It was not too long time ago when I proposed to other Cebu Bloggers to blog about the churches in Cebu City. Although, it is one of those shelved events for CBS, I am still looking forward for that event to be realized sometime soon. But, little did I know that there is this well-admired group in Cebu that obviously thinks louder than I do. They followed the right path and journeyed the whole Province of Cebu to showcase in photos the great religious heritage of the Philippine’s cradle of Christianity – Cebu in a book entitled “Balaanong Bahandi”.

Balaanong Bahandi (Book Jacket/Front Page)

Balaanong Bahandi is your ultimate guide to the Archdiocese’s architectural heritage. It features more than 260 pages of full color photographs of various parish churches in the archdiocese Cebu from the earliest missions to contemporary parishes, including all of the outstanding artistry they contain, from bas-reliefs. Balaanong Bahandi: Sacred Treasures of the Archdiocese of Cebu is published by the Cathedral Museum of Cebu, Inc. and the University of San Carlos Press.

I was one of the invited guests for the launching at the Cathedral Museum of Cebu on November 26, 2009 for this collector’s must-have. I was also honored to meet some of the photographers who painstakingly put on their efforts to realize this marvelous undertaking to document the magnificent churches of Cebu in a color and art extravaganza. Some of them were familiar online personalities from Skyscrapercity Cebu and known blogs that I followed, they are Estan Cabigas, Lorenz Gibb Lapinid, Mark Andrew Jorolan. Other contributors are Gil Maningo, Fr. Jun Rebayla, SVD, Carlos Apuhin, Rudy Alix. Various personalities in Cebu including the governor herself Gwendolyn Garcia and Cardinal Ricardo Vidal attended the event.

There are only 800 copies left. No planned for reprints yet.

Thanks to knightcarl for the invite.

For inquiries
Email: knightcarl[at]cebuheritage[dot]com.