gimongEtymologyBorrowed from Ilocano gimong.nounA chapel that is under the jurisdiction of a parish, typically in rural areas.““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) ”