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The Dungaw of Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario - La Naval de Manila during the "Dungaw" rites on her festivity in lieu of the grand procession due to the government's restrictions to curb cases of COVID-19 virus  The COVID-19 Pandemic has caused much damage in all aspects in everyday, including religious with the restrictions on Church attendance as part of the government's measures to prevent the spread the pandemic further which the Church hierarchy cooperated since March of 2020. During this time, we see processions and other liturgical and pious activities that involved public gatherings were suspended and later modified in compliance to the current health measures which is understandable and the La Naval festivities were no exemption. For La Naval de Manila festivities for 2020, we saw how the celebrations continued with a unique twist to it with the revival of old traditions that we haven't seen in the modern era since the post war years that made a mark...

Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario de Tuyan Written by: Jose Franco Francisco and James Malabanan In the quiet fishing barangay of Tuyan in Naga, Cebu, the people of the barangay took pride of their beloved miraculous patroness - Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario de Tuyan. The devotion to their beloved patroness goes leaps and bounds with a grand and elaborate festivities in her honor which showed the intense devotion that they cherished and became part of the history and culture of Barangay Tuyan, Naga, Cebu. Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario de Tuyan The image The venerated image of Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario de Tuyan  is a de vestir image of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary venerated in her parish in Tuyan, Naga, Cebu. The image has a wooden body with the Virgin's head and hands were made of wood while the Child Jesus was made of ivory. The carving of the image was more of a typical style of the nineteenth century which gives its refined yet distinct look....

Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario - La Naval de Manila Blogger's note: While doing a research for writing a new blog entry for a certain venerated image, I came across this piece of a gem on the annals of literature dedicated to the Virgin of La Naval written by its foremost devotee - the Quijano de Manila Nick Joaquin, National Artist for Literature. It's just imperative for me to place it in my blog so that our future generation can appreciate this masterpiece dedicated to La Gran Señora de Filipinas.

San Francisco de las Lagrimas of Old Intramuros Old Intramuros was known not only as the center of the Spanish empire in the Orient, but also the "Rome of the Pacific" because it was here that the headquarters and mother houses of different religious orders are located in the Walled City. We are all familiar of the numerous images that were venerated inside the seven Churches of the Walled City and we are featuring today is one of the most historical significant yet it became one of the casualties of the Second World War - the miraculous image of San Francisco de Las Lagrimas, the forgotten Seraphic Patron and Protector of Manila. The image In this modern world, we see St. Francis of Assisi as a nature lover that he is often depicted with birds and other animals since he was named as the Patron of Ecology. However, in the he image of San Francisco de las Lagrimas, we see him as a penitent because he became a saint, not only as a founder of a very influential religious order, ...