capitol tayabas

The building was constructed in 1908 on a piece of property donated by then Quezon Gov. Don Felimon Perez. American architect William Parsons and his consultant, Filipino architect Juan Arellano, worked on the neoclassical and art-deco design of the building.

saint ferdinand cathedral

St Ferdinand Cathedral is situated facing Quezon Avenue, the most hard to miss street in Lucena. This street is host to two famous fast food restaurants in the vicinity of the Cathedral. The tower showing the logo of one of these restaurants can be used as a beacon to find the Cathedral as it was much taller than the bell tower.

Hermana Fausta

Hermana Fausta Labrador (December 19, 1858 – December 13, 1942) is a Filipino in pending causes of saints who is venerated in Roman Catholic Church. Her cause to be a servant of God is currently underaway. She founded the Colegio del Sagrado Corazon de Jesus, a charity school for poor children that has evolved into what is now Sacred Heart College in Lucena City.Hermana Fausta Labrador was born on December 19, 1858 in Tayabas, Quezon, to Nemesia Zarzadias. On December 22, 1858 she was baptized in St. Archangel church, Tayabas. On December 2, 1866 her mother died at age 27. Father had a second marriage to Maria Poblete. She has half-sisters Fe and Felisa. She started schooling in 1869. In 1879 she studied in Colegio de Santa Rosa de Manila.