The tour we availed of for our Bacolod-Iloilo-Guimaras tour last year included a city tour of Iloilo. We visited a lot of places that day, but notably we went to Iloilo’s “male” and “female” churches. We first went to the “male” church, the Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral. On the pamphlet our tour guide gave us, it says: “Also known as the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Candles”. Established in 1984. The late Graciano Lopez-Jaena was baptized here. The church also possesses the relics of St. Josemaria Escriva. The church was constructed in the Romanesque Revival style with its distinctive…
