About the Church

Archbishop Jeremiah Harty decreed the canonical establishment of the Parish on December 6 1909. Archbishop Harty was an alumnus of the Diocesan Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri which was under the direction of the Vincentians. The Diocese was found by Vincentian Bishop Rosate in 1820.

The Vincentians bought a piece of land in 1872 in the barrio of San Marcelino which was a rice field near the Pasig River. San Marcelino then was part of the Parish of San Fernando de Dilao in Paco. The house they built served as refuge to the seminarians and Vincentians housed in the San Carlos Seminary which was destroyed, together with most buildings in Intramuros, by an earthquake in 1880. A chapel was built adjacently to the Vincentian Central House which later became a parish church.

Mission and Vision

Mission

To fully participate in the celebration of the Eucharist: the center of our lives and our Parish Community;
To fervent practice and promote true devotion to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal;
To continually imitate St. Vincent de Paul in loving and serving Christ in the poor through spiritual and corporal works of mercy; and,
To constantly seek first the Kingdom of God and strive to establish His Kingdom in society.

Vision

We are a vibrant community of Christ’s disciples, fervent devotees of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, and ardent followers of St. Vincent de Paul, who inspires us to continue Christ’s mission of evangelization, of establishing the Kingdom of God through spiritual and corporal works of mercy.