Jesus dela Pena Chapel
About Jesus dela Pena Chapel
Jesus dela Pena Chapel or San Isidro Labrador Church is a historic visita in Marikina where the primary Catholic Mass changed into held. Built by means of the Society of Jesus within the yr 1630 with the permission of the reigning Archbishop of Manila, its established order marked the beginning of the recorded history of Marikina, which become once a massive and mountainous vicinity traversed via the Marikina River.
The construction of Jesus de la Pena Chapel marks the start of Christianity in Marikina. Before the Spaniards arrived, the vicinity was settled through river-dwellers who relied on the Marikina River for their approach of livelihood. When the Jesuits first came to the idyllic, fertile land now called Jesus dela Pena, they introduced with them a small image of Jesus. Fired with zeal to convert the natives to Catholicism, they held the first Mass in a former storage residence on April 16, 1630. Afterwards, they right away shaped their order on the west bank of the river which became complete of huge rocks. Inspired via the web page, the clergymen quickly known as the vicinity as Jesus dela Pena which become also the call of the new challenge.
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