Dan Pagulayan's Sunrise in Boac

The Holy Week's over and Dan Pagulayan posted this photo in his Facebook album "2010 Moriones: Southern Quest Year 3" of the historic town of Boac at sunrise with early morning mist still surrounding the Boac Cathedral, the island's last bastion of hope and promise.

The Franciscan friars established the first visita on the island of Marinduque in 1580, and called it "Monserrat de Marinduque". In 1609 two more visitas were established - "San Juan de Marinduque" in the present day Santa Cruz and "San Bernardo de Marinduque" in the present day Gasan. The Franciscans then ceded the administration of the island in 1612 to the Archbishop of Manila under the care of the Jesuits establishing the town of Boac on December 8, 1622.