Category:Nuestra Señora de la Merced de Candaba, Pampanga

Nuestra Señora de la Merced Parish Church Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Fernando Nuestra Sra. dela Merced Parish F-1937 Vicariate of the Holy Redeemer F-1997 Vicar Forane: Very Rev. Antonio Bustos Bahay Pare, Candaba, 2013, Pampanga Titular: Nuestra Señora dela Merced, September 24 Parish Priest: Rev. Allan Sicat; Virgin of Mercy Nuestra Señora de la Merced) Virgen de la Merced Apung dela Merced - The arrival of devotion to Candaba "The image of Nuestra Senora de la Merced was said to have brought a priest, Rev. Fr. Aniceto dela Merced in the 18th century. It is said that the image was first brought by the Hospitalier Brothers or St. John of God, because Hacienda Bahay Pare was originally owned by San Juan de Dios Hospital na was used for the care of the sick. They were taken care of by this congregation and brought to the church of Our Lady of Mercy and were healed. Oral tradition has it that when the image was brought to Bahay Pare, Candaba, Pampanga, it was initially placed in a makeshift chapel made of wood and thatch rood made from palm leaves. However, one day, it is said that Our Lady, together with St. Lucy and St. Catherine of Alexandria reportedly took human form, and went to the house of a well-known skilled carpenter in Plaridel, Bulacan. There, she asked the carpenter to have her house built. Then upon the arrival of the carpenter to the place that he have never been before, he saw the makeshift chapel and the when looking on the three images, he realized that the three women were the holy patrons of Candaba that a more fitting chapel for the Virgin was built. As the years passed by, in the 1970's, during the time of Rev. Fr. Lope Hernandez, he led the construction of a concreted church that can now be seen today." Judgefloro (talk) 06:55, 24 October 2020 (UTC)