Senior Citizens' Park Chapel Explained

Senior Citizens' Park Chapel
Religious Affiliation:Roman Catholic
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Patron:Santo Niño de Cebú
Consecration Year:2022
Functional Status:Chapel
Location:Senior Citizens' Park, Carbon Market, Cebu City
Country:Philippines
Administration:Archdiocese of Cebu
Coordinates:10.2921°N 123.9016°W
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General Contractor:Cebu2World
Groundbreaking:2021
Year Completed:2022
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Capacity:150
Interior Area:300sqm
Site Area:3704sqm
Monument Quantity:1
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The Senior Citizens' Park Chapel (Señor Santo Niño Chapel), also known simply as the Santo Niño Chapel, is Roman Catholic chapel at the Senior Citizens' Park in Cebu City, Philippines.

Background

The whole Senior Citizens' Park covers an area of 3704sqm.[1] It has a chapel, known as the Senior Citizens' Park Chapel (also known as the Señor Santo Niño Chapel or the Santo Niño Chapel), as its main feature.[2] [3] The chapel opened on April 17, 2022, on Easter Sunday. It was blessed by Cebu Archbishop José S. Palma on the same day.[3]

The chapel itself covers an area of 300sqm[2] and can accommodate 150 worshippers.[4] The facade was inspired from the Santo Niño image's crown[5] and the wavy structure of Terminal 2 of Mactan–Cebu International Airport (MCIA).[2]

The religious facility is topped by a 9.14abbr=onNaNabbr=on tall statue of the Santo Niño (Child Jesus), which is a bigger and close replica of the image displayed at the MCIA.[2]

The construction of the Santo Niño Chapel is part of a bigger Carbon District modernization project by the Cebu City government and private firm Megawide.[2] [4] The structure was developed by Megawide subsidiary Cebu2World (C2W).[1] Construction began in mid-2021, and the entire Santo Niño sculpture was transported for assembly from Manila to Cebu City on December 14, 2021. Installation of the sculpture was intended to take place prior to the New Year's Day of 2022 but was delayed due to the onslaught of Typhoon Rai (Odette) two days after the arrival of the statue in Cebu.[2] The statue would be installed by February 2022.[6]

Notes and References

  1. News: Carlo . Lorenciana. Sto. Niño Chapel, new landmark in Cebu City . 1 November 2022 . Philippine News Agency . 18 April 2022.
  2. News: Sto. Niño Chapel: A story of Cebuanos’ firm faith and hope . 1 November 2022 . Cebu Daily News . Philippine Daily Inquirer . 16 July 2022 . en.
  3. News: Cebu City’s newest attraction: 30-foot Sto. Niño . 1 November 2022 . Cebu Daily News . Philippine Daily Inquirer . 17 April 2022 . en.
  4. Web site: Asto . Joy Celine . Grand Sto. Niño Installation Crowns Cebu City’s Senior Citizen’s Park . BluPrint . One Mega Group Inc. . 1 November 2022 . 28 February 2022.
  5. News: Magsumbol . Caecent No-ot . Sto. Niño Chapel at Senior Citizens’ Park now open to public . 1 November 2022 . The Freeman . The Philippine Star . 18 April 2022.
  6. News: Utzurrum . Chinggay . Hail to the towering Sto. Niño at the park . 1 November 2022 . Sunstar . 23 February 2022 . en.