Temple of the Immaculate Conception

Now story #2, because there is a 2nd church on the square with a little school next to it. It looks really old but it isn’t as old as the St. Francisco de Asisi church. I think it was built in 1871, after the 1870 eruption of the volcano.

We asked if we could go inside to look around and it wasn’t a problem. A caretaker (actually the mop and broom lady) opened doors for us .

The lady is the restaurant told me that it had been built by the women or largely by the women in town. They were upset after the big church was destroyed. The men were not interested in religious ceremonies or rebuilding the church but instead built themselves a Freemason temple on the other side of the river.

The women held protests (haha no sex) and finally took matters into their own hands with the help of a priest. The church took 3 years to built and there is a tunnel going somewhere that we saw behind the altar.

Now, this church is only used for catechism classes for kids and a few special events.Read more