Church: Nuestra Señora De Gracia

Address       : 7440 Bernardino St.,
                             Guadalupe Viejo, Makati City

Contact Nos: 896-8444 or 896-8977
                             (Kuya Ryck and Rea)

Peso Power : Php 15,000

Inclusions  : Priest & Mass, basic floral arrangement and red carpet, lighted chandelier and church coordinators or wedding usherettes

Additional  : P200 for every pair of principal sponsors ; church only allows 6 pairs

Pros: The church façade are so nice. Everyone was in awe when they arrive at the church. Tamang tama lang ang size nya. Since baroque style, di sya gaano kalakihan pero parang ang laki nyang tingnan. Sobrang ganda din ng altar.There's enough parking space din.They allow love songs for the bridal march basta wag lang daw kakaibang genre. 

Church Altar

They also allow personal vows although di kami nagprepare ng vows. The personnels are nice din, Kuya Ryck is very accommodating. He even helped us by referring our musician for the ceremony. And he also insist on not to print missalette na para daw mas mabawasan ang intindihin namin.

Church Details

The precana seminar and canonical interview held at NSDG were very informative also. We heard and read reviews that the manangs here or the church coordinators are masungit daw pero on the day, mabait naman lahat sila. Biniro pa nga ni hubby na naka motif din sila..Yung color kasi ng pants nila same sa motif namin kaya nakatuwa. Even my MIL (mother-in-law) were so delighted she invited them sa reception..:D

Photo by Joel Garcia

Cons: As expected, sobrang init talaga sa church kaya be prepared to adjust. What we did is we gave out fans for the guest and we provided flower fans for ninangs instead of the usual bouquet para double purpose. We have also prepared bottles of mineral waters for the suppliers endorsed to our otd. Aisles are short. Di ko lam kung cons toh since personal choice ko na hindi mahaba ang aisle. .:D

Photo courtesy of Joel Garcia (JHG)

My Learnings:

1. Do an ocular,sobrang daming magagandang church depende na lang sa preferences nyo. 
2. Book as early as possible. Mabilis maubos ang slot especially if you’re eyeing for a special date. August 2012 ako nagbook pero yung church calendar almost full na schedule for 2013. I failed to reserve our supposed to be date kaya nagpalit kami ng date on the spot. Be prepared for this also. 
3. Take advantage of attending seminars provided if you can. Andami mong matutunan not only during the wedding but marriage itself. 
4.  You can ask referrals from the church personnel. Kuya Ryck did a very good job in referring our church musician. Since sila ang tagaron, alam nila kung sino ang mahuhusay na musician at priests dun. They can even give out tips based on their experiences. 
5.  Best if you can attend mass at your chosen church so you can have ideas of how resident priest deliver their homily. This is if your particular sa priest and ceremony talaga. We let nsdg assign priest na lang since we ran out of time finding one for us. Luckily ang galing nung priest na na-assign samin.