天主教耶蘇聖心堂

天主教耶蘇聖心堂
Sacred Heart Church : キリストの聖心教会は、1952年中国共産党の宗教弾圧から逃れセブ市に定住を許された亡命中国人コミュニティの教会だ。

中国本土を追われ台湾経由でこの地にたどり着いた亡命中国人キリスト教徒。イエズス会の働きかけにより、セブ司教区の認可を受けて、Sacred Heart Parishを設立。1960年聖心堂で最初のミサが捧げられた。

貿易や商工業で成功したセブの亡命中国人キリスト教徒のコミュニティーは潤沢な財源を基に、Sacred Heart School （Ateneo de Cebu/ School for girls）を創立する。

異国の地で財を成しても、再び祖国の地を踏む夢は叶わなかった亡命者の魂は中国風の廟に納められ永遠の眠りについている。

今日の教会
天主教耶蘇聖心堂
イエズス会 : Sacred Heart Church
Sacred Heart Parish
242D. Jakosalem Street, Cebu City

Sacred Heart Parish is a Jesuit-administered Roman Catholic Personal Parish for the Chinese-Filipino Community of Cebu, with Territorial Jurisdiction. It has recently been decreed as the Archdiocesan Shrine of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, by his Excellency, Jose Palma, D.D., Metropolitan Archbishop of Cebu.

Originally dedicated to Our Lady Queen of China, Sacred Heart Parish - Jesuit was founded in 1952. A group of zealous Chinese Catholics in Cebu City, Philippines, with the permission of the Archbishop of Cebu, requested Rev. Fr. Paul O'Brien, S.J., then Superior of the Jesuits of the China Mission, for a Jesuit priest to minister to their pastoral needs.

The community managed to renovate the ground floor of the Convento of Cebu Cathedral and turned it into a chapel where Masses for the Cebuano Chinese were offered.

Soon, a co-educational school was established at the Mabini-Manalili area, not far from the Cathedral. Fr. Francisco Heras, S.J., also expelled by Communist China, became the first director of Sacred Heart School for Boys (now Sacred Heart School - Ateneo de Cebu).

The church was completed in record time to celebrate its first Mass on Christmas Eve of 1960. This is the SACRED HEART CHURCH - JESUIT that we see today.

Sacred Heart Parish
242D. Jakosalem Street, Cebu City