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Servant of God Darwin Ramos With the recent news of a new Servant of God was added to the roster of soon to be Filipino Saints, many asked who was this teenage Filipino that will soon join the ranks of our own Holy Men to be exalted in our altars. It is the proper time to get to know more who is Servant of God Darwin Ramos, who lived a impoverished life, then found hope and suffered a grave illness yet he still kept his faith alive and inspired many which can be compared to the likes of St. Anna Schaffer and Blessed Alessandrina de Costa. The Family life of Darwin Darwin Ramos was born on December 17, 1994 in Doña Marta Maternity Hospital, in Pasay City. Darwin spent his early years with his family on P. Villanueva St., Pasay City. Their house was in a slum between EDSA and Libertad stations (elevated rail transport). Darwin was the second child of a very poor family. His mother worked as a laundrywoman to earn some money to feed the whole family. His father was an alcoholic.

San Isidro de Ligtong In the quiet yet productive locale of Ligtong, located a few kilometers from Rosario, Cavite, devotees and pilgrims of Cavite province would flock a parish in this location where the miraculous image of San Isidro Labrador of Ligtong. The miraculous image of San Isidro is enshrined for centuries and became one of the most popular patrons of the province from jeepneys and lowland Cavites Mini bus bearing his image. San Isidro de Ligtong, or Tata Idrong as he is fondly called by devotees became a guide and inspiration of the people of Ligtong on their everyday work that helped on the progress of the area. The Image The image of San Isidro de Ligtong is probably one of the most unique image of St. Isidore the Farmer in the Philippines. The depiction of San Isidro can be described as a folk reindition of the saint where the image looks straight to the beholder with it's hands open and beneath the image is the typical figures that are found in most

Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de Quezon (Altar image) In the quiet yet mystical town of Dolores, Quezon, known as one of the most popular pilgrimage sites in the province where the famed Mount Banahaw is located where syncretic folk beliefs are practiced up to this day. Aside form the “mystical” Mount Banahaw, pilgrims would flock a church near the mountain and it became a center of pilgrimage for ages, the National Shrine of Nuestra Señora de los Dolores. The devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows of Dolores, Quezon flourished over the years and it became one of the most visited in the Quezon Province due to the numerous miracles that were attributed to her intercession. The image There were two images of the Virgin of Sorrows that is venerated in the shrine, the famed altar image that is currently enthroned at the center of the main altar and the processional image that also served as the pilgrim image of the shrine. Both images depict the Blessed Virgin Mary in her moment oi sor