In these page we read about the history of the Augustinian Recollects in Negros, the history of Bacolod City since its origins, and the construction of the cathedral, convent, public plaza, provincial jail as well as the design of the city as conceived and implemented by the Augustinian Recollect parish priest Father Mauricio Ferrero. This beloved priest defended also the parishioners from the encroachment of Protestant and Aglipayan proselytizers at the beginning of the 20th century. He urged the establishment of the first Roman Catholic school in Negros Island. He favored the new system of Church-State separation which the town leaders could not accept immediately due to the new American system which countered the Royal Patronage system of Union of Church and State.