9
GUINGONA, TEOFISTO III D 5501 10
BIAZON, ROZZANO RUFINO B 5270 11
SOTTO, VICENTE III C 5127 12
LIM, DANILO D 5026 13
HONTIVEROS-BARAQUEL,ANA THERESIA 5000 14
DE VENECIA, JOSE III P 4556 15
QUERUBIN, ARIEL O 4409 16
REMULLA, GILBERT CESAR C 4083 17
ROCO, SONIA M 3713 18
LAPID, MANUEL M 3159 19
TAMANO, ADEL A 2444 20
ACOSTA, JR. NEREUS OLAIVAR 2436 21
PIMENTEL, GWENDOLYN D 2374 22
LACSON, ALEXANDER L 2365 23
MITRA, RAMON B 2077 24
TATAD, FRANCISCO S 2057 25
MAZA, LIZA L 1719 26
OCAMPO,SATURNINO C 1652 27
LANGIT, REY M 1405 28
OPLE, SUSAN V 1307 29
BELLO, SILVESTRE III HERNANDO 1265 30
OSMEÑA, EMILIO MARIO R 1217 31
LOZADA, JOSE APOLINARIO JR L 1148 32
BAUTISTA, MARTIN DONATO 947 33
LAMBINO, RAUL L 880 34
LAO, YASMIN B 854 35
PALPARAN, JOVITO JR, S 853 36
INOCENCIO, MA KATHERINE L 647 37
GUICO, RAMON, JR. N 539 38
TINSAY, ALEXANDER B 527 39
PAREDES, ZOSIMO JESUS II M 522 40
PAPIN, IMELDA A 457 41
BAUTISTA, J.V. LARION 413 42
OCAMPO, RAMONCITO P 332 43
ALONTO, ZAFRULLAH M 284 45
TAMAYO, REGINALD B 276 46
VILLANUEVA, HECTOR L 265 47
NIKABULIN, ADZ G 255 48
VIRGINES, ISRAEL N 244 49
PLAZA, RODOLFO G 204 50
PRINCESA, REYNALDO R 203 51
SISON, ADRIAN O 146 52
ESPINOSA, NANETTE M 140 53
IMBONG, JO AUREA M 108 54
MAAMBONG, REGALADO E 103 55
DAVID, RIZALITO Y 90 56
ALBANI, SHARIFF IBRAHIM H 85 57
TARRAZONA, HECTOR M 80 58
CAUNAN, HENRY B 69 59
VALDEHUESA, MANUEL JR E 47 60
LOOD, ALMS A 44 61
RIÑOZA-PLAZO, MARIA GRACIA 35 62

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