Nuestra Señora de los Remedios Parish

Nuestra Señora de los Remedios is a Catholic parish situated in Solar, Olutanga Island, Zamboanga Sibugay, Mindanao, Philippines. It is located at the northwest part by the Municipality of Payao; northeast by the Municipality of Alicia; south by Demaquillas Bay, and west by Sibugay Bay. It has thirty-two chapels. Some of these are located in Muslim dominated areas.

Nuestra Señora de los Remedios Parish began as Jesuit mission in 1950 when Fr. Raimundo Argarate, SJ came to the island and established basic ecclesial communities. The statue of the patroness of the parish was donated by the Miranda Family.

In 2005, the shepherding of the Nuestra Señora de los Remedios is turned over to the Divine Word Missionaries or the SVD. Fr. Roger Alasan, SVD, became its first SVD parish priest.

On March 2008, Fr. Roger Alasan suffered a stroke and followed by a by-pass operation. He was then transferred to the Divine Word Formation Center of Davao. Fr. Arvin was left to take charge of the parish. To assist him, Fr. Virgil moved from Mabuhay to Subanipa and Fr. Arvin became the new parish priest.

On March 2009, Fr. Danny Noval, SVD arrived in Subanipa to assume the parish shepherding since Fr. Arvin was about to leave for Rome.

Sources

• Witness to the Word, Logos Publications, 2009.
• NSDR 50th Anniversary, n. p., 2003.
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Ipil