MONTEMARIA

Excerpts from an article by Roger Pe on Spiritual Tourism (Inquirer: August 21, 2010)

MONTEMARIA, a site occupying 33 hectares at Bgy. Amuyong, Alfonso, Cavite is now being built. When finished it will be a community of chapels and rosary gardens to be linked together by a 10-meter wide procession road of about 1 kilometer long.
A giant statue of St. Michael the Archangel shall welcome visitors and pilgrims to the pilgrimage site occupying around 15 hectares. There shall be 5 chapels interconnected by spiritual gardens. As planned the following chappels shall be erected: La Scala Santa Chapel, House of Mary Blessed Sacrament Chapel, Perpetual Adoration Chapel, the Chapel of the Santo Niño and most of all the 4-story Neo-classical Podium on top of it shall be the 101 meter tall statue of Mary, Mother of the Poor, supposedly the largest shrine in thw world dedicated to Mary.
Montemaria shall be an international pilrimage destination for Christians travellers and Catholic pilgrims. The site will allow pilgrims to experience the Lord's greatness through its commitment to poverty alleviation and development program.
The whole idea became possible through the kindness of San Miguel Corporation that donated what used to be the site of Magnolia Dairy and Poultry Farm.