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__//** Church of Santa Domingo **//__ //** By: Justine Chavez **//

The purpose of the Church of Santa Domingo is to have a place to worship Christ. The saints of the church believed it was there job to build temples to worship the Lord because it’s stated in the Bible. According to the Bible, “ When Jesus Christ was on the earth, the only existing temple was known as the Temple of Herod. Jesus was often found in this temple” (Luke 2 and Matthew 21). The resident in the 60’s got the message about church through Oaxaca, Mexico. It was a way the resident paid God back. In a way, the resident paid back all their benefits and health they received every week of their life to the Lord. Also, the Church of Santa Domingo was to help the community come together to strengthen their faith. The faith within oneself can strengthen greatly with others members of the church supporting others decisions. Regardless of the place or time period, temples are the most sacred place on earth-a place where earth and heaven meet and where we feel close to our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.
 * 1. Aim **

The audience was the resident who lived in Oaxaca, Mexico. In a little town, Quezon, the resident built a church in order to worship Jesus. It was a temple where paintings would be put on the walls to exaggerated the influence of drama, dance, musics and architecture in the community. There’s so much bright art in the convent in order to catch tourists eyes. According to Colonial website, “This grand former priory, the mother house for the Dominican order in Oaxaca and the largest Dominican establishment in Mexico, has long been famous for its ornate church, one of the crown jewels of Mexican colonial architecture and decoration” (1). In order to understand the significance of the church, each individual needed to live understand the purpose of building the church. Tourist are not going to have the same effect as the residents who lived here the church while it was starting up. The audience needs to go and experience the tour walking through the church instead of reading the history about the Santa Domingo.
 * 2. Audience **

The Church of Santa Domingo has changed many lives for the future. Many residents from the 60’s are proud of having their childhood church still standing today. According to Colonial Mexico, “The museum and its refurbished galleries have now reopened. It’s noted for its magnificent convento with multiple cloisters and surrounding conventual galleries, which house superb collections of colonial and pre-Columbian art and artifacts. Renovation of the former convento and its galleries” (5). The Spanish Dominicans can share their faith to others who haven’t experienced a relationship with Christ. Tourist from all over the world can come to see the refurbished building. Learning from the church, the world can have more respect to the residents who once lived in the area. History teaching society to not repeated the same mistake twice in order to show why the church is not running anymore. Society needs to learn the history of the building in order to understand the significance of the Church of Santa Domingo.
 * 3. Cultural **

The Church of Santa Domingo has a great impact on the Spanish Dominicans. The church was built in 1964 which became the melting pot for citizens everywhere. The church was so beautiful that citizens would request weddings and baptisms to be held. The Church of Santa Domingo was the place where every neighbor who lived, near and far, would come together and worship God. According to Jocelyn Uy, writer of Inquirer, claims “All residents worship a painting that lies in a treasure trove of the Philippines’ rich cultural heritage and the object of centuries-old devotion called Shrine of Our Lady Rosary of La Naval de Manila” (2). Due to the church being so popular, the residents needed for have parish priests in order to create dates on which weddings, masses and baptism should be held. Since this church was the center of attention at the time, it became a house for the military soldiers during the Revolutionary War between 1938 and 1972. Upon its foundation, the amount of resident who started attending decline. In 1983, the government took control on the church and restored it into a museum for tourist to see.
 * 4. Historical **

Works Cited: “Santo Domingo De Oaxaca” // Colonial-Mexico.com // The Espadaña Press. Web 18 Feb 2015.

“Sto. Domingo Church keeps Rich Cultural Heritage” //Inquier.net// Web 18 Feb 2015.

“Vicariate of San Pedro Bautista” // Diocese Of Cubao.org // Web 18 Feb 2015.

“Why Latter-Day Saints Build Temples: A Commandment from God” //Ids.org// The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Web 19 Feb 2015.