Tomb in the Church

After a great amazed of how fruitful thistory of Sta. Monica Parish Church our curiosity push it so high thus we kept on questioning like whey there are grave stone inside the church? Are they part in building the Sta. Monica Parish Church?

As our curiosity is still there, Fr. Robert Alba is always present to welcome our question and fill our satisfaction of knowing. According to him what we can see on the grave stone inside the church are the remains of great people behind the history of Panay including the government and church.

Burying in the sacred place is a custom before especially for the prestigious people to buried their remains in this place. Even other country is practicing this custom. Egypt and pyramind is the best example of this.

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Sta. Monica Parish Church stands as a reminder of the First Christian Faith in the island. In 1566, Fr. Martin de Rada, O.S.A was the first to proclaim the Gospel in the island of panay at the riverbank of Bamban (now known as the town of Panay). Now, Panay is known as the Heritage Capital of Capiz because of the rich history and the deep culture it owns. Sta. Monica Parish Church is a 3 century-old church which homes the biggest bell in Asia. The bell was cast in 1878 from 70 sacks of coins, 7 ft. wide by 7 ft high, weigh of 10,400 kilograms (10.4 tons). Sta. Monica Parish Church is internationally renowned Parish Church, declared a National Historical Landmark by the National Historical Institute, and a National Cultural Treasure in 2004 by the National Commission on Culture and the Arts.
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