Caleruega Church
Brgy. Kaylaway, Batulao, Nasugbu, Batangas

How To Get To Caleruega Church

Map Guide To Caleruega Church

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Private Vehicle

Via South Super Highway
- Take Sta. Rosa Exit
- Proceed towards Tagaytay Market
- Turn Right To Tagaytay Rotonda

Via Coastal Road
From Roxas Boulevard proceed to Aguinaldo
Highway all the way up to Tagaytay

Public Transport

Proceed to BLTB or CROW bus terminal along EDSA in Pasay. Board Buses going to any of these
destinations: Nasugbu, Balayan or Calatagan. Get off at Evercrest, batulao, Nasugbu, Batangas.

Tricycle service is available at Evercrest entrance or it’s a 2 kilometers hike to Caleruega

The Transfiguration Chapel

Rising tall and majestic in the highest point of Caleruega is the Transfiguration Chapel. From here one can behold the expanse of Caleruega and witness the glorious opus of radiant nature – a symphony of sky, trees, and the distant hills of Batulao. Like St. Peter during Jesus’ transfiguration, anyone who experiences such splendor of nature’s poetry will declare: Lord, it is good for us to be here… (Mt.17:4).
The chapel itself is replete with symbolism. Its façade is a reproduction of the original chapel in Caleruega, Spain. Its hut-shaped roof is in remembrance of the temporary sheds that the apostles wanted to build for Jesus, Moses, and Elijah during the transfiguration (Mt 17:1-8). The seal of the Dominican Province of the Philippines is depicted in stained glass in the upper portion of the chapel’s façade. The seven grapevines entwined in the steel doors of the chapel not only portray Jesus as the vine and we as branches (John 15:5), but also symbolize the seven sacraments. The main altar is a carved tree trunk representing the “stem of Jesse,” mentioned in the Book of the Prophet Isaiah: then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit (Is 11:1). The tabernacle is a gentle reminder of the burning bush through which God revealed Himself to Moses in Mt. Sinai (Ex 3:2). The birds carved on the communion table are representations of God’s providence in Matthew 6:26: Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, neither do they reap…and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. The stained glass depicts the Transfiguration of Jesus witnessed by Peter, John, and Luke. With Jesus are Moses and Elijah, two significant instruments of God in the Old Testament (Mat 17:3).

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Sto. Niño Church
Osmena Blvd., Cebu City

How to get to Sto. Niño Church, Cebu

Your in luck Cebu is one of the major cities in the Philippines, it has taxi services around the city so getting around the tourist destination is easy. The best way is to hail a cab to bring you there it will cost you P70-100 if you are coming from ayala mall cebu or if you want to try what the locals do you can ride a jeep with “plaza or city hall” printed on their signage route.

The convent of the Sto. Niño de Cebu was founded by Fr. Andres de Urdaneta on April 28, 1565 , the very day the Legazpi-Urdaneta expedition arrived in the island. On May 8 of the same year, when Legaspi and his men planned the urbanization of the city, they allotted a “place for the church and the convent of San Agustin, “where the Santo Niño image had been found.”

In 1599, the convent was made a house of studies of grammar, headed by the Visayan linguist, Fr. Alonso de Mentrida. It also served as a rest house for missionaries working in the province and as a retirement home for the aged and the sick, usually attended to by a lay brother.

The church has always been the Sanctuary of the Sto. Niño, under the custody of the Augustinians. The number of priests assigned to the church varied from three to five aside from one or two lay brothers.