Our Lady of Mt. Carmel is a Roman Catholic and Marian church located in Calmay, Janiuay, Iloilo, Philippines.
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History
Fr. Cesario Jalea began celebrating religious services in Calmay on May 3, 1964. A makeshift house of worship made of bamboo and cogon was put up in an upland area called Sumandig, and thus it was referred to as Monte Carmelo.
It became a parish on May 19, 1965, with Fr. Zacarias Eñano as the first parish priest. The church was transferred to a property donated by Mayor Jose Locsin that was situated in a flat plain and accessible to many parishioners in Barangay Calmay.
The parish provides pastoral care in the communities of Agcarope, Anhawan, Atimonan, Barasalan, Calmay, Canauili, Canauilian, Curidad, Kuyot, Monte Magapa, Panglilihan, Panuran, Pararinga, Quipot, Ubian, and Yabon.
Architecture
The church has a dark red-brown palette with dashes of yellow, blue, and white. Its primary doorway has an overhang with corbels, and it is flanked with pointed arch windows. It is embellished by grooved concrete that mimics masonry, embedded columns made to appear like timber, and surfaces with drawn-on areas that look like stack of stones. The pediment has a blind round window bisected by a white line. A belfry rises from the aperture in the epistle side.
Celebration
The feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel is July 16.
Mass schedule
Below is the weekly mass schedule of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Calmay, Janiuay, Iloilo from June 9, 2025 to June 15, 2025. Please reach out to the church for an updated schedule. Additionally, you may also want to view mass schedules of churches in Janiuay.
Monday
- No mass schedule found.
Tuesday
- No mass schedule found.
Wednesday
- 4:00-5:00 PM (Novena Mass)
Thursday
- 6:00-7:00 AM
Friday
- 6:00-7:00 AM
Saturday
- 6:00-7:00 AM
Sunday
- 6:00-7:00 AM
- 8:00-9:00 AM
Church information
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Name | Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Calmay, Janiuay, Iloilo |
| Address | Calmay, Janiuay, Iloilo 5034 |
| Country | Philippines |
| rcja.ourladyofmtcarmel@gmail.com | |
| www.facebook.com | |
| Religion | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Status | Parish |
| Declared as parish | May 19, 1965 |
| Age as parish | 60 years |
| Archdiocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jaro |
| Vicariate | Vicariate of St. Simon the Zealot |
| Patron | Our Lady of Mt. Carmel |
| Feast day | July 16 |
| Architecture | |
| Belfry | 1 |
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References
- Vicariate and Parishes. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jaro. Retrieved December 14, 2023
- PARISH FIESTA SERIES no. 30. Jaro Archdiocesan Commission on Catechesis and Catholic Education – ACCCE. June 24, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2023