The Sta. Ana Church, Our Lady of the Abandoned

It was the middle of October and it was just one of those days when you feel you wanted to go out into the world. Well, that's what we did.

So this Pasig River Ferry ride just opened and their offering free trial rides from Guadalupe to some parts of Makati. This improvement benefits us the most since we often use either buses, trains and other means of public transport to go to and from places. This time it was bound to Sta. Ana, of the stops on the ferry ride and it cuts transportation time to pretty much half, if not more.

Upon arriving we are awed by the surprise of a new adventure, a new land, a place my foot has never set into yet. After passing some market place we stubbled upon this beauty of a wonder, The Sta. Ana Church.

I won't bore you into the details on how's it build and what-not's, as per Wikipedia this was build by the Franciscans. The National Shrine of Our Lady of the Abandoned, also known as Santa Ana Church, is a Spanish colonial period Roman Catholic church located in the district of Santa Ana in Manila, Philippines. The parish was established by the Franciscan missionaries in 1578 under the patronage of Saint Anne.

ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Ana_Church_(Manila)

Right in front of the church, just across the road was the Pao Ong Hu Temple where they sell the most memorable puto bung-bung one can ever find as early as October.

After eating and checking the wonderful things inside the temple, we went back to the Sta. Ana Church and prayed a bit, thanked the blessings we've received and the went home.