The Immaculate Conception Parish Church commonly known as Santa Cruz Church is a
Roman Catholic
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church along Pedro Guevarra Street, Poblacion,
Santa Cruz,
Laguna,
Philippines
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.
History
Santa Cruz was formerly annexed (or
''visita'') of
Lumban and became an independent parish under the advocacy of the
Immaculate Conception
The Immaculate Conception is the belief that the Virgin Mary was free of original sin from the moment of her conception.
It is one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church, meaning that it is held to be a divinely revealed truth wh ...
in 1602 with Gabriel de Castro as priest. Due to sanitary problems in the original location, the church was transferred in 1608 in its present location and built the present church under the direction of Antonio de la Llave.
Miguel Perciva added a
transept
A transept (with two semitransepts) is a transverse part of any building, which lies across the main body of the building. In cruciform churches, a transept is an area set crosswise to the nave in a cruciform ("cross-shaped") building with ...
under his direction in 1672. The church was later renovated by building a
nave
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,
convent
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and remodeling of the five
altar
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s by Juan Marzon in 1850.
The church was destroyed by fire on January 28, 1945 during the
Liberation. It was reconstructed in 1948 under Mariano Limjuco.
Besides the devotion to the
Virgin Mary
Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jews, Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Saint Joseph, Jose ...
, an image of the Holy Guardian Angel, whose devotion started in 1678 by Fernando de la Concepcion, was venerated in Santa Cruz.
After being housed at Pila, the
infirmary
Infirmary may refer to:
*Historically, a hospital, especially a small hospital
*A first aid room in a school, prison, or other institution
*A dispensary
A dispensary is an office in a school, hospital, industrial plant, or other organization ...
of the Franciscan religious was transferred to Pila on July 13, 1674.
Notes
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External links
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Immaculate Conception Parish - Santa Cruz, Laguna(Official Facebook page)
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Churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pablo