On a day like today, in 1669, the jesuit friar Diego Luis de San Vitores, erects Guam's first Catholic church of the Most Sweet Name of Mary.
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The church faces Spain's square and its structure was erected by San Vitores with the help of the Chamours.
It was received with enthusiasm, as priest Enric Forbes explains in an interview to @PostGuam.
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📷 The Guam Daily Post.
It was received with enthusiasm, as priest Enric Forbes explains in an interview to @PostGuam.
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📷 The Guam Daily Post.
Unfortunately this church, which had been expanded in the 19th century with a bell tower and side chapel, was destroyed in 1944 by a bombing fire, during WWII.
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📷 The Guam Daily Post.
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📷 The Guam Daily Post.
However, Guamanians agreed to rebuild it to continue their Catholic tradition, and raised the Most Sweet Name of Mary again.
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Every year on December 8, Guamanians flock to the cathedral to pay devotion to St. Marian Kåmalen, also known as Our Lady of Camarin, the patron saint of Guam.
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You can discover more about Guam's history on our post: hispaniccouncil.org/entrevista-al-…
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