I’ve always wondered why the Molo Church or St. Anne’s Parish is referred to as a feminist church. And I guess it’s because it houses a lot women saints. You can see the statues lining both sides leading to the altar. The only gothic church outside of Manila and is said to have withstood a lot of earthquakes and became an evacuation center during World War 2. It was declared a National Landmark by the National Historical Institute, making it one of the most photographed churches in the Visayas.
The Jaro Cathedral is said to be the only cathedral built in Panay in 1864 and is one of the churches in the Philippines with its belfry separated from it. You can find it across the highway. Actually, the belltower was the first thing we saw when the airport van dropped us off in Jollibee where we had breakfast. The church is partially hidden from our view so we were wondering why there’s a belltower and no church. Hehe. You will see in the church’s main entrance a flight of stairs on both sides leading you to the statue of the Nuestra Señora Dela Candelaria (Lady of Candles). According to legend, the limestone statue of the Lady of Candles is continuously growing that it had to be transferred to its present glass house when it could no longer fit in its former place. Also said to be the only religious icon in the Philippines to have been crowned personally by a Pope during his Papal visit in 1982.
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