Travel has become more costly as fuel prices have surged due to the global oil crisis stemming from the conflict in the Middle East.
With that in mind, Catholic residents of Quezon City were given alternative ways to observe “Visita Iglesia” this Holy Week without spending heavily on gas.
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte suggested that Filipinos try a “walkable” Visita Iglesia, where participants would walk no more than 11 kilometers visiting churches across the city.
Each district in Quezon City has a dedicated route for residents.
The following are the routes:
First District (Route 1)
- National Shrine of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of La Naval de Manila (Sto. Domingo)
- Santa Teresita del Niño Jesus Parish
- National Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes
- Santa Perpetua and Felicity Parish
- Immaculate Conception Parish —Damar
- Most Holy Redeemer Parish
- Minor Basilica of San Pedro Bautista
First District (Route 2)
- Holy Family Parish — GSIS Village
- San Nicolas de Tolentino Parish
- Parish of Mary, the Immaculate Conception
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish
- Diocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Hope Parish
- Diocesan Shrine of Sto. Niño Parish
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish
Second District
- Presentation of Our Lord Parish
- San Antonio de Padua Parish Address
- Kristong Hari Parish
- Parokya Ng Mabuting Pastol
- Holy Spirit Parish
- St. Peter Parish: Shrine of Leaders
- St. Benedict Parish
Third District
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish
- Transfiguration of Our Lord Parish
- Our Lady of Miraculous Medal Parish
- Diocesan Shrine of Saint Joseph
- Holy Family Parish (Kamias)
- Nativity of Our Lord Parish
- San Isidro Labrador Parish
Fourth District
- St. Paul the Apostle Parish
- Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish
- Immaculate Conception Cathedral of Cubao
- Diocesan Shrine of Jesus, the Divine Word
- Minor Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
- Most Holy Redeemer Parish
- Our Lady of Fatima Parish Address
Fifth District
- Mary the Queen Parish
- Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe
- Immaculate Conception Parish
- National Shrine and Parish of Our Lady of Mercy
- Holy Family Parish
- San Bartolome de Novaliches
- Parokya ng Pagkabuhay
Sixth District
- Jesus, Lord of the Divine Mercy Parish
- Our Lady of Consolation Parish
- San Lorenzo Ruiz Parish
- San Isidro Labrador Parish
- Santuario de San Vicente de Paul
- Our Lady of Annunciation Parish
- Banal na Sakramento Parish
The Visita Iglesia is a Catholic tradition in which the faithful visit at least seven churches on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday as a form of pilgrimage.
Some offer prayers to the Blessed Sacrament, while others pray the Stations of the Cross in each church.
The choice of visiting seven churches is believed to symbolize either the Seven Last Words of Jesus or His Seven Holy Wounds.
