St. Francis of Assisi Parish Church (General Trias) houses the "Museo de San Francisco de Malabon". The St. Francis of Assisi Church was declared a historical structure by the National Historical Institute of the Philippines (now National Historical Commission of the Philippines) with the placing of a marker in 1992. St. Francis of Assisi Parish Church (General Trias) The St. Francis of Assisi Parish Church, commonly known as the General Trias Church is the first Catholic parish church of the municipality of General Trias in Cavite province in the Philippines. Typical of towns established during the Spanish colonial period, the church is located at the "plaza" (town square)
Francis of Assisi town. This later became his favorite abode. By degrees he took to nursing lepers, in the lazar houses near Assisi. One morning in February 1208, Francis was hearing Mass in the chapel of St. Mary of the Angels, near which he had then built himself a hut. The Gospel of the day was the "Commissioning of the Twelve" from the Book of Matthew. The disciples are to go and proclaim that the Kingdom of God is at hand. Francis was inspired to devote himself to a life of poverty. Having obtained a coarse woolen tunic, the dress then worn by