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    The Abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat is a monastery built in 1895 by Spanish monks in Manila. It served as the base for their missionary work in Manila and the Philippines. During the American occupation, the monks turned to education and established San Beda College nearby in 1901 to counter the rise of Protestantism and public education. The Abbey still stands today with its mix of architectural styles and paintings, and houses the monastery complex beyond just the church. A tour of the Abbey during his senior year at San Beda College allowed the author to learn more about the structure and history of the Abbey Church.

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    The Abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat is a monastery built in 1895 by Spanish monks in Manila. It served as the base for their missionary work in Manila and the Philippines. During the American occupation, the monks turned to education and established San Beda College nearby in 1901 to counter the rise of Protestantism and public education. The Abbey still stands today with its mix of architectural styles and paintings, and houses the monastery complex beyond just the church. A tour of the Abbey during his senior year at San Beda College allowed the author to learn more about the structure and history of the Abbey Church.

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    The Abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat is a monastery built in 1895 by Spanish monks in Manila. It served as the base for their missionary work in Manila and the Philippines. During the American occupation, the monks turned to education and established San Beda College nearby in 1901 to counter the rise of Protestantism and public education. The Abbey still stands today with its mix of architectural styles and paintings, and houses the monastery complex beyond just the church. A tour of the Abbey during his senior year at San Beda College allowed the author to learn more about the structure and history of the Abbey Church.

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    The Abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat is a monastery built in 1895 by Spanish monks in Manila. It served as the base for their missionary work in Manila and the Philippines. During the American occupation, the monks turned to education and established San Beda College nearby in 1901 to counter the rise of Protestantism and public education. The Abbey still stands today with its mix of architectural styles and paintings, and houses the monastery complex beyond just the church. A tour of the Abbey during his senior year at San Beda College allowed the author to learn more about the structure and history of the Abbey Church.

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    De Vota, Gabrielle Romuluz S.

    1-M/ SEM02

    Dr. James Loreto C. Piscos


    January 28, 2015

    The Abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat

    All those who graduated from San Beda College- Manila would always be familiar with
    this holy structure. Built in the 1895 by Spanish monks, the Abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat
    serves as the monks foothold for their missionaries in the City of Manila and the Philippines.
    During the American Occupation, the monks, in fear of the spread of Protestantism in the
    country and the rise of the public education system, turned their strategy towards education, thus
    establishing the El Colegio de San Beda, now known as San Beda College- Manila, on 1901 at
    Arlegui Street near the compounds of Malacaang Palace. Today, the Abbey still stands with its
    mix of Neo-Gothic and Neo-Baroque Architecture and its interior full of paintings from various
    painters; some of these painters are students from the University of the Philippines- College of
    Fine Arts (correct me if Im wrong). But of course, the abbey is not limited to the church itself.
    The Abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat is a monastery as a whole.
    In my senior year in the College of Arts and Sciences of San Beda College- Manila, we
    toured inside the Abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat as part of the requirement set forth in our
    BENE04 class with Dom Leander as professor. During the tour, we were in awe upon seeing
    the exterior and interior of the monastery such as the Dining Hall, the Chapel, and the Roman
    Garden. Only a few Bedans know the existence of the Roman Garden in San Beda College. Our
    recent tour in the Abbey Church for SEM02 helped me give dwell into the specific details of the
    structure and history of the Abbey Church.

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