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Redemptorist Church, National Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Photo: LMP 2001, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
This Modernist Romanesque Catholic church completed in 1958 is an important landmark for Baclaran, and provides a serene atmosphere away from the area's gritty side. Every Wednesday, devotees to the Our Lady of Perpetual Help and the international Redemptorist movement flock this church to pray.
The National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, also known as the Redemptorist Church and colloquially as Baclaran Church, is a national shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Perpetual Help along Roxas Boulevard in Baclaran, Parañaque city of Metro Manila, Philippines. It is under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Parañaque. The church enshrines the icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, and is one of the largest Marian churches in the Philippines.
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It houses a large fountain and a man-made indoor beach.
Parañaque locals led by Don Galo, who became the namesake of the barangay nearby, helped the Spaniards to ward off an attack by the Chinese pirate Limahong off Manila Bay, but the waters nearby is now buried by land reclamation since the 1970s.
A rare thing, natural habitat extant in these parts. Here you can find a mangrove trail and marine views.