San Sebastian Cathedral, Lipa City

Posted by Gsas on September 23rd, 2007 at Batangas

Back in Batangas, The Cathedral of St. Sebastian is known simply as “Katedral.” It stands tall right in the heart of Lipa City, among its bustling streets, young and bright students, great-looking women, and its courteous and hospitable elders. Owing to its accessibility, the church itself is rarely empty, even when there isn’t mass. During Sundays, the Holy Celebration is held almost every other hour, Katedral is filled to its brims, and Batangueño’s brave the heat inside this centuries-old testament to the Christian faith.

The feast of St. Sebastian is held at the 20th of January every year. In Lipa, it is usually a weeklong event with put-up shops lining the streets of the city, culminating in a concert or a big gathering of showbiz personalities towards the end. I remember these images of the fiesta vividly when I was young : dozens of white robed Catholic priests lined up inside Katedral for the Concelebrated Mass; a dozen recipe variation of pork served in a dozen homes of my High School classmates; and dozens of colorful pushcart shops offering a wide variety of products from finger foods to “bunutans” (you buy a piece of paper, wet it with water to reveal a hidden number, and hopefully it will correspond to a toy on display which you could win, the most expensive of which is a Nintendo Gameboy.) In my young mind, I knew there wasn’t a number there for that Gameboy, seeing the exact same gaming unit every year, but for the fun of it, “bumubunot pa rin ako.” I’ve not been to any other fiesta yet outside of Batangas, pero isa lang ang masasabi ko: Bumabaha ng pagkain dito sa Lipa kapag pista, kaya punta kayo dito.

San Sebastian Tied in Front of His Church

There are two other churches in Lipa you might be interested to see: Redemptorist and the Carmel church. Both are equally captivating as San Sebastian. I hope to do a feature on them as well so watch out for that.

May mga taga-Batangas ga dito sa PTB? =)

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Gsas » September 27th, 2007 at 7:44 pm

ala ‘eh wala palang taga-batangas dine sa PTB. aba’y pambihira talaga.

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travelphilippines » October 4th, 2007 at 5:41 am

wow so ganda nmn that cathedral nadadaanan po ba yan if your going to batangas port? sana makapunta me jan pag pnta ko ng puerto next month.

jojo » October 8th, 2007 at 9:42 am

ala eh, dyan ako ikakasal sa susunod na taon…maganda magpakasal diyan…

Gsas » October 9th, 2007 at 1:10 am

@travelphilippines
hindi po sya nadadaanan e, nasa loob po siya mismo ng lungsod ng lipa. ngunit malapit lang po siya sa talgang daanan ng mga sasakyan. para makapunta doon, bumaba na po kayo sa pinakadulo ng Star Tollway. laging maraming mga taga-lipa ang bumaba dito, kasi pakabilang-daan yung papunta mismo sa bayan at sa palengke. sumakay po kayo ng dyip na may karatulang LIPA at sabihin lamang sa nagmamaneho na sa Katedral kayo bababa. sa malayo pa lamang ay tanaw nyo na ang Katedral, hindi po kayo maliligaw. sana po ay makapunta kayo.

@jojo
do you have a wedding photographer already? =)

jheffrey » October 9th, 2007 at 2:39 pm

wow ang ganda talaga, sana mas lalo pa nilang pagandahin at wag pababayaan!!!!

jheffrey empas » October 9th, 2007 at 2:39 pm

wag pababayaan ha,sayang ang ganda!!!!!

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ana » May 5th, 2008 at 12:27 pm

can you please send me the contact numbers of san sebastian cathedral? hoping for your favorable response.

thanks

Rose Ann » May 25th, 2008 at 6:34 pm

can i have a contact number of san sebastian cathedral? I hope you can help me with this. Thank you so much.

george » August 9th, 2008 at 11:39 am

mganda tlaga simbahan namin, lapit lng yan sa amin e, sa likod nyan bhay namin… jan me ikakasal soon…

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