ST. PETER THE FISHERMAN PARISH
Napindan, Taguig City


The parish of St. Peter the Fisherman in Napindan, Taguig City was a former mini parish (chapel) located in a small lot near the banks of the Pasig river going to Laguna de Bay.

There were only a few number of Roman Catholic devotees for the reason that there were a number of religious groups in the area namely: Protestants, Aglipayans, Iglesia ni Cristo, Bethel and others. Catholic priests who celebrate mass in the chapel were coming from a not so far (more than half a kilometre) parish named after St. John the Baptist (Dambanang Kawayan).

When the chapel was razed by fire on May 17, 1990, Sunday masses were celebrated in house garages, vacant lots, and other available rented spaces. The visiting priests would not receive stipends for the reason that they wanted the people to exert efforts to build another chapel. With this situation, six (6) devoted laywomen namely; Milagros Talampas, Celia Panganiban, Adelina San Pedro, Erlinda Figueroa, and (+) Natividad Sumulong joined efforts to look for a bigger and better place for the church. They have found a preferable site of a nearby rice field but the problem is the lack of enough funds to buy the lot. Rev. Fr. Ardie Ong learned about the predicament and offered help by bringing the problematic situation to the (former) Archbishop of Manila, (+) Jaime Cardinal Sin. Soon the aforementioned active laywomen grew in number as they were joined by (+) Lina Santos, Caring Cruz, Ely Valencia and others to pursue the project.

The Cardinal agreed to respond to the need by purchasing the 1,400 sq. m. lot. After some time, the cornerstone was laid after the owner of the prospected lot was convinced by the late Cardinal to sell it for the erection of a parish church. The agreement of the parishioners with the Cardinal was that a parochial school shall be established and that the parish church’s patron saint shall be named after St. Peter the Fisherman. All seemed to be established but there came another problem, how to begin the construction without enough means. Msgr. Isidro Jose offered to help the parishioners by introducing the philanthropist businessman Mr. Rafael Dizon and soliciting help from him for the preliminary steps of the church’s construction. The parishioners continued to join efforts to be able to pursue the project. Friends and relatives of the lay faithful from distances were asked for help, solicitations and all kinds of raffles and contests were held in order to raise funds. In God’s due time the parish was erected and Rev. Fr. Jacinto “Jack” Padua was assigned as the first priest and pastor of the parish. He used his efforts to provide the immediate needs that can be utilized in order for the parish to function efficiently.

With the help of his friend, Sister Fe (a religious nun), a nursery and kindergarten school was established annex to the church edifice. From then on so many priests were assigned to serve as pastor to the growing number of Catholics in Napindan. Most of them were diocesan priests namely: Fr. Mariano Baranda, Fr. Felicisimo Tarrosa, Fr. Nicandro Lim (in whose term the operation of the parochial school was closed), Fr. Rey Reyes and Fr. Alvin Habab.

On January 2012, religious priests were invited to serve the parish of St. Peter the fisherman and the religious congregation who responded to the invitation was the congregation of the Oblates of Saint Joseph. Two priests were assigned in the parish namely: Rev. Fr. Royger Ballaran, OSJ and Rev. Fr. Ferdinand Jauod, OSJ. Many other priests and brothers from the aforementioned congregation were assigned to serve the parish up to the present. .











Sunday

6:00 am
8:00 am
6:00 pm

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St. Peter the Fisherman Parish
Brgy. Napindan
Taguig City
(02) 642 7328