G Travel: Christ the King Parish

Monday, April 9, 2012

Church in the sky (Christ the King Parish)

To take advantage of April 9's Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor) holiday, we went on with our Rizal Tour. Our first stop is Christ the King Parish, also known as Church in the Sky. Located at Dela Cuesta Hills, Barangay Muzon, Taytay, Rizal.

The main door.

Christ the King Parish

Christ the King Parish is the first parish created under the Diocese of Antipolo. The feast is celebrated every 3rd Sunday of November. The current Parish Priest is Rev. Fr. Dave Vincent F. Onilongo, which started last September 2009.

Unfortunately, it was Monday when we visited the church. The office and the church itself is closed. We didn't get to see the interior. We were lucky though that it is nested on top of a hill. We get to see the whole town of Taytay and Angono up to Laguna Lake.

Contented with the view

Overlooking view

Parish Service Schedule:

MASS
Monday to Saturday 6:30 AM
Wednesday to Friday 6:00 PM (Old Christ the King Chapel)
Saturday (Anticipated) 6:00 PM
Sunday 6:00 AM, 9:00 AM
5:00 PM, 7:00 PM

Funeral Mass Make an arrangement at the Parish Office two (2) days before interment.

Baptism
Sunday 11:00 AM
Weekday By appointment.

Blessings Make an arrangement at the Parish Office.

Wedding Make an arrangement at the Parish Office at least one (1) month before the wedding date.

Confession
Wednesday & Friday 7:00 AM

Sick Call Anytime, depends on the Priests availability.

Parish Office Hours:
Tuesday to Saturday 8:00 AM - 12:00 noon
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Sunday 8:00 AM - 12:00 noon

Closed on Mondays.

Telephone No: (02) 470-0410

How to get there:

By Private vehicle:
From EDSA, take the Ortigas Ave. Ext. road going to Taytay or Angono. Your landmark is the Muzon Elementary School. Across the school is a small street which has a sign like in the photo below. That street will take you up to Christ the King Parish.

By Public transportation:
From EDSA, we took a jeepney that will pass by KayTikling. Fare is P20 per person. Then another jeepney ride that will pass by Hi-way for P8.50. Ask the driver to drop you off at Muzon Elementary School. Across the school is a street and a small market which has a tricycle terminal on the side. You should be able to see the sign like in the photo below. Tricycle fare to the church is P35 per trip.

Christ the King Parish Church

Read our Rizal Tour from Day 1 to Day 2.

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Rizal Tour (Day 1)

Day 1:

After researching and planning for weeks, we finally pushed through with our Rizal Tour. Our meeting place is at Melvin, Crossing at 6AM. From there, we took a jeepney ride to KayTikling (P20). At KayTikling, we decided to eat breakfast at a local fast food restaurant and bought some essentials at a nearby drug store. After breakfast, we crossed the street and looked for a jeepney that will pass hi-way. We asked the driver to drop us off at Christ the King Parish in Muzon. (Along the hi-way, you should be able to see the old Christ the King church). Tricycles going to the church in the sky is at the street before the old church. It has a sign like in the photo below. Fare is P35 per trip. You may ask the driver to wait for you since there are no other public transportation at the church.

Christ the King Parish

From the hi-way, we took another jeepney ride to Scrapyard (P8.50). This place is where the street to Thunderbird Resort is located. But unfortunately, someone told us that the service van for guests is at the town proper. So we took a tricycle to Angono town for P10 each.

While waiting for the 11AM schedule of pick-up, we decided to pass by Angono Municipal Hall and Blanco Museum. My friends and I just can't resist to take pictures with the Higantes. Angono, aside from being the Art capital of the Philippines, it is also known for their Higantes Festival celebrated every third week of November.

Higantes with Raina and Raz

We went straight to Blanco Museum after cam whoring at the park. Blanco Museum is just two blocks away from the Municipal Hall. Entrance fee for adults is P70 and P50 for kids.

A family of artist

We were amazed of all the paintings made by the whole Blanco family. Specially the huge painting that took Pitok Blanco two years to finish.

The town fiesta

At exactly 11AM, the van for Thunderbird Resort guests arrive. Please remember that it will wait for 3-5 minutes only. The van will leave whether it is full or not. You will have to wait for the next schedule of pick-up if you've been left behind. The van is a free service transportation for hotel and casino guests.

At the Fiesta Casino, we hired a tricycle to take us to Angono Petroglyphs (P30 per trip). Angono Petroglyphs is one of the oldest work of art in the Philippines. Human and animal figures are engraved on rock walls dating back to 3000 B.C.

Angono Petroglyphs

It was past 1PM when we decided to take our lunch at Balaw Balaw Specialty Restaurant. Famous for serving exotic dishes and Minaluto. Aside from their specialty restaurant, they also have an art gallery on their Mezzanine and 2nd floor.

Balaw Balaw Restaurant

After feasting ourselves with food and art, we were hurrying ourselves to get to Daranak and Batlag Falls before dark. We took the Morong-Tanay bound jeepneys around 2:30PM (P35). We asked the driver to drop us at the tricycle terminal bound to Daranak Falls. We took the special trip for P150 since it was already past 4PM. Don't forget to ask the tricycle driver to pick you up at your preferred time.

Most of the people are on their way out when we arrive. The officer-in-charge told us that they will close at 5PM and they won't accept visitors anymore.

We can't risk going back to Angono without nothing so we told them that we are having an ocular inspection only of Daranak and Batlag. We didn't pay the P25 entrance fee of Daranak. But when we reached Batlag, we were told that we have to pay the entrance fee of P50 even for an ocular inspection, so we paid.

Daranak (left) and Batlag Falls

It was really dark when we left the falls. From Tanay, we stopped at Scrapyard Restaurant for dinner at around 9PM. We were suppose to go overlooking the city before going to sleep. But then we thought that we need to rest for another adventure the next day.

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Click on Day 2 of our Rizal Tour.

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