It was October 20, 2019 when I decided to start my #HappySunday project. I aim to visit a different Catholic church every week. It is like my “Visita Iglesia” in Holy Week but on a larger scale.

Of course, the best way to start my #HappySunday project is with the church where I grew up, San Bartolome Parish in Malabon City. Then it was followed by the National Shrine of St. Jude Thaddeus as it’s feast shares the date of my birthday.

As of today, I have gone to 19 churches around Metro Manila with St. Michael the Archangel in Taguig as the farthest one and Quezon City with the most number of churches I have visited so far.

It’s not easy to decide which church will I go to every Sunday. It depends on the traffic, mass schedule and if the feast of that parish is on that day or week. I chose the latter when I went to the Immaculate Conception Cathedral on December 8, Diocesan Shrine of Sto. Niño on January 18, San Roque Parish of Navotas on January 26 and the National Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes on February 16.

I am aiming to do this #HappySunday project for at least a year. 2020 has just started and it is still a long way to go. I still have so many churches to go to.