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Our Mother of Perpetual Help of Baclaran Wednesdays - a day where the unusual traffic in the streets of Metro Manila leading to Baclaran where people flock the Shrine in Parañaque-Pasay area to pay homage and ask for the Blessed Mother's help and guidance for their everyday life. This Shrine is the National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help where the Church is open 24 hours a day, 7 Days a week for all people from all walks of life who make a pilgrimage to her shrine, especially on Wednesdays. Among all popular devotions in the country, the devotion to Our Mother of Perpetual Help is one of the most popular in the country and its almost mandatory that all Churches, chapels and homes to have a replica of the icon, regardless of its medium, and hold a novena service every Wednesday. The devotees in turn would testify it efficacy where miracles and answered petitions continues up to this day. The Icon The original Icon in Rome The image of Our Lady of Perpetual...

Sta. Ines de Bulacan In the quiet town of Sta. Ines in Bulacan, Bulacan, there is this certain venerated saint, loved by the whole town for the miracles that she wrought to the people for centuries. However, there is a catch - Men, both straight and gay men - are not allowed to touched this miraculous patron of the town. This might sound bizarre to some but this is actually the scenario of the town. This is the mystique of the venerated image of Santa Ines of Bulacan, Bulacan that baffled the modern mind. Sexist to most people but for those who are conscious to religious traditions in the country still wonders on this peculiar trait to the miraculous Virgin and Martyr. The image The image of Santa Ines (St. Agnes of Rome) is that of a de bastidor image where it the image is meant to be vested. The image has a wooden mannequin type of body while the face and hands are that of ivory. Ivory cracks are visibly seen in the image that proves the antiquity of the image. The image ho...

Santo Niño de Tondo The district of Tondo, Manila, once the center of the ancient Pre-Hispanic Kingdom of Manila and later to be known, notoriously, as the poverty stricken district as portrayed in the media, either in film, print and television (in television series and even in the news) which is very contrary to what the district really is in real life and the most populated district in Manila, is known to have one of the most valuable treasure and their beloved King - the venerable image of Señor Santo Niño de Tondo, the most beloved and longest reigning heir of the ancient kingdom of Raja Lakandula. The image of Santo Niño de Tondo is one of the most celebrated images of the Child Jesus in the Philippines and considered as the second oldest venerated image of the Child Jesus in the Philippines, next to Santo Niño de Cebu. His church is also known as one of the most visited in the country - considering the large populace of Tondo aside from pilgrims from other parts of Manila ...

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Quezon City In the modern confines of Quezon City were commerce thrives in the city, there were also some notable shrines in this city that are worth visiting, the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosario - La Naval de Manila in Quezon Avenue, Santuario de San Pedro Bautista in Frisco, the only church in the city established by a Saint, the Monasterio de Santa Clara, the direct successor of the original one in Intramuros, in Katipunan Avenue, the National Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in Retiro where the oldest venerated image of Our Lady of Lourdes in the country is enshrined, among others. There is one parish in particular which was once a pilgrim stop of Marian devotees during the Post War years until it sadly went to oblivion as years passed by. The simple Parish of the Most Holy Redeemer in Brixton Hill in Quezon City enshrines the miraculous image of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart which was then one of the most celebrated Marian...

Santo Niño de la Providencia of Las Piñas In the quiet suburbs of Las Piñas City where commerce thrives in the city ones filled with Pineapples, sometime in 1992, an unexpected miraculous event took place that changed the once quiet city of Las Piñas  from a commercial center and suburbia into a place of pilgrimage for decades. The image of Santo Niño de la Providencia is reported to shed healing oil for decades up to the present and many reported healings from several incurable diseases that continues to baffle many doctors and experts and later flock his chapel in the Gonzales Residence in A. Pijuan St, BF Resort Homes in Las Piñas City. The Image The image of the Santo Niño de Providencia is fashioned in a typical Santo Niño images that are found in every household in the country - a cute smiling face of the Child Jesus standing on a towering base, wearing cuffed long sleeves, donning metal plated boots and wearing a cape and sports a crown on its head and holds a scep...

Santo Niño de Tacloban In the Island province of Leyte, in the heart of its Metropolis, Tacloban, lies a church with a tall belfy dedicated to the beloved King of Leyte and held most dear by Taclobanons - the centuries old Miraculous image of Santo Niño de Tacloban, the Protector of the Island of Leyte. The Church of Santo Niño de Tacloban became the bastion of Catholicism in this city of 220,000, The Sto. Niño safeguards the evangelical faith of approximately 70% of Taclobanons who are Catholics. The Taclobanons continues to enjoy the miracles and graced lavished by their beloved King. The image The image of the Santo Niño de Tacloban is that of the image of the Child Jesus typically styled as a Boy-King which is en-vogue image all over the country from its stance and depiction. The image of the Santo Niño de Tacloban is that of a wooden body with ivory heads and hands, wears a fine set of vestments which includes the now iconic metallic vestments made of precious metals...