Saint Anne Barili

Saint Anne Parish sits in Barili, a farming town on the national highway about an hour southwest of Cebu City. The Archdiocese named it a Jubilee Church for the 2025 Pilgrims of Hope, meaning pilgrims completing the prescribed visit can obtain a plenary indulgence — the same provision extended at Jubilee churches everywhere, not a local exception. The dedication is to Saint Anne, traditionally venerated as Mary’s mother and patron of parents and grandparents, which shows up more in the parish’s feast-day traditions than in its architecture. Barili’s economy runs on rice and corn farming along the coastal plain; for most travelers the church is a stop on that route through southern Cebu rather than a destination on its own.