Note 11 — Ecclesiastical Survey of the Philippines

The discalced Franciscans went to Manila in 1577. They are allied to the Capuchins.11 Their convent is superb and immense. They generally have thirty religious, besides fifty others who are nearly religious and who fill a like number of curacies in the archbishopric of Manila. Inside the convent enclosure is to be seen a fine chapel, where the holy sacrament is continually kept. That chapel is intended for the exercises of the tertiaries.