The San Juan De Dios EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED (Hospital), formerly HOSPITAL DE SAN JUAN DE DIOS, is the oldest hospital in the Philippines. The Hospital started when the Franciscan missionaries arrived in the country on June 24, 1578. Among them was a lay brother, Fray Juan Clemente who despite of his difficulty in learning the language of the natives devotedly studied the medicinal value of tropical plants in curing diseases of the sick and the poor. Consequently, the Franciscan porteria in Intramuros was converted into a dispensary. Later that year, Fray Juan Clemente built a nipa hut and bamboo hospital with two wards of 300 square meters each. Another ward was added when Fray Juan Fernandez de Leon arrived in 1590. He became the first hospital chaplain.
In April 16, 1594, the Confraternity of Mercy (Hermanidad de la Misericordia) was established to look for aids and support of the third ward. Eventually in 1596, it took charge of the hospital.
A fire in 1603 and an earthquake in 1645 drained the Confraternity's resources which made them decide to hand over the management of the hospital to the Brothers of St. John of God. It was then known as Hospital de San Juan de Dios.
The Brothers devoted themselves to the care of the sick and performed their task with zeal. The hospital was restructured and wards were named. In 1863, another earthquake destroyed the hospital. On August 29, 1866, the Spanish government ordered the transfer of the religious order to Cavite. The hospital was temporarily entrusted to the Council of Inspectors.
Aka Intendencia: Customs House. A 1796 instruction indicated that the Aduana or Customs House be located within the fortified city to attract merchants to remain within the walls rather than outside it. The Aduana replaced the Alcacería de San Fernando (built 1752), located on the opposite or northern bank of the Pasig.
Tomás Cortes was given charge of project. In 1822, he submitted plans for the project and construction began in 1823. Despite objections that the new Aduana had insufficient space for warehousing and was too far from the port, construction continued and in 1829 the building was completed. It was a handsome building designed in the Neoclassical tradition. Built around two atriums, the central bay had three arched entrances and two principal staircases. This was flanked by two symmetrical wings of three stories. Its rectangular fenestration and French windows on the upper most story were decorated with rustication. The firm of Manuel Perez repaired the building’s roof in 1861, following plans by Luciano Oliver. The earthquake of 1863, 1869 and 1872 damaged the building. Reconstruction of the Aduana was awarded to Luis Perez Yap-Sionjue who began work in 1874. Plans for reconstruction were drawn by Luis Cespedes after an earlier plan by Felix Roxas, Sr. and an anonymous architect were found deficient.
The Ateneo de Manila University (Filipino: Pamantasang Ateneo de Manila; also referred to as "Ateneo de Manila" or simply "the Ateneo") is a Roman Catholic private teaching and research university run by the Society of Jesus in the Philippines. It is the oldest Jesuit school in the Philippines and the third-oldest university in the Philippines, tracing its roots to 1859 when the City of Manila handed control of the Escuela Municipal de Manila in Intramuros, Manila, to the Jesuits. It remained a state-subsidized institution through the Spanish colonial period, offering primary, secondary and bachillerato education. It was privatized during the American occupation of the Philippines in the first half of the 20th century. The Ateneo de Manila awarded its first postgraduate degrees in 1949, and received its university charter in 1959.
A further five-minute walk down General Luna Street in the same direction; after two blocks, turn right and walk down Calle Real until you reach Puerta de Sta. Lucia.
Puerta de Santa Lucia
Facing Malecon Drive, Puerta de Santa Lucia is one of several gates passing through the Intramuros walls. First built in 1603, Puerta de Santa Lucia leads directly to Malecon Drive, a popular promenade ground, through a restored cobblestone bridge.
Passersby get a close-up look at the thick stone walls and moats that skirt Intramuros' borders. Once upon a time, Intramuros was Manila - no one could enter but the Spanish, their servants, and mestizos (half-Spanish Filipinos). Outside Manila lived Filipinos and Chinese merchants. The latter were forced to live in a ghetto that was conveniently located within range of Intramuros' cannons, in case the Chinese revolted against Spanish rule.
Founded by Ignacia de Sto. Espiritu, a mestiza Chinese from Binondo, the beaterio housed the beatas, lay sisters dedicated to prayer and charitable work. Born in 1663, Ignacia was baptized in Binondo on 4 March by Alberto Collares, O.P. She was the daughter of Jusepe Incua and María Jerónima. Her godmother was Catalina Malinang. Although her parents wanted her to marry when she was 21 she sought the advice of the Jesuit Paul Klein (Pablo Clain) who guided in her desire to enter a beaterio. Initially, she had her eyes set on entering the Beaterio de Santo Domingo.
Mother Ignacia took residence in a house across the San Ignacio church to make it easy for her and her companions to go to church for Mass and for other spiritual exercises. This was in 1684. The congregation supported itself by doing manual work and by begging. They were known for helping women make a spiritual retreat following the Ignatian method. They assisted them in preparing for confession and communion and read spiritual works for them in Tagalog.
Mother Ignacia died in 1748 and was buried in the Jesuit church of San Ignacio.
By the 19th century the Beatas had a residence along Calle Santa Lucia. The Beaterio was simple structure of mortar. Its main entrance was through an arched portal, which led to a large hall; the wings to the left were for residences. Architecturally there was nothing very distinctive about the structure-the windows were simple rectangles. The beaterio’s site, formerly occupied by Allied Warehouse (IA warehouse), is now occupied by a reconstruction of the 19th-century beaterio building. Part of the reconstructed replica is used by the spiritual descendants of Mother Ignacia, but the greater part of the building is a historical museum, that celebrates volunteerism. It was built while the DOT secretary was Richard Gordon.
Rome recognized the Beatas de la Compañia as a religious congregation in 1948. The primitive rule of life from Mother Ignacia’s time became the basis for their constitution. The congregation was renamed Religious of the Virgin Mary (RVM). The RVM motherhouse is along N. Domingo St., in San Juan. The RVM sisters run schools and have houses in the United States and Papua New Guinea
A Jesuit Reduction was a type of settlement for indigenous people in South America created by the Jesuit Order during the 17th and 18th centuries. The strategy of the Spanish Empire was to gather native populations into centers called Indian Reductions(reducciones de indios), in order to Christianize, tax, and govern them more efficiently. The Jesuit interpretation of this strategy was implemented primarily in an area that corresponds to modern-day Paraguay amongst the Tupi-Guarani peoples. Later reductions were extended into areas now part of Argentina,Brazil, and Bolivia.
Juan Luna y Novicio (October 23, 1857 – December 7, 1899) was a Filipinopainter, sculptor and a political activist of the Philippine Revolution during the late 19th century. He became one of the first recognized Philippine artists.
His winning the gold medal in the 1884 Madrid Exposition of Fine Arts, along with the silver win of fellow Filipino painter Félix Resurrección Hidalgo, prompted a celebration which was a major highlight in the memoirs of members of thePropaganda Movement, with the fellow Ilustrados toasting to the two painters' good health and to the brotherhood between Spain and the Philippines.
Regarded for work done in the manner of the Spanish, Italian and French academies of his time, Luna painted literary and historical scenes, some with an underscore of political commentary. His allegorical works were inspired with classical balance, and often showed figures in theatrical poses.
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