As the oldest church in Bataan and a cradle of early Philippine Christianity, Saint Dominic de Guzman Parish Church, more commonly known as Abucay Church, holds a place of exceptional historical importance in the country’s religious and cultural story. Established as a parish in 1587 and entrusted to the Dominican friars a year later, the church is not only one of the earliest centers of Catholic worship in the region; it is also directly linked to the beginnings of Christian education through print. It was here that the Dominicans established a pioneering press where the Doctrina Christiana, the earliest printed book in the Philippines, was produced, firmly anchoring Abucay Church to the spread of Christianity through both preaching and the written word.