Hearts of Jesus and Mary Parish 4.4

The structure of the church was originally built on October 1994 to replace the old Sto. Cristo Chapel located near the busy road of Malanday. The masses at the chapel was presided by the priests from San Diego de Alcala Parish at Polo, Valenzuela.

Due to the growing numbers of the faithful, and the disturbing noise at the location of the original chapel, a plan to have a bigger chapel was made.

Through God's grace and with the help of some generous land proprietor, the new bigger chapel was built at I. Fernando St., Sitio Hulo, Malanday.
The new site is more peaceful, wider and perfect to accommodate the growing worshipping people of Malanday to celebrate God's presence in their midst.

When everything falls into places, Msgr. Epitacio V. Castro sees the evolution of the new chapel and decided to make a recommendation to the Bishop of Malolos to make it a Quasi-Parish.

On June 24, 1997, Rev. Fr. Dindo M. Hilario, a native of Pulilan, was assigned to lead the laity of Malanday and to take in charge on the continuous constructions of the church.

After 4 successful years of building not only the structural formation of the church but also the harmonious union of the people, His Excellency Bishop Rolando J. Tria-Tirona declared the quasi-parish to be a full pledge Parish on the 24th of June 2001.
It was also the day when Fr. Dindo was installed to be the first Parish Priest of the parish.

Why Hearts of Jesus and Mary?

The name of the parish roots from a large pool of suggested names and titles submitted by the parishioners. Some names that are suggested to be the name of the parish are:

Parish of Sto. Kristo
This name originated from the fact that the patron of the chapel of Malanday is the Santo Kristo.

Parish of Mary, the...
Probably wondering what the".." means? It's the multitude of titles that our Mother Mary have. And most of her titles have also been suggested.

Parish of St. John the Baptist
This one almost made it to be the name of our parish, but it didn't. This name was suggested and voted for by our Bishop since the parish was declared as quasi-parish on June 24, feast of St. John the Baptist. But then again, this name never made it.

How Hearts of Jesus and Mary Parish?
One thing to notice, the Parish name is quite long to say the least and proud to say, very unique. This name was picked from the choice list because of a number of reasons.

After a month of soliciting ideas and ideas which produced a collection of 15 names which were trimmed down to only 4, and after deliberating, analyzing,and praying, 3 reasons were declared on why Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

1) The center of our faith is Christ whom is the original patron of the chapel.
2) The Filipinos are very closed to our Mother the Blessed Virgin Mary, adoring her wonderful love
3) The church aims to build a community closer to God through the sacraments and devotions who will bear deeper faith to God, love to one another, unity, brotherhood, reconciliation and adherence.

It is for these reasons why we have the Parish name. But the most dramatic of all, FATE and FAITH indeed and THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE, the COMMUNITY who chose this name.

It is the will of the people.

Through the will of the people, the alliance of two hearts was established. The hearts of the people enthroned this title to their parish.

And in this great fact, a new reality was born, that the people of God in Malanday started to unite themselves by HEART...

At present, the second Parish Priest of HJMP is Rev. Fr. Gregorio B. Dazo, Jr., a native of Meycauayan,

And additional structures such as Parish Office, Adoration Chapel, Lourdes Grotto, New Rectory and Multi Purpose Building was added to the growing parish of Malanday.

To God be the Glory.