Lumban Church is known as the first and largest stone church in Laguna being built in 1600. It was also the first Franciscan building outside Manila made out of stone.

St. Michael the Archangel is the patron saint of Iligan City. The church is the main seat of Iligan’s archdiocese and has been separated from the parish of Cagayan de Misamis in 1834. It was said that the original location of the church is near the river but due to the great floods in that period, the church was transferred to it’s current place. Some renovations were made in the building including the tower, the Cross at the top of the steeple and the tall St. Michael’s statue.

A significant turning point for the church came on Wednesday, June 23, 1948, when the first perpetual novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Help was held in Baclaran, attended by about seventy people. In the months that followed, participation steadily increased as the devotion became more widely known. What began as a local practice among nearby residents soon drew devotees from other parts of Manila and beyond.

Aside from their beautiful chapels, I have visited two old churches in Batanes. : the San Carlos Borromeo Church in Mahatao and the San Jose de Obrero Church in Ivana, both established in 1787.