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Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario - La Naval de Manila in her homecoming procession in Intramuros, Manila Who would've though that this would happen in our lifetime. After almost eighty years since the Second World War, the original image of Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario - La Naval de Manila comes home to Intramuros, Manila for a special occasion - the Quadricentennial Celebrations (400th founding anniversary) of Colegio de San Juan de Letran. This visit is one of a kind because it is one of the rare instances that the Santo Rosario (as she was originally called) goes outside of her shrine in Santo Domingo Church in Quezon City apart from her annual fiesta procession. The last time that the Virgin went outside of her shrine and jurisdiction took place in 2011 at the University of Santo Tomas in España Boulevard, Sampaloc, Manila for its Quadricentennial celebrations. I originally intended to presented a factual timeline that leads to this once in a lifetime eve...

Nuestra Señora del Refugio de Dulag In the quiet town of Dualg, located in Leyte Province, one of the historic towns of Leyte province, one can find a simple looking parish where it tells its colorful history of the town and the home of Dulag's miraculous patroness, Nuestra Señora del Refugio. The image The venerated image of Nuestra Señora del Refugio (Our Lady of the Refuge) is a de tallado image of the Blessed Virgin Mary holding the Child Jesus. This image is one of this image has a unique Indo - European features which is a rarity for venerated Marian images in the country. The Virgin hsa a long wavy hair, wears a white robe and a blue cloak while the Child Jesus wears a white robe and both decorated with gold trimmings. The Madonna and Child also sports a set of crowns and the diagnostic doce estrellas for the Virgin. The image presents a smiling Virgin while the Child's left hand is in a gesture of blessing  and holding a globus cruciger on the other. Th...