Sta.Monica Parish Church
Welcome to Sta.Monica Parish Church
Heritage Features
Panay belongs to the Baroque style. The pediment cascades gracefully down. The façade
is ornamented with swags of flowers, niches and statuary. The bell tower to the left of the
façade is simple in contrast to the façade. It base in planned as a quadrilateral but its
upper stories are octagonal with the two sides longer than the other. The interior was
formerly divided into a central nave with flanking aiseis, but in recent years, the wooden
post that marked the divisions were removed to improve sight lines to the altar. This floor
has been reconstructed in reinforced concrete with coral stone facing the roof of the
church, already damaged by a storm in 1984 and subsequently repaired, was already in a
driapedated condition in 2000. The church retains much of its original floor terra
cottatiles, white marbles and black slate as accents and floor the santuary. The church has
three altars in Baroque style. The retalbo of the central altar has been touched and
probably represent the original colors of the woodwork primaries of blue, red, green,
orange with gold leaf accents. These altar are unique for latin inscriptions carved on
roundels set in its read thin colums. Behind Gospel side altar are remnants of decorative
painting, also done in brilliant primaries.
The Exact Location of Sta.Monica Parish Church
The exact location of Sta.Monica Parish Church is in the town of Panay Capiz
Panay is located on plain and fertile land irrigated by the rivers same name, the
climate is rather humid due to the abundant nipa fields and the low sea level.
Its bounded by the sea of Mindoro, Pontevedra and the town of Capiz. Panay is the
only town which can challenge Dumangas distinction of being the first town to have
received the town of Capiz.
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Address:
Paseo de Evangelization 1566
Panay,Capiz Philippines
Telephone Number:
(036)6211-535
Email Add:
santamonicachurch_gmail.com
Overview
Sta.Monica Parish church is one of the major tourist attraction in Capiz. Declared as National Heritage by the National Historical Commission in 1997.
This historical cooperation between the church and government of Panay had
always marked such noble task of restoration and reconstruction across centuries. As
early as 1994 during the term of Msgr. Romualdo A. Azarcon, an initial plan for the
restoration and reconstruction of Sta. Monica Church, Panay was proposed. As its
parish priest, Msgr Mald had asked the benevolent assistance of the Department of
tourism and the National Commission on Culture and the Arts for the realization of
this project. The Santa Monica Parish Church of Panay was declared a National
Historical Landmark by the National Historical Institute in its Resolution No.3, series
of 1997. On June 6, 2001, the pilgrim image of Sta. Monica visited the 76 chapels,
and general assemblies of the 97 BECs in the 34 barangays were summoned. On
September 22, 2002, Msgr. Ben celebrated mass in New Jersy, U.S.A for Pan-
ayanons, as well as friends from Loctugan, Pilar, Roxas City, Mambusao and
Dumalag. On December of that year, the blessing of the just renovated belfry, the
repository of the biggest bell in Asia, which weighs 183 arrobas(10.4 tons or 23,000
lbs.) took place. The Spanish inscription on the bell reads: ( " Soy la voz de Dios que ilevare y ensalzare desde el pricipio hasta el fin de este pueblo de Panay para que los fieles de Jesus vengan a este casa de Dios a recibir las gracias celestials" (I am God's voice which i shall echo and praise from one end to the other of the town of Panay, so that the faithful followers of Christ may come to the house of God to receive the heavenly graces.) On August 27,2006, except for some portions still to be done, the Santa Monica Church was now ready for its rededication on the feast day of Sta.Monica and the 44th Anniversary Celebration of the Evangelization of Panay.
