Calauag, Quezon Etymology
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The name Calauag was derived from an incident in which a huge turtle known locally as "KALA" was caught near the seashore of the town. When the people tried to kill the turtle with sticks, the fishermen who caught the turtle dissuaded them from doing so by shouting "KALA-HUWAG KALA", hence the derivation of the name Calauag.
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Church in town: 𝐒𝐭. 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 - 𝐈𝐈, 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐚𝐠, 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐳𝐨𝐧 (𝐃𝐢𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐚)
The Parish of St. Peter the Apostle was founded in 1846 and, since then, has had four churches built one after another. The Christianization of Calauag, however, and Fr. Diego de Oropesa set foot on its soil. Due to the frequent raids by the Moros, both the poblacion and its Catholic community disappeared for two hundred sixty-seven years as the people retreated to Piris (now Buenavista) and Tikay (now Guinayangan). Part of them took refuge also in Kigtan, while others took residence in Anas and, later on, in Apad. They finally settled down in Pinagbayanan along the Kalawag River.
Since its foundation, seventy-one Priests have been assigned to the Parish, many of whom are total strangers to the present generation.
The parish of St. Peter is alive today because it has preserved the faith it inherited from its forebearers. One indisputable testimony to it is its big Catholic population, which ten years ago, when the diocese was created, stood at 51,614 out of Calaug’s total population of 54,908. Over the last ten years, it acquired 18,127 new members, a telling proof that the efforts of the past hundred years have not been in vain.
Still another testimony to the vitality of the parish is the growth of priestly vocations in its midst, as evidenced by the good number of its seminarians and priests.
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐚𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲
The first elected Captain of the town was Juan Sunog. In 1897, the town was placed under the Revolutionary Government, and Alipio Declaro became the Municipal President. In 1914, under Municipal President Marciano Roldan, the town was destroyed by fire for the first time in its history.
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐚𝐠:
- The Parish of St. Peter the Apostle
- Pulong Pasig Sandbar
- Roma Point Bridge
- Capaluhan White Sand Beach
- Capaluhan Beach
- Agoho Beach
- Pasig Island
- Pulong Pasig Beach
- Bahay ni Lolo Ompo Restaurant
- Yaganak Falls
- Banot Falls
- Malabag Falls
- Quezon Canal
- Calauag Marker
- Calauag Rotunda
- Santa Milagrosa Cave
- Roma Point Bridge
𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐚𝐠:
- None in the list
𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐲 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐚𝐠:
- Zanjoe Marudo (Pinoy actor)
- Aiza Seguerra (Actress, Singer, and Former Chairperson of the National Youth Commission)
- Manoling Morato (Former Chairman of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office)
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