History of Santa Cruzan

Far across the sea, in the southeast coast of Asia, lies the chain of 7,100 islands collectively known as the Philippines. It is a land full of beauty and love. In this land, Christianity was born in the 16th century out of which a popular religious May - time festival sprang.

May is the merriest and the most beautiful month of the year. It is the season of colorful festival like "Flores de Mayo" which was later melded together with a religious pageant which is now known as the SantaCruzan. "Flores de Mayo" is a flowering offering by little village children to the Blessed Virgin Mary, as they march around the grounds of the chapel.

The SantaCruzan is a novena procession commemorating the finding of the Holy Cross by Empress Helena, mother of Constatine the Great, and her Royal Regiment  in the year 324 A.D. The SantaCruzan is the most unique, best loved and most festive celebration of our Christian faith.

Over the years, because of the love of Filipinos for innovation and creativity, their passion for splendor and the spectacular, this religious pageantry evolved into an unrestrained display of biblical figures, characters of beauty, purity and fancy, and symbols of attributes to the Virgin Mary.