SANTO ROSARIO PARISH is located in Dampalit, Malabon City, where it is said that the place was named after the numerous species of Dampalit plants that thrive on the area. While others say that Dampalit was from the Tagalog words “daang – paliit”, which literally means a narrow road, such discussion only gives color to the background of the people from the continuously – rising community.

The church of the Santo Rosario Parish was created using Baroque architecture, under the supervision of the Augustinian priests. It was built inside a 1, 226 meter lot, donated by Kapitana Elena Naval Paez. Back then, it was a chapel belonging to the Immaculate Conception Parish.

As time passed by, the parish underwent several cultural changes, one of which is the Archdiocesan Decree of February 6, 1985, that assigns the second Sunday of October as their rightful feast. Before, the parish celebrates their fiesta on the New Year, which is the solemnity of Mary as mother of God, which contradicts the title of their patronage to Mary, Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary. The Archdiocese of Manila reminded that, although the parish may commemorate Mary’s feast on January 1, it is only proper that they acknowledge the feast on every second Sunday of October.

Although tradition was slightly shattered, these innovations did not hamper the unfathomable devotion of the people of Dampalit to the Virgin Mary, and their faith to the Gospel and to the one God. Instead, they further intensified their activities for the improvement not only of the Santo Rosario Parish, but of the whole physical, mental, and economical status of the communities.