Baguio Cathedral:
Our Lady of Atonement
What very few folks know is that the Baguio Cathedral is actually named the Our Lady of Atonement Cathedral. A majestic church located on top of a hill in the heart of the city, it is one of the more familiar icons and most visited landmarks of the city. This beautiful rose-colored structure is distinguished from other churches in the Philippines by its twin spires.
One of the Philippines' most beautiful architectural structures and easily Baguio City's most magnificent building
(and richly-decorated on the inside, too), it stands majestically atop Mount Mary Hill, with a wonderful bird's-eye view of Session Road and the city's landscape.
From Session Road it is accessible to pedestrians who ascend long concrete stairways of more than a hundred steps, although cars may easily enter the Cathedral grounds via access roads behind the Baguio Post Ofice building.
GoBaguio! Tip for Visitors:
A third way of getting there on foot would be to climb the escalators at the CICM-owned Porta Vaga Shopping Mall, exiting at the top floor that leads to the Baguio Cathedral parking grounds.
Schedule of Catholic Masses
at the Baguio Cathedral
The Baguio Cathedral is said to have been able to accommodate up to 850 persons for a single Mass, although I am pretty sure that includes those inside on both floors, and those outside where loudspeakers have been set up in order to accommodate a standing room only crowd, expecially on Sundays.
Masses are celebrated in English except when Ilocano or Tagalog are indicated:
Sundays & Holidays of Obligation
6:00 am4:00 pm
6:00 am4:00 pm 7:00 am5:00 pm 8:00 am (Ilocano) 6:00 pm 9:00 am (Tagalog) 10:00 am 11:00 am Saturdays6:00 am5:00 pm
6:00 am5:00 pm 7:00 am Mondays Thru Fridays 6:00 am 5:15 pm
6:00 am 5:15 pm Parking is free during Mass hours, and for the first hour for visitors and tourists on ordinary days. However, since most Baguio residents and visitors to Session Road leave their cars in the Cathedral parking lot for hours at a time, all week-long, they have decided in recent years to charge a nominal parking fee, which I think is only fair
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Planning to Hold Your Wedding in Baguio?
Finally, I leave you with a video of a wedding held last June 2007. The bride originally was choosing between two churches. The other one was St. Joseph's at Pacdal.
Weddings at the Cathedral are held in the mid afternoons, which is perfect for the couple to freshen up and attend to other matters prior to their reception.
I have included this video to give you a glimpse of the Cathedral's magnificent interiors and the wonderful beginnings of Jeff and Gel's married life.
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