Minglanilla parish now a national shrine
Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal has declared the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Minglanilla town a national shrine during its annual fiesta yesterday.
Archdiocesan bishops and clergies were there to attend the annual fiesta that falls every 22nd of August.
Declaring it as national shrine is of far reaching significance because it celebrates the construction of one of
The 150th anniversary of the Immaculate Heart of Mary parish in Minglanilla is also being celebrated. The town is also the site of the Kabanhawan Festival, whose main attraction is the popular Sugat every Easter.
The former name of Minglanilla, Msgr. Esteban Binghay said, was Buat, probably taken from the Cebuano word for dried fish (buwad), the area being near shore and was therefore a community of fishermen. The villages were then either part of Talisay to the north or Naga to the south until they were united to form a separate town on
Binghay said Fr. Fernando Sanchez, an Augustinian, named the new municipality as Minglanilla after his hometown in
Bishop Romualdo Jimeno initiated the setting up of the parish on
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