SMAP now continues to heed the mission of the Catholic Church to spread the good news and live according to the teachings of the Bible one parishioner at a time. Michael the Archangel Parish on Apwas simultaneously done with the installation of Fr. Enrique “Betbet” Rabonza IV on Jwho lead various income-generating activities to raise funds for the continuous construction of the church.īy 2016, the parish was able to celebrate its first Simbang Gabi on December 15 as the church construction was nearing to its completion. Eramiz took over on July 31, 2004, preparations for the construction of the new church began.īishop Francisco San Diego, along with the representatives of Ayala Land and Fort Bonifacio Development Corp., signed the memorandum of agreement in March 2007 to allocate the lot to the church.ĭuring the construction, mass celebrations were held in the makeshift chapel for six years.

Two years after, Bishop Socrates Villegas installed Fr. Dojie Asuncion was installed as the first chaplain of the church. Michael Chaplaincy was officially transferred from Military Ordiniarate to the Archdiocese of Manila and Rev. Metro Pacific Investments won the bidding and donated a new church structure located inside the Philippine Army Compound in 1995. In 1993, President Ramos approved the conversion of Military bases and Fort Bonifacio was one of them. It rose in 1957 as a small white post-military chaplain under the Military Ordinariate of the Philippines, which was under the pastoral care of the late Manila Archbishop Rufino Cardinal Santos, first military Vicar of the diocese. Michael the Archangel Parish (SMAP) has a very rich history in Fort Bonifacio, a former military open space before it became known as Bonifacio Global City.

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