the divine sister

CHARLES BUSCH

The divine sister, charles busch, directed by carl andress, charles busch, allison fraser, julie halston, amy rutberg, jennifer van dyck, jonathan walker.

photos by David Rodgers

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY

PRODUCTION CREDITS

Set / Graphic Design

B. T. Whitehill

Costume Design

Fabio Toblini

Lighting Design

Kirk Bookman

Sound Design

Jill DuBoff

Katherine Carr

Original Music

Lewis  Flinn

Production Stage Manager

Angela Allen

Company Manager

Danielle Karliner

Aaron Meier

The New York Times

SOHO PLAYHOUSE PRODUCTION CREDITS

General Manager

Boneau/bryan-Brown

Associate Producers

Alexander Fraser Tim Levy Land Line Productions

The Divine Sister was developed at

Theater for The New City

Crystal Field, Executive Artistic Director

February, 2010

The Divine Sister was produced by

Daryl Roth and Bob Boyett at Soho Playhouse

September, 2010

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Theater Review | 'The Divine Sister'

No Doubt, Not a Typical Singing Nun

By Ben Brantley

• Sept. 22, 2010

We all have our own ideas of heaven. For some, it’s white clouds and harps; for others, an eternal shore of silence. But perhaps you’re one of those souls (and I know you’re out there) who imagine an endless swirl of beautifully bad old movies — a place where the acting is always overripe, the plots as thick as oatmeal and the taste level close to the gutter. If this describes you, paradise awaits you, friend, just south of Houston Street.

Cue the “Hallelujah” chorus. Charles Busch has put on a nun’s habit and is talking to God, from whom he has evidently received blessed counsel. “The Divine Sister,” his new comedy at the SoHo Playhouse, finds Mr. Busch returned to peak form. This gleefully twisted tale of the secret lives of nuns — in which the playwright doubles as leading lady — is Mr. Busch’s freshest, funniest work in years, perhaps decades.

Mr. Busch might argue that all he has done is revive the formula that made him famous a quarter of a century ago, when his “Vampire Lesbians of Sodom” became a must-have downtown ticket. Since then, he has written a hit mainstream Broadway comedy ( “The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife” ) and experimented erratically with costume drama (“Queen Amarantha”) and comic meditations on truth versus fiction ( “The Third Story” ).

But Mr. Busch should never undervalue what he does best: transforming vintage-movie love into irreverently reverent theater, in which affection and subversion live in happy, bawdy harmony. Sure, New York has known a hefty share of Hollywood-inspired drag queens. But few have matched Mr. Busch in packing decades of celluloid dreams into an hour or two of stage satire.

As “The Divine Sister” reminds us, Mr. Busch doesn’t do single-note send-ups. Directed by his frequent collaborator Carl Andress and featuring a priceless Julie Halston and Alison Fraser, this show is ostensibly a naughty riff on wholesome mid-1960s fare like “The Trouble With Angels” and “The Singing Nun.” These were aggressively family-oriented films in which women in wimples were wise and cute and unthreatening, bulwarks of wholesomeness in a druggy, sex-crazed era.

Certainly the Mother Superior of St. Veronica’s convent school is aware of her place in history. “My dear, we are living in a time of great social change,” says the Mother Superior, who is portrayed, of course, by Mr. Busch. “We must do everything in our power to stop it.”

Mr. Busch would seem to be basing his portrait on late-career Rosalind Russell, who starred in “The Trouble With Angels” and its sequel. His face a mask of warm condescension, his diction as plummy as damson preserves, Mr. Busch does evoke the holier-than-thou graciousness into which Russell evolved. But wait. Before Russell was a grande dame, she was just a dame, as Mr. Busch well remembers.

So it turns out that before she took the veil, our Mother Superior had a life as a girl reporter, who bears a distinct resemblance to Hildy Johnson, the ace journalist played by Russell in the wonderful Howard Hawks film “His Girl Friday.” Flashback! There’s the beloved M.S. when she was still sassy Susan of The Daily Graphic, swapping machine-gun dialogue as foreplay with a fellow reporter (the terrific Jonathan Walker). The rapid, tongue-twisting pace here matches the exhilarating, exhausting tempo of Hawks’s film.

Whew! No wonder Susie graduated to a life of contemplation in a nun’s habit (also so conveniently flattering to an older gal’s chin-line and waist-line). But serenity will prove elusive at St. Veronica’s. Mother Superior isn’t the only one on the premises with a past. There’s a bulging roster of Sisters with Secrets: Sister Acacius (Ms. Halston), the hearty convent wrestling coach; Sister Walburga (a scrumptiously vulpine Ms. Fraser), a recent transplant from Berlin; and the fresh-faced postulant, Agnes (the delightful Amy Rutberg).

The unraveling of those secrets involves enough plot threads to weave a center-hall tapestry. It’s a process that allows Mr. Busch to summon a host of cultural references to ecumenically themed entertainments. We segue from the sunny environs of “The Singing Nun” and “The Sound of Music” (Mother Superior strums a guitar and lip syncs inspiringly) and older happy-nun movies (“The Bells of St. Mary’s”) to the shadows of nun noir cinema and theater (Michael Powell’s “Black Narcissus” and the convent mysteries “Agnes of God” and “Doubt”).

Along the way, there are expressive nods to Mrs. Venable’s florid God-renouncing speech from “Suddenly, Last Summer” (impeccably delivered by Jennifer Van Dyck as the town’s rich resident atheist) and the mazelike convolutions of “The Da Vinci Code” and “The Name of the Rose.” (Yes, there’s a sinister monk on board, too, played by Mr. Walker.)

These allusions add up to something more than a pop-fizzy crossword puzzle. Within the silliness lies a canny awareness of how mass culture has exploited our suspicions of those who live in religious orders. What are these people hiding behind their habits and cassocks and cloister walls? The lucrative career of the novelist Dan Brown is all the evidence you need that this fascination hasn’t died.

Of course, you don’t have to think along such lofty lines to appreciate “The Divine Sister.” It is also camp vaudeville of a very high (or high-low) order, a mixture of Rabelaisian crudeness and stylistic flourishes, of a wide-eyed fan’s innocence and a connoisseur’s savvy. This is evident in the show’s cheerfully wicked sets (by B. T. Whitehill) and costumes (by Fabio Toblini) and, above all, the performances.

Ms. Halston, who has a long history with Mr. Busch, is delivering a master class in the comic art of listening. But all the women here demonstrate that you don’t have to be a man to be a first-class female impersonator. Mr. Busch has the most, er, catholic range, conjuring up a phalanx of wimple-wearing heroines, past and present: Deborah Kerr, Ingrid Bergman, Loretta Young and a certain great contemporary stage star who is returning to Broadway this season (in “Mrs. Warren’s Profession”) and won a Tony for playing a Mother Superior five years ago:

Get thee to Mr. Busch’s nunnery, Cherry Jones. When you hear him pronounce the word “doubt,” you will learn that you have joined that select, illustrious pantheon of actresses worthy of this spoofmeister’s mimicry.

The Divine Sister

By Charles Busch; directed by Carl An-dress; sets by B. T. Whitehill; costumes by Fabio Toblini; lighting by Kirk Bookman; sound by Jill B C DuBoff; wig design by Katherine Carr; music by Lewis Flinn; production stage manager, Angela Allen; production manager, Ricardo Taylor; company manager, Danielle Karliner; general manager, Adam Hess; associate producers, Alexander Fraser, Tim Levy and Land Line Productions. Presented by Daryl Roth and Bob Boyett. At the SoHo Playhouse, 15 Van Dam Street, South Village; 212-691-1555; ovationtix.com. Running time: 1 hour 30 minutes.

WITH: Charles Busch (Mother Superior), Alison Fraser (Sister Walburga/Mrs.Macduffie), Amy Rutberg (Agnes), Jennifer Van Dyck (Mrs. Levinson/Timothy), Jonathan Walker (Jeremy/Brother Venerius) and Julie Halston (Sister Acacius).

A listing of credits on Thursday with a theater review of “The Divine Sister,” at the SoHo Playhouse, misstated the surname of the composer of the show’s music. He is Lewis Flinn, not Finn.

A listing of credits and contact information on Thursday with a theater review of “The Divine Sister,” at the SoHo Playhouse, misstated the theater’s telephone number. It is (212) 691-1555.

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The Divine Sister tells the story of St. Veronica's indomitable Mother Superior, who is determined to build a new school for her convent. Along the way, she has to deal with a young postulant who is experiencing "visions", sexual hysteria among her nuns, a sensitive schoolboy in need of mentoring, a mysterious nun visiting from the Mother House in Berlin and a former suitor intent on luring her away from her vows.

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Performances ended on May. 1, 2011.

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What Is the Story of The Divine Sister ? The Divine Sister follows a group of nuns in a Pittsburgh convent, struggling to keep their parish alive. The church’s Mother Superior seeks the financial aid of a local rich Jewish woman who harbors a dark secret. Back at the church, the head nun must also deal with an old flame hoping to rekindle their romance, a young postulant who claims she has visions of God and a suspicious nun sent to the convent from Germany.  

Cast & Creative

An accomplished playwright and drag performer, Busch first became known after writing and starring in Vampire Lesbians of Sodom . Since then, he has written and starred in several of his own plays and films and was nominated for a Tony Award in 2001 for his play The Tale of the Allergist's Wife .

Miss Halston is one of New York's busiest actresses and was the recipient of the 2021 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award for her advocacy on behalf of The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation. Her Broadway credits are numerous, including  Tootsie, Hairspray, Gypsy, Anything Goes,  and  The Twentieth Century.  She received the Richard Seff Award for her acclaimed performance in  You Can't Take it   with You  and has garnered four Drama Desk nominations for her Broadway and off-Broadway work.  Miss Halston was a founding member of Charles Busch's legendary theatre company and co-starred with Mr. Busch in many productions including  The   Divine Sister, Red Scare on Sunset,  and  The Lady in Question.   They starred together in the independent feature film,  The Sixth Reel.  In addition, Miss Halston recently completed the independent feature films,  Intermedium  and  Simchas and Sorrows  and  Chosen Family  with Heather Graham. Television credits include a recurring role on the latest Gossip Girl, guest roles on The Good Fight, Almost Family and Divorce .  In addition, she has reprised her role of the popular character, Bitsy Von Muffling on the Sex and The City reboot, And Just Like That   on MAX. Miss Halston's web series,  Virtual Halston  was a pandemic hit with over 40 YOUTUBE episodes. 

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A religious sister in theology’s halls of power

By Sr. Francine-Marie Cooper, ISSM

“All of my predecessors were priests and bishops,” Sr. M. Isabell explained with a smile. The Schoenstatt Sister of Mary was referring to her appointment as President of the Catholic Institute of Sydney, Australia, the country’s only ecclesiastical faculty, which confers Pontifical degrees in Sacred Theology. The faculty was established in 1954 for Australia, New Zealand and Oceania.

Sr. M. Isabell Naumann, a German-born member of the Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary (ISSM), was appointed President of the Catholic Institute of Sydney in 2018 by Archbishop Anthony Fisher, OP.

Prior to her appointment, Sr. M. Isabell worked for many years as professor at the Catholic Institute of Sydney. Her appointment as president of the Institute still came as a surprise.

In an interview with Vatican News, Sr. M. Isabell said, “There are not too many women who lead ecclesiastical faculties or universities. Ours goes back to the 1880s, and it became an ecclesiastical faculty in 1956. All of my predecessors were priests and bishops.”

Three years after her appointment as President of the Catholic Institute of Sydney, in October 2021, Sr. M. Isabell was called by Pope Francis to be a member of the International Theological Commission (ITC).

Handling questions of major importance to the Church

The task of the ITC is to help the Holy See, especially the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, examine doctrinal questions of major importance.

The members are nominated by the Holy Father for five years after having been proposed by the Cardinal Prefect of the Dicastery and after consultation with the Bishops’ Conferences.

Sr. M. Isabell is one of the few women in the Commission. “We are only five women, and we are all together a group of 29,” she said.

The womanly way of thinking and approaching a topic

In her opinion, there should be a stronger presence of women in such commissions like the ITC. She finds this important, “so that you have more complementary thinking.”

“It is very important because we might deal with the same topic, but you have different ways of approaching the topic, and in my eyes that is a very important complement, and that needs to come together when you deal with anything in theology,” she explained, expressing her hope that there will be more women on such commissions in future.

Pope Francis often stresses the importance of woman and their role within the Church.

In an address delivered to the ITC on November 30, 2023, he said, “Women have a capacity for theological reflection that is different to that of us men. The Church is woman. And if we do not know what a woman is, what the theology of a woman is, we will never understand what the Church is.”

The Pope then added, “And this is a task that I ask of you, please. To make the Church less masculine.”

Having worked in ecclesial circles for many years, Sr. Isabell has come to appreciate the unique contribution that women have to give to the Church. 

The Marian Charism of the community of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary, to which Sr. Isabell belongs, places a particular emphasis on helping women embrace and develop their unique feminine identity and thus enrich society and the Church.

In her work in education, administration and academic research for the Church, the German-born sister sees a concrete way of living her community’s charism and contributing to the feminine or Marian aspect within the Church.

Importance of women in priestly formation

Before becoming president of the Catholic Institute of Sydney, the Schoenstatt Sister of Mary worked for eleven years as dean of studies in the seminary.

“I was actually the first woman dean of studies in a seminary (the Good Shepherd Seminary in Sydney) here in Australia. Normally, it's not a woman,” she said.

She spoke of the particular importance of having women involved in the formation of priests. “That was very important,” she added, “because when it came to decision making: ‘does this candidate really have a calling?’ Men would often approach it from a particular side, but women, because we are more relational, we have a different way of looking at a person,” she explained. “And in my experience, that was a very healthy and a very sound way of coming to a decision.”

Sr. M. Isabell summed up her experience saying, “I could see how important it is that whenever we deal with education, with anything that has to do with the human person, you need to have both the masculine and the feminine way of thinking represented.”

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Divine Sister has a total of 36 ranks; these ranks are divided into 8 sub-categories:

• 🌅 Divinor Ranks
• 🥉 Torium Ranks
• 🌕 Maha Ranks
• 🌕 Majora Ranks
• ✂️ Asset Ranks
• ⚖️ Imperial Ranks
• ⭐️ Divine Ranks
• 1 Current Ranks
• 2.1 ~June 2022
• 2.2 ~December 2020
• 2.3 ~June 2020
• 2.4 ~May 2020
• 2.5 ~December 2019
• 2.6 ~October 2019

Current Ranks

• 🌈 LGBTQ+ Divinor
• 🏳️‍🌈 Honored Divinor
• 📜 House of Torium
• 🥉 Torium Trainee
• 🥉 Torium Aide
• 🥉 Torium Helper
• 🥉 Torium Nanny
• 🥈 Torium Carer
• 🥈 Torium Courier
• 🥇 Torium Matrona
• 📜 House of Maha-
• 🌑 Maha Servant
• 🌘 Maha Stooge
• 🌗 Maha Consultant
• 🌖 Maha Counsel
• 🌕 Maha Chief
• 📜 House of Majora
• 🌑 Maj Servant
• 🌘 Maj Novitiate
• 🌗 Maj Neophyte
• 🌖 Maj Proselyte
• 🌕 Maj Priesten
• 📜 House of Holite
• ✂️ Holy Tailor
• 🔩 Holy Artisan
• 🌸 Holy Mashallah
• 📜 House of Imperial
• ⚖️ Imperial Senate
• ⚖️ Imperial Magnate
• ⚖️ Imperial Monarch
• 📜 The Holy Divinity
• ⚙️ Divine's Developer
• ⭐️ Divine Sister

Older Ranks

• 🌈 LGBTQ+ Citizen
• 🏳️‍🌈 Honored Citizen

~December 2020

• 🌈 LGBTQ+ Islander
• 🏳️‍🌈 Honored Islander
• 🥉 Torium Carer
• 🥉 Torium Courier
• 🥉 Torium Chaperon
• 🥀 Holy Diener
• 🌹 Holy Mortician
• 🌷 Holy Emissary
• 🌺 Holy Oracle
• House of Maha-
• House of Maj-
• 🥈 Torium Diener
• 🥈 Torium Mortician
• 🥇 Torium Emissary
• 🥇 Torium Oracle
• 🔮 Divine's Prioress

~December 2019

• 🥉 Torium Assistant
• 🥉 Torium Maid
• 🥉 Torium Chaneler
• ✂️ Torium Tailor
• 🔨 Torium Contractor

~October 2019

• 🥇 Torium Nurse
• 🥇 Torium Nun
• ⚙️ Divine's Architect
• ✋ Divine's Left hand
• 🤚 Divine's Right Hand
• 1 De Pride Isle Sanatorium
• 3 Les Beyond East

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Norwegian sisters Kari and May are devout in their religious convictions — to the degree that they perceive divine signs all around them. When May visits Kari in Sweden and decides to buy an apartment in the area to be closer to her, both sisters end up experiencing a divine sign at one particular apartment that prompts them to buy it. However, once they convene to buy it, they witness a shocking revelation that turns their lives upside down: the seller looks identical to their older sister Astrid, who committed suicide some thirty years before. What’s even more unusual: Olaug, the seller of the apartment, used to go by “Lita,” the same distinctive nickname as Kari and May’s deceased sister. 

The sisters recruit director Maria Fredriksson to pursue these unusual circumstances, and the filmmaker is thrust into uncovering secrets and eerie mysteries of a bizarre family story. Fredriksson’s The Gullspång Miracle is a mesmerizing and consistently surprising documentary that epitomizes the ‘stranger than fiction’ narrative. Replete with comically awkward situations and one engrossing revelation after another, the film is a deft exploration of identity and the consequences of stubborn beliefs.—Jose Rodriguez

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Visita Iglesia 2024: Adoration Convent of Divine Peace Chapel (Pink Sisters Chapel)

C EBU CITY, Philippines — In the Philippines, the Lent Season is commonly observed as a time to look into one’s self and open the heart to develop a stronger relationship with God.

Among the many traditions Filipinos follow every Lent Season is the Visit Iglesia.

For a significant number of devotees, it has become an integral part of their Holy Week observation to visit various different churches and chapels with family and friends.

This year for the Holy Week 2024,  CDN Digital once again visited a number of religious places of worship in Cebu to help you discover more about the churches where you can reflect and repent.

One of these is a small chapel located just by the roadside along A.S Fortuna Street in Barangay Banilad, Mandaue City.

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After entering a green gate, guests are welcomed into the Adoration Convent of Divine Peace Chapel also locally known as the Pink Sisters chapel.

Surrounded by trees and flowers, this small chapel may not be known by many but it is beloved by locals as the perfect place to reflect in peace and quiet.

The convent belongs to a German congregation called the Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit and Perpetual Adoration.

Origin of Pink Sisters Chapel in Cebu

In an interview with CDN Digital, one of the nuns in the chapel, Sister Maria, shared that they had been in the area for around 50 years.

She also said that the congregation’s humble beginnings could be traced back to the village of Steyl, Holland.

The Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters (SSpSAp i.e. Congregatio Servarum Spiritus Sancti de Adoratione perpetua) was founded by a German diocesan priest, Saint Arnold Janssen on December 8, 1896.

This was done with the assistance of Mother Mary Michael, its first Superior General.

After the creation of the Mission Congregation of the Servants of the Holy Spirit, Saint Arnold founded the Holy Spirit of Perpetual Adoration, otherwise known as the Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters.

As missionaries traveled to different countries to spread the word, the congregation had built two prosperous convents in the Philippines by 1965.

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None of them, however, was in Cebu. In Cebu where Magellan first planted the Christian cross upon his arrival to the province in 1521 and where there are a significant number of Catholics.

Fortunately, plans were conducted to build a convent after a visit by Mother Mary Aurora to Cebu in early 1970.

During the celebration of the 25th anniversary of Cardinal Rosales’ episcopal ordination in 1971, the cornerstone of the new Adoration Chapel and Convent of Divine Peace was arranged.

However, it could be more than a year before the completed chapel was inaugurated on July 27, 1974.

In their official website, the chapel is described as “a gathering point of both individuals and groups to honor our Eucharistic Lord in the liturgy and in para-liturgical services, as well as in the annual Eucharistic Festival for nine days before the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, which draws fervent overflow crowds.”

Upon entering the gate, the area has a wide concrete parking space surrounded by well-maintained trees and bushes.

Sister Maria explained that the church was purposely built to have an area showcasing the beauty of nature as it aids in their adoration.

“Usually, our convent is built with gardens because we are contemplatives. So the nature it affords us to contemplate more on God. But it’s more in the Adoration,” she stated.

Furthermore, the refreshing view allows better contemplation for the nuns who are unable to go out of the convent.

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The simple design of the chapel has remained over the years with only a few renovations done on the building for an air of modernity.

With the outside featuring greenery, the doors by the walls of the chapel are usually opened giving the inside an airy cool atmosphere.

While the chapel may be smaller compared to other churches in the city, the place offers a serene vibe that is quiet despite being in a busy area.

The altar, however, is separated by a railing. This serves as a barrier for the nuns who regularly come to pray from the outside world, according to Sister Maria.

Inside the chapel, there are also three religious statues placed facing the altar.

“It represented the three saints. One saint of Cebu (San Pedro Calungsod), the other is our son founder (St. Arnold Janssen), the other is another saint from our congregation (St. Joseph Freinademetz), said Sister Maria.

Another notable feature of this chapel is that it is the home of the “Pink Sisters,” who wear bold pink habits instead of the traditional and unassuming black and white.

Sister Maria said that the nuns in the convent living a serene life wear the color pink because it symbolizes love.

“Because we are dedicated to the Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit is the God of Love. So our founder, St. Arnold Jensen, chose the pink color. Pink represents love,” she said.

“We are separated. We belong to the cloistered. The blue are the active ones. They are the Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters. And then the SVDs, they have the school…They are the priests and brothers,” said Sister Maria.

While living a cloistered life inside the convent, the 16 Pink Sisters in Mandaue City follow a daily routine of worship, pouring faith into every detail of their day.

“We pray 24 hours daily. We have adoration in the morning and in the evening. So it’s round the clock. At night, we have one hour and 30 minutes adoration for each sister,” she said.

“We are separated from the world. But we pray for the whole world,” said Sister Maria.

With the eucharistic adoration as their apostolate, masses are celebrated every day at 6:30 a.m. and on Sundays: 7:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Now, the congregation has a total of 6 convents in the country. Other than Cebu, these are located in Manila, Tagaytay, Baguio, Aklan, Davao.

“We are already 50 years here in Cebu. We celebrated our golden anniversary last June,” added Sister Maria.

For the upcoming Holy Week, the convent has their own activities scheduled, including spiritual conferences.

Sister Maria invited the public to visit the chapel and take part in their observation of the Lenten season.

“Everybody is invited…We are inviting people to come to adore Jesus. Actually this is the Holy Trinity in the blessed sacrament,” she said.

How to get there

If you’re interested in visiting the Adoration Convent of Divine Peace Chapel, you can get there by riding a bus or jeep bound to Mandaue City if you’re from the northern areas like Consolacion and Liloan.

After getting off a the bus stop near the Department of Foreign Affairs building, you can ride a jeep with code 221 or 13H to get to A.S. Fortuna Street.

Another option is to ride the same jeepneys from the North Bus Terminal.

If you’re from downtown Cebu City, you can board a jeep bound to Colon from the South Bus Terminal and get off at Sikatuna street.

After walking for around 3 minutes, you will reach Sancianko street where you can ride a jeep with code 62B headed to Pit-os.

Tell the driver to drop you off at the Banilad Town Center. After this, the chapel is only a few minutes walk away.

Mass schedules

Monday to Saturday – 6:30 A.M.

First Saturday – 6:30 A.M.

Sundays – 7:00 A.M. and 5:30 P.M.

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