{"id":10453,"date":"2025-07-16T14:17:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T06:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/?p=10453"},"modified":"2025-07-16T17:45:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T09:45:27","slug":"religious-tourism-in-bulacan-via-the-shrine-for-st-kim-tae-gon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/religious-tourism-in-bulacan-via-the-shrine-for-st-kim-tae-gon\/","title":{"rendered":"Religious tourism in Bulacan via the shrine for St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Not many people may know this, but the Province of Bulacan has <a href=\"https:\/\/bulacan.gov.ph\/tourism\/religious-sites\/\">22 religious sites<\/a> recognized by the local government unit (LGU). That\u2019s 22\u2026 although there may be more because what are usually popularly advertised are venues only of Roman Catholicism.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All the same, this should highlight to all that, when you\u2019re a tourist in the Province of Bulacan, you may want to focus your tours to churches, churches and more churches. Yeah, natural offerings like caves and falls are there; but infrastructure issues make them hard to access. Water parks are often overcrowded. And the malls\u2026 well, they\u2019re just malls that make oligarchs richer. The churches, though, they abound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is how \u2013 after aimlessly wandering for hours \u2013 we discovered the Shrine of Saint Andrew Kim Tae-gon.<\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@outragemag\/video\/7527557700193029394\" data-video-id=\"7527557700193029394\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\" >\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@outragemag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@outragemag?refer=embed\">@outragemag<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Religious sites as tourist destinations? In #Bulacan, we #LGBT checked the Shrine of Saint Andrew Kim Tae-gon<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound  - Outrage Magazine\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-Outrage-Magazine-7527557770183248657?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound  &#8211; Outrage Magazine<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now\u2026 this will sound like a religious history lesson, but here goes, anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This place in Bocaue, Bulacan has various names \u2013 e.g. as the Parish of Nuestro Se\u00f1or Jesucristo, and as the Diocesan Shrine of Saint Andrew Kim Tae-gon, though people just call it as the \u201cShrine of Saint Andrew Kim\u201d. This is a Roman Catholic church under the Diocese of Malolos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"571\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"10455\" src=\"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon1-571x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon1-571x1024.jpg 571w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon1-167x300.jpg 167w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon1-768x1378.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon1-856x1536.jpg 856w, 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loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"571\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"10460\" src=\"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon6-571x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon6-571x1024.jpg 571w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon6-167x300.jpg 167w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon6-768x1378.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon6-856x1536.jpg 856w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon6.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"571\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"10461\" src=\"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon7-571x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon7-571x1024.jpg 571w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon7-167x300.jpg 167w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon7-768x1378.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon7-856x1536.jpg 856w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon7.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"571\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"10458\" src=\"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon8-571x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon8-571x1024.jpg 571w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon8-167x300.jpg 167w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon8-768x1378.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon8-856x1536.jpg 856w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon8.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"571\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"10462\" src=\"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon9-571x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon9-571x1024.jpg 571w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon9-167x300.jpg 167w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon9-768x1378.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon9-856x1536.jpg 856w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon9.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"571\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"10464\" src=\"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon10-571x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon10-571x1024.jpg 571w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon10-167x300.jpg 167w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon10-768x1378.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon10-856x1536.jpg 856w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon10.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Nasa<\/em> name <em>naman<\/em> that the patron saint of the church was the first Korean Christian priest <em>and<\/em> then a martyr, Andrew Kim Tae-gon. Born in the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century, Kim actually lived as a seminarian in Lolomboy in Bocaue. In Joseon, he was with a group of French missionaries who converted Korean people to Christianity. He was eventually arrested and then executed in 1846. Pope Pius XI beatified him in 1925, and Pope John Paul II canonized him in May 1984.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are various buildings in the Shrine of Saint Andrew Kim Tae-gon, which was completed in 2015. The main building has a chapel and a room containing info and artifacts related to the namesake patron saint. There\u2019s another chapel beside the main building, and then a walkway leading to a mini-park, gazebo, and the convent of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SistersOfStAndrewConventLolomboyPhilippines\/\">Sisters of St. Andrew<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re religious\u2026 or at least spiritual, this may be an okay alternative place for you to worship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But this place may be said to also show the challenges of keeping the faithful\u2026 faithful. As the caretaker\/parking aide\/security guard\/vendor for the day of our visit stated: \u201c<em>Walang pera<\/em>.\u201d And so the existing buildings aren\u2019t well-kept, with signs of neglect actually apparent; and there are incomplete buildings here, as if waiting not to be finished, but be swallowed by nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now\u2026 if you\u2019re in Bulacan and are keen to see non-traditional Roman Catholic churches, then a visit to the Shrine of Saint Andrew Kim Tae-gon may be worth it. Not much to do here, truth be told, but\u2026 yeah, at least you can tick this off <em>na sa<\/em> list of Bulacan\u2019s religious sites for you to visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"571\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"10465\" src=\"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon11-571x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon11-571x1024.jpg 571w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon11-167x300.jpg 167w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon11-768x1378.jpg 768w, 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class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"571\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"10466\" src=\"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon15-571x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon15-571x1024.jpg 571w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon15-167x300.jpg 167w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon15-768x1378.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon15-856x1536.jpg 856w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kim-Tae-gon15.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a 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luck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>The Shrine of Saint Andrew Kim Tae-gon is at 623 Mendoza St., Lolomboy, Bocaue, Bulacan. It is open from 8AM to 5PM every Tuesday to Sunday. Entrance fee is \u20b120 per person; and parking fee is \u20b120 for car and \u20b110 for motorcycle. For more information, contact (+639) 334133957 or (+639) 275147365.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Religious sites as tourist destinations? 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