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PARISH OF THE MOST BLESSED TRINITY
Ragay, Camarines Sur

Foundation: 1735
Feastday:  May 30

     The first settlement in this place was organized at the right side of Pacolago River and the people named their community Pacolago.   Its proximity to Ragay Gulf, however, made it an easy prey to pirates who often raided the place and killed natives after looting their properties.   So the natives decided to move to a site in the upper part of the river which they thought would be safer.   They gave their place a new name, Ragay, meaning a place with one belief, religion, customs and traditions.   The people were also united by one objective which was to defend Ragay from the pirates.

     Then they move to a place called Sampaloc until the arrival of the Spaniards which also ended Moro piracy.   Remnants of the concrete walling of the old church and cemetery are still to be found today.

     The parish was founded in 1753 when it was finally separated from Lupi.   The first church was made of bamboo and nipa and dedicated to the Most Blessed Trinity.

     In 1829, when the division of Camarines was effected into Norte and Sur, Ragay was made a part of Norte until October 1846 when it was reverted back as part of Camarines Sur.

     A bigger church was made from molasses and lime but when the Americans came and burned the town in 1900, the church was not spared including the altar and the images of the big patron saint.

     Church reconstruction was initiated in 1920 under the later Cirilo Aquino.   A priest was also assigned, Very Rev. Juan Baron. Before this, a priest from Libmanan would go to Ragay for weddings, fiestas, and the administration of other sacraments.

     In 1968, a big fire guttled down the church and convent.   The present concrete church and convent were built through the efforts of Rt. Rev. Msgr. Benjamin Reblando, H.P., former parish priest, in 1970.


Vision Mission


Kami, sa Parokya kan Santisima Trinidad kan banwaan nin Ragay, Prelatura kan Libamanan, Camarines Sur, naoogma asin nagpapasalamat sa Dios sa pagkakaigwa kan mga natural na yaman na hale sa daga, dagat, salog asin burabod, kadaklan katoliko, may inadalan, magalang, mahigos, asin aktibong namamanwaan sa mga organisasyones na may pag-andoyog kan mga namamayo alagad nakakamate nin labi-labing pagtios huli sa salang paggamit kan natural na yaman asin kulang sa pagmangno kan kagabsan, kulang sa facilidades asin oportunidad nin pagbuhay, may pagkabaranga huli sa presencia nin mga sekta, kolor pulitika asin problemang pang katoninongan, may maluyang pakasabot sa salang pagpahayag kan pagtubod asin kakulangan nin padi asin katabang niya sa simbahan,

Kami nagmamawot nin bagong simbahan. Sarong mauswag, matoninong, nagkakasararo, nagkakaminorootan na komunidad nin mga disipulos ni Kristo, may tamang pakasabot asin maimbod na pagtubod na dusay sa pagmangno asin paglingkod sa kagabsan orog na sa mga dukha, anghihiras kan katongdan asin may pagmalasakit sa pangangataman kan kapalibutan.

Sa balaog kan Espiritu Santo, sa tabang ni Birhen Maria, satuyang Ina, kami sararo na minadusay kan samong sadiri sa:

- pagpamibi sa pagbago kan simbahan

- pagmukna nin pusog na sadit na kristiyanong komunidad na minapoon sa sadiri asin familia

- padagos na pag-adal, pagsabuhay asin pagbalangibog kan ebanghelyo

- aktibong pakikisumaro sa programang pangkauswagan kan gobierno asin NGO/PO

- asin pagtabang sa pagpakarhay, pagpagayon asin reserbasyon kan kapalibutan.






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