Chapel of Holy Relics is a Roman Catholic church under the Order of Augustinian Discalced located in OAD Tabor Hill, Purok 3, Barangay San Jose, Talamban, Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines.
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History
Tabor Hill is a five-hectare provincial house of the Order of Discalced Augustinian (Ordo Augustiniensium Discalceatorum) in the Philippines established in 1995. It is named after the mountain in Galilee, Israel where the Transfiguration of Jesus took place.
It houses the Tabor Hill College-OAD, seminary, retreat house, the life-sized Station of the Cross, grottoes of Our Lady of Consolation and Our Lady of Lourdes, oratories of St. Rita and Our Lady of Manaoag, Fatima Garden, Adoration Chapel, columbary, farm, and the Chapel of Holy Relics.
Fund-raising activities for the construction of the Chapel of Holy Relics and the retreat house occurred in 2000.
The chapel was established in 2012. It is famed as a repository of over 4,000 relics and religious objects, of which over 2,000 were donated by the Vatican. These sacred items consist of garments, remains, artifacts, and other items of saints or straight from biblical narratives.
The chapel’s holy treasures began as a personal collection of Fr. Denniz Ruiz, OAD. He began collecting sacred objects while he studying for a graduate degree in the cultural heritage and history of the Church from the Gregorian Pontifical University in Rome and working at the Office of the Relics in the Vicariate of Rome. The first relics he acquired as gifts were of St. Augustine and his mother, St. Monica.
The chapel is a popular destination particularly during Lent and Holy Week. In 2022, it was one of the spots of the Highland Pilgrimage Tour organized by the Cebu City Tourism Commission.
It can be reached by taking a jeepney ride from Cebu City to Talamban Gym and a motorcycle ride (habal-habal) or on foot to Tabor Hill.
Celebration
The feast day of St. Rita of Cascia is every May 22.
Services
The chapel is open between 5:00 AM and 9:00 PM.
According to the Latin Mass Community of Cebu, Latin Mass is heard at 1:00 PM every Sunday.
Mass schedule
Below is the weekly mass schedule of Chapel of Holy Relics in Tabor Hill, Cebu City 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 Cebu City.
Monday
- 5:45-6:45 AM
- 6:00-7:00 PM (Columbary Chapel)
Tuesday
- 5:45-6:45 AM
Wednesday
- 5:45-6:45 AM
Thursday
- 5:45-6:45 AM
- 10:30-11:30 AM (Votive Mass of St. Rita)
- 6:00-7:00 PM (Votive Mass of St. Rita)
Friday
- 5:45-6:45 AM
Saturday
- 5:45-6:45 AM
- 5:30-6:30 PM (English Anticipated Mass)
Sunday
- 8:00-9:00 AM (Cebuano)
- 9:15-10:15 AM (Latin)
- 11:00-12:00 AM (English)
- 3:00-4:00 PM (Cebuano)
- 5:00-6:00 PM (English)
Church information
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Name | Chapel of Holy Relics in Tabor Hill, Cebu City |
| Address | OAD Tabor Hill, San Jose, Talamban, Cebu City 6000 |
| Country | Philippines |
| Contact | (032) 255-0028, (032) 512-7226, 093226548182 |
| clarkoad@gmail.com | |
| www.facebook.com | |
| Website | www.oadasia.org |
| Religion | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 2012 |
| Age | 13 years |
| Status | Chapel |
| Archdiocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cebu |
| District | District I - Metro Cebu North |
| Vicariate | Vicariate of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart |
| Patron | St. Rita of Cascia |
| Feast day | May 22 |
| Religious order | Order of Discalced Augustinian |
Nearby Churches
- Alliance of Two Hearts Church in Cebu City
- Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe de Cebu
- Archdiocesan Shrine of St. Therese of the Child Jesus in Cebu City
- Birhen sa Guadalupe sa Sugbo Church in Cebu City
- Church of Mary Coredemptrix in Talamban, Cebu City
- Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church in Capitol, Cebu City
- San Isidro Labrador Church in Talamban, Cebu City
- San Pedro Calungsod Church in Pulangbato, Talamban, Cebu City
- St. Joseph Parish Church in Mabolo, Cebu City
- Sto. Niño Church in Guba, Cebu City
References
- Over 4,000 holy relics displayed in Tabor Hill chapel. Sunstar. April 11, 2017. Retrieved March 29, 2024
- Karla Rule. Italian choir returns to Cebu for concert-for-a-cause. The Freeman. February 20, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2024
- Edu Jorque. A sanctuary of faith. The Philippine Star. October 7, 2013. Retrieved March 29, 2024
- Cebu City showcases pilgrimage sites, mountain brgys in Holy Week tour. Sunstar. April 8, 2022. Retrieved March 29, 2024