Immaculate Heart of Mary (Diocese of Antipolo) — Attraction in Dela Paz

I’d be lying if I said the church itself and the scenery wasn’t beautiful, wish I could say the same for the staff. One of our friends that got married here told us that if we’d like to book a wedding date, we’d have to personally go there, and so I did, with hopes of reserving a date for our wedding, for which I was accommodated promptly. I saw that our desired date was already taken, and also all of our backup dates, so I had to hold back and confer with my fiance first before deciding. Sir Loloy set a deadline for me two days later to reach a decision since my fiance is an OFW, and she’d be arriving back here in the Philippines the day after I went to PIHM to inquire. I gave him both our names and contact details. He just told me to call the numbers they provided if we already reached a conclusion. My future wife arrived in the evening next day, and we promptly agreed on a couple of different dates and waited for the opening time of PIHM to advise and call sir Loloy. 8:30AM we called, but mostly sabi “unattended or out of coverage area”, we tried a couple of times more until his number rang. No one picked up. So we thought to try calling a little later, since baka nalate lang siya or nagalmusal muna. 9am, tried again, same outcome, only this time nagriring pero walang sumasagot. By this time we were already calling both numbers, both not responding. My fiance is only here for a layover since shes a flight attendant, and at the time she still hasnt gotten enough sleep, so by 10:15 we gave up, she needed to rest since she has to operate a flight early in the evening on the same day, I was tired as well and fed up at that point. Good thing our 2nd option, the Transfiguration of Christ Parish, promptly replied and we reserved our desired wedding date there instead. If you encountered similar problems here or if di niyo makuha desired dates niyo then try TCP. Nakakafrustrate lang po na sinabihan nila ako na tumawag para iconfirm, pero nung tinatawag na namin sila di naman sumasagot. Why is it na nagriring naman yung number nila, pero walang sumasagot? Eh nung pumunta ako sa parish office nila, pagpasok ko lahat nakacellphone. Maski pagbati di manlang lumihis yung tingin ng mata sa screen. Sayang, kasi dream pa naman ng fiance ko na dito ganapin yung church wedding niya, even before pa kami magkakilala, gusto niya dun siya ikakasal. A huge waste of time, ang hirap pa naman bumiyahe papunta dun. Thanks...

All contact numbers seem to be unattended.

I found a mobile and two landline numbers online and they’re all unattended (the other one seems to be of the community’s, if not mistaken). Been trying to reach them for weeks! You dial the landline numbers and they’ll just ring out. Try the mobile number and it’s unavailabe. Tried to at least leave a message via text and, unsurprisingly, it wasn’t responded to.

To the staff, since you offer services, I hope you know that keeping your lines open doesn’t do all —you also need to pick up and talk. Your clients would have some queries and not all live just around a block away from your office.

Some of us need to pick up the phone and talk to you, too, you know? Such a hassle to drive to Antipolo just to get some inquiries answered.

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Memorable church for me and my wife as this is where we "tied the knot". The church is becoming more and more popular to mass goers. We visited the church several times during Sunday and it is always full. Happy to see that the church is well maintained. I am always excited to go to this place as the place is solemn and the feeling that you are attending a mass in the middle of the forest with beautiful voices from their choir. The church is located near the Hinulugang Taktak waterfalls which is now offering more exciting activities and currently being developed further by the LGU of Antipolo. The church offers daily mass at 7am and more schedules on Sunday. You may visit their FB account Parish of Immaculate Heart of Mary for more details...