Sacred Heart Parish Kamuning

Coordinates: 14°37′53″N 121°02′23″E / 14.63141°N 121.03967°E / 14.63141; 121.03967

Sacred Heart Parish Shrine - Kamuning
(Kamuning Church)

"Sacred Heart of Jesus"
Basic information
Location 28 Scout Ybardolaza St., Brgy. Sacred Heart, 1103 Kamuning, Quezon City, Philippines
Affiliation Roman Catholic
Country Philippines
Year consecrated 1941
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Suffragan Diocese
Leadership Bishop
Website www.sacredheartparishqc.com
Architectural description
Architectural type Baroque Church
Architectural style Baroque
Completed 1941
Materials Sand, gravel, cement, mortar and steel

The Sacred Heart Parish Shrine - Kamuning[1] is a Catholic parish in the Kamuning District of Quezon City in the Philippines. It was established on October 3, 1941, making it the first parish in Quezon City. The parish has been in the pastoral care and administration of the Society of the Divine Word since even before its founding. Kamuning was a government housing project of then Philippine Commonwealth President Manuel Luis Quezon. Kamuning was known then as Barrio Obrero II.

The Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish parish center is located at the intersection of Scout Ybardolaza Street, Scout Fuentebella Street and Scout Fernandez Street. The parish is part of the Diocese of Cubao.

The parish celebrates its annual fiesta on the movable feast Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart according to the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church, the Friday right after the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, also known as Corpus Christi.

Formerly known as Barrio Obrero II, was a housing project site for government employees and their families. Late in 1939, the Kamuning Residents' Association sought pastoral care from the Society of the Divine World (SVD). The First Mass was celebrated where the Kamuning Public Market now stands, on that year's Christmas Eve. In the early 1940s, the parish boundaries reached as far east toward Loyola Heights and westward up to the Mabuhay Rotonda. About a year later, on October 1, 1941, the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish was established, and it has been in the care of the SVD missionaries since then. Today, the parish covers five barangays – Kamuning,[2] Sacred Heart, South Triangle, Kristong Hari, Kalusugan, and part of Obrero.[3][4] According to Philippines 2000 Census, the parish jurisdiction has a resident population of 43,074 people.[5] The Society of the Divine Word (SVD) was founded on September 8, 18755 by St. Arnold Janssen in Steyl, Netherlands. The SVD is one of the largest Ad Gentes Catholic religious male congregations in the world with over 6,000 members (priests and brothers) worldwide. The current Superior-General of the SVD is Rev. Fr. Heinz Kulueke, SVD. The Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish - Kamuning is in the SVD Philippine Central Province, which is headed by a Provincial Superior. The current Provincial Superior of SVD PHC is Rev. Fr. Nielo Cantilado, SVD and he holds office at the provincialate in Tayuman, Manila.

A recent significant development in the history of the parish is the canonical dedication of the Shrine of the Divine Word, which is the chapel in the Christ the King Mission Seminary located along E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue. The chapel became the Shrine on December 25, 2006 and Bishop Honesto F. Ongtioco of the Diocese of Cubao presided over the dedication rites. The Christ the King Mission Seminary is of the Society of the Divine Word and was established in 1933.

Former Parish Priests

The current Parish Priest is the Very Reverend Father Jerome Marquez, SVD, who also serves as the Vice-Provincial of the Philippine Central Province of the Society of the Divine Word. His assistant priests are Rev. Fr. Benigno Beltran, SVD, Rev. Fr. Nanding Santos, SVD, Rev. Fr. Andrew Amanor, SVD and Rev. Fr Jojo Caballes, SVD.

Boundaries

Ministries

Below is the list of existing ministries in Sacred Heart Parish Shrine - Kamuning with its respective heads/coordinators.

Ministry Head/Coordinator
Parish Pastoral Council Atty. Ferdinand Comendador
Worship Ministry Ma. Virtudes Bobis
Formation Ministry Ma. Arlene Lacson
Family and Life Ministry Renato Barreira and Cora Barreiro
Social Service and Development Ministry Ricardo Ching and Sister Ruth Dalisay, CM
Restorative Justice Solita Baltazar
Catechetical Ministry Rose Reyes
Youth Ministry (Parish and Shrine) Ruel Amorsolo, Jr.
Community Organizing Ministry (BEC) Sonia Rass
Finance Ministry Rene Lim

Facilities

Schools:

Hospitals:

Mortuary:

Charitable and Social Institutions:

Religious Congregations

Religious Men:

Religious Women:

References

  1. ↑ http://dioceseofcubao.ph/parishes/sacred-heart-of-jesus-parish/
  2. ↑ "KamuningQC.com: Kamuning Barangay". KamuningQC.com. 2012-04-06. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
  3. ↑ Webmaster. "Quezon City Barangays". quezoncity.gov.ph. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
  4. ↑ Admin, Web. "QC District 4 Barangays". www.quezoncity.gov.ph. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
  5. ↑ "Diocese of Cubao – Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish". dioceseofcubao.ph. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
  6. ↑ "Christ the King Mission Seminary". Wikipedia. 2017-05-07.
  7. ↑ "SJCQC WEB". www.sjcqc.edu.ph. Retrieved 2017-07-31.

Two commemorative books contain details of the history of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish - Kamuning: Age of Gold (Golden Jubilee) and Sanlakbay 2001 (Diamond Jubilee). Limited copies of the two books were published and a few copies are with the parish office for reference use.

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