gimong

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ilocano gimong.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: gi‧mong

Noun

gimong (plural gimongs)

1. (Catholicism, Philippines, chiefly Cordillera) A chapel that is under the jurisdiction of a parish, typically in rural areas.
   • 2017 June 4, PR, “In Philex, Bishop Bendico tells youth to care for environment”, in Amianan Balita Ngayon‎^[1]:

     “We must all take care of our faith for this will lead us to eternity,” Bendico said in a homily during a welcome mass held May 29 at the gymnasium of the Saint Louis High School-Philex, in this town’s Sitio Padcal, Brgy. Camp 3. “So let us exercise our faith in our gimong, as this enables us to become agents of communion, participation, and mission.” A gimong is a basic ecclesial community (BEC) or a sub-parish. Sitio Padcal’s Sto. Niño (of Prague) Parish, for instance, has 13 gimongs, while Kabayan, another Benguet town, has 22.

   • 2017 June 21, “Youth Summer Engagement 2017”, in Bukal ng Tipan‎^[2]:

     4 Tribes, 12 Gimongs, 68 young people, 3 days in 1 City. This is how we described the summer Youth Camp held in St. Joseph Parish in Dagupan City of Tabuk Kalinga. In line with the 2017 Pastoral Theme “Communion of Communities”, the Bukal ng Tipan Youth Unit facilitated an experience of Community with the different tribes among young people who desire to become one with Christ and with one another. Amidst the conflicts in their place, these young people proved that communion is possible in their tribes. Before the camp ended, the youth community chose their Gimong (chapel) representatives who will comprise their Parish Youth Council.

   • 2024 June 10, Diocese of Baguio-CURIA, Facebook‎^[3]:

     The gimong of Taba-ao celebrated today the 50th feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the titular of the community chapel. The gimong was instrumental in the building up of other gimongs at least 5 of them. It started with the solemn celebration of the Mass, Fr. Rolly Buyagan, diocesan administrator as presider and homilist with Fr. Raymond Songyap, the pastor of San Isidro Parish of Abatan, then a sumptouos feast lunch was served followed by a program, interrupted by the native dances. Interesting element was the presentation of the history of the birth and formation of the gimong and the 50 years of journey of faith.

Ibaloi

Noun

gimong

1. (Catholicism) A chapel or church that is under the jurisdiction of a parish, typically in rural areas.

Ilocano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡimoŋ/ [ˈɡi.moŋ]
• Hyphenation: gi‧mong

Noun

gímong (Kur-itan spelling ᜄᜒᜋᜓᜅ᜔)

1. meeting; crowd
2. gathering; assembly
3. society; community

   Synonyms: kagimongan, sosiedad, komunidad

4. (Catholicism, Abra) mass

   Synonym: misa

5. (Catholicism, Cordillera) A chapel or church that is under the jurisdiction of a parish, typically in rural areas.

References

• Rubino, Carl Ralph Galvez (2000) “gimong”, in Byron W. Bender, editor, Ilocano Dictionary and Grammar: Ilocano-English, English-Ilocano‎^[4] (overall work in English and Ilocano), Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 202

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /ˈɡimoŋ/ [ˈɡiː.moŋ]
• Rhymes: -imoŋ
• Syllabification: gi‧mong

Noun

gímong

1. (Catholicism) A chapel or church that is under the jurisdiction of a parish, typically in rural areas.