HOLY FAMILY PARISH PROFILE
I. Holy Family Parish (Erected
as a Parish in 1992)
II. Address: City Heights
Subdivision, Bacolod
City
III. Lot: Donated by Mr. Napoleon Gonzaga
IV. Titular: Holy Family
V. Feast Day: Last Sunday of December
VI. Vicariate: Bacolod
VII. Holy Family Parish
was a part of Community Area of San Antonio Abad Parish (Taculing); Chronology of
Assigned Priests at Holy Family Parish:
Chaplaincy:
- Fr. Eusebio T. Mana-ay
1981-1985: was assigned Director
of Family Life.
Parish(April 10, 1992):
- Msgr. Ramonn G. Tirana 1986-Apr.
1992: was assigned as Parochial Vicar
of the Diocese of
- Fr. Michael Cullen,
SSC 1992-2000
- Fr. Terence Bennett,
SSC 2000-2004
- Fr. Rolly Escubido March 1, 2004-
as of April 2009
VIII.
Religious vocations of men and women from Holy Familly Parish:
Nun:
Sr. Lucy Togle,
OSB
Introduction
The City Heights Subdivision was
formally opened in 1970 but there was no Catholic church in this San Antonio
Abad community Area then. The meagre number of Catholics had to attached
themselves to the nearest canonical territory and that was the San Antonio Abad
Parish. The San Antonio Abad parish was erected as a parish in 1967 with Fr.
Felipe Jumao-as as the first Parish Priest.
He was the one celebrating Mass in City Heights
The first chapel
was built at Phase II and dedicated in honor of Sta. Rita. The distance, however, made it impractical
for the Phase I residents. So they
looked for a space where the Mass could be celebrated. They found one at the
garage of one of the members.
The Phenomenological
Church
1981-1990. The chapel that
was first built was initiated by Fr. Pablo
Tabino because of the generous donation of the church lot by the
subdivision owner, Mr. Napoleon Gonzaga. The congregation cooperated in the
work for the support of the priest and preparatory needs for the rituals and
sacraments.
1991-2000. Fr. Michael Cullen,SSC expanded the chapel, initiated and
finished the construction of a new convent, the parish office, the Legion of
Mary hall and the multi-purpose hall. On
April 10, 1992 the chaplaincy was erected into a parish by Bishop Camilo D.
Gregorio. Fr. Cullen and the parishioners had made this wonderful occasion an
event worth remembering by the future generations of parishioners.
The amiable
Columban padre was generally loved by
the parishioners because of his natural generosity to the parishioners, the
youth and the children. Fr. Terence
Bennett, SSC continued the programs of his confrere he had his own antics which
endeared him to the parishioners who simply needed someone to share their
problems.
2001-2009. The Holy Family
parish today (April 28, 2009) has three extension chapels: St. Jude Chapel at
Lupa, Sta. Rita Chapel at Phase II City Heights and Our Lady of Lourdes Chapel
at Puentebella Subdivision.
Fr. Rolly Albert
Escubido had a big shoes to fill after the two Columbans had inscribed their
own trail among the parishioners. But he did quite well in doing so. He pursued the projects of his predecessors which he thought it right to
continue under new circumstances. Many
lay associations had cropped up during his ministry. He would always make it a point to attend to
the invitations of the organizations in order to connect to them and their
concerns. He had a number of renovations
in the parish physical structures.
The
Church of the Poor
The original
concern of Fr. Mana-ay to give spiritual support for the dispossessed and
seemingly abandoned part of the community area of San Antonio Abad has been
consistently the concern why despite the relative physical nearness of the
parish church to St. Joseph the Worker Parish of Doña Juliana, the Bishops
still allowed a priest to be assigned here.
Man of the
parishioners of this parish are now professionals and are doing their share to
do something for the poor.
SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY HOLY FAMILY PARISH:
A. Primary Sources
A.1. Unpublished
Documents:
1. Books of
Baptismal Records of Holy Family Parish
2. Books
Marriage Records of Holy Family Parish
3. Books of
Death Records of Holy Family Parish
4. Books of
Appointments of Priests of the Diocese of Bacolod
5. Books of Profile of Priests of the Diocese of
Bacolod
6. One page
brief history of City Heights Parish.
A.2.
Interviews:
1. Fr. Rolly Escubido at City Heights
2. Mrs. Angelica Olbido at Holy
Family Parish Convent(City
Heights
B. Secondary
Sources
Memoirs and Articles:
2008 Catholic Directory of the Diocese of Bacolod
C. Websites:
1.
Diocese of Bacolod
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