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Nuestra Señora del Pronto Socorro de Binondo In the historic Binondo Church in Manila - the temple of the One True God nestled within the historic Chinese community - is the home of some notable devotions of our ancestors from the famed Santo Cristo de Longos, Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario, the fabled Nuestra Señora de la Soterraña (now in the hands of a prominent political family) and the mother church of St. Lorenzo Ruiz and Venerable Ignacia del Espiritu Santo. It was on this Church that another famed Marian icon is also enshrined in this church - the petite yet miraculous icon of Nuestra Señora del Pronto Socorro de Binondo. The petite icon have caused much miracles to her devotees over the centuries and also gained a popularity among Manileños during the Spanish era, the Pre-War and Post War eras yet it also suffered a period of oblivion when it was kept for decades within the hidden premises of the church for some unknown reasons until its re-enthronement in 2014. ...

Santa Quiteria de Caloocan In the silent area of Baesa, near Tullahan Road in Caloocan City where urbanization is very evident in the area filled with commercial buildings and residences, a simple parish in the area enshrines a strange yet peculiar Patron Saint of the area - the headless Santa Quiteria, Virgin and Martyr. The miraculous decapitated Saint is currently enshrined in a parish dedicated to her and St. Francis of Assisi in Caloocan City and locals frequent this parish to ask for the intercession of the holy martyr - especially to those who were afflicted by rabies. The image This unique image of St. Quiteria is that of a de vestir image where she is vested regularly with vestments given by her devotees over the years. The image is holding her beheaded head and the palm of martyrdom, or sometimes a scepter to denote her royal origins. The life of Santa Quiteria Quiteria was born into royalty, the daughter of a Galician prince.  She was one of nine daughters ...

Nuestra Señora de Candelaria de Jaro In the large island of Western Visayas, where the province of Iloilo is located, one of the most visited Shrines in the province is the Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral in Jaro, Iloilo where it was in that shrine where the heart of Ilonggo devotion is enshrined, the Patroness of Western Visayas, Nuestra Señora de Candelaria de Jaro. A visit to Iloilo City will never be complete without seeing the church and paying pilgrimage to the Iloy of the Ilonggos. For centuries, the devotion of the Ilonggos to the Candelaria never waned and it grew stronger as the years passed by. The Virgin in turn showers them with numerous graces for centuries from granting petitions, giving protection to the people of Iloilo and the whole Western Visayas and, apparently, her increase of size through the centuries and it continues up to this day. Details of the image The image The image of Nuestra Señora de Candelaria de Jaro is made of stone and it utili...