The native clergy of Cavite took very active part in the Revolution. Inspired by the martyrdom of the Gomburza, they promoted the Revolution against Spain while remaining loyal to the Catholic Church.

Fr. Severo Buenaventura, the coadjutor of Imus, founded a chapter of masonry in Imus known as the Pilar Lodge. Here, leaders like Aguinaldo and Juan Castañeda were initiated, and liberal reformist ideas were inculcated in them. Later, Fr. Buenaventura would be confined to the seminary for his seditious activities. Fr. Valentin Velasco, the coadjutor of Naic, initially opposed the Revolution. He was arrested by Gen. Mariano Alvarez. Having found him too sickly, he was finally pardoned. From then on, he became an active supporter of the Revolution, offering prayers for its success and enjoining people to fight for the cause.

In 1945, St. Joseph Educational Institution was opened by the Augustinian Recollect Sisters upon the request of Cavite City’s parish priest, Msgr. Pedro Lerena, DP. It was built at the back of San Roque Parish Church. It was later renamed St. Joseph College. In the same year, the ICM Sisters opened the Infant Jesus Academy in Silang. In 1957, the St. Michael Institute in Bacoor was opened. More schools would be opened in 1965; St. Gregory in Indang; Jesus, Good Shepherd School in Imus; St. Augustine School in Mendez; St. Mary Magdalene in Kawit; St. Augustine in Tanza. Once, the Religious of the Good Shepherd had their Maryridge School in Tagaytay City. It was an exclusive school for girls. Most of the girls lived as intern in that school. Besides the St. Joseph College, there are still two higher schools of learning, the San Sebastian College Recoletos established in 1966 by the Recollect Fathers in Cavite City and the De La Salle University in Dasmariñas established in the ‘80s. today, there are around 14 parochial schools and 12 schools run by religious congregations.

Fr. Esteban del Rosario of Caridad, Cavite, who was the parish priest of Ternate, was very outspoken about the Revolution. He gave two long sermons for the promotion of the Revolution on November 1, 1896, and in a mass in January, 1897 while celebrating the fiesta of Sto. Niño. It was attended by the leaders of Magdiwang. These sermons stirred the soldiers of Ternate, aroused its people to rise up in arms against the Spaniards, and encouraged them to continue fighting until the independence is won. Even more active was Fr. Manuel Trias, an uncle of General Mariano Trias. He participated in the government meetings and sometimes even initiated meetings in other towns to promote the Revolution.

Both del Rosario and Trias were confined by Archbishop Nozaleda to San Carlos Seminary for their subversive activities. Two priests from Manila, Fr. Pedro Dandan and a certain Fr. Teodoro, joined the revolutionaries in Cavite. They also exercised considerable influence in keeping the flame of the Revolution burning. Sometime after the election of Gen. Aguinaldo as President of the Revolutionary Government at the Tejeros Convention, the clergy of Cavite met in Maragondon to elect their ecclesiastical leader. Fr. Cornello Ignacio was chosen as the Presidente Ecclesiastico. In September 1876, during the execution of the friars in Maragondon, Fathers Esteban del Rosario, Fruto Tirona (a brother of Gen. Candido Tirona) and Arcadio Resurreccion, were present to hear the confession of the friars. Certainly, they had no part in the execution of their brothers in faith.

On March 23, 1897, Gen. Aguinaldo took his oath as President of the Revolutionary Government. Fr. Cenon Villafranca, a native of Maragondon, administered the ceremony to Aguinaldo and other officials who all took the oath of office before the Holy Cross, the patron of Sta. Cruz de Malabon.