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La Inmaculada Concepcion of Manila Cathedral A trip to Intramuros is not complete without visiting or seeing one of it's famous and prominent landmarks - The Manila Metropolitan Cathedral, the First Cathedral and the Mother Church of the Philippines. Every pilgrim, tourist, or local Manileño would always make it a point to enter the Cathedral to pray, meditate, gaze on the artworks and architecture among others.  Aside from architecture, one of the most prominent feature of the Cathedral is the beautiful and imposing statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary as the Immaculate Conception, the Principal Patroness of the Philippines. The image of the Virgin grabs the attention of the all who visit the Cathedral and be amazed on her other worldly beauty which gives a beholder a sense of heaven here on earth.  The image The altar image of La Inmaculada Concepcion of Manila Cathedral There were two images of Our Lady, the Immaculate Conception that is venerated at the historic Cathedral - t...

The icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help that was set to return to her altar in 2019 A talk from Rev. Fr. Tim Ofrasio, SJ for "Visitacion III: Halina sa Marikina" of Esculturas Religiosas en las Filipinas  Transcribed by Mr. Sherwyn Aban Blogger's photo of +Rev. Fr. Tim Ofrasio, SJ during the said event Blogger's note: The night of December 1, 2020 was rocked with a sad news of the passing of Rev. Fr. Timoteo "Tim" Ofrasio, SJ due to COVID-19. Fr. Tim is known as  one of the pillars on Philippine Liturgical Music, a scholar and advocate of celebration of Ad Orientem worship for the Mass (The priest facing the altar at the direction of the east) and Traditional Latin Mass, The Filipino Catholic faithful from different sectors mourned on his passing. I then remembered the talk that he gave to one of the events I attended years ago which it's message is still important and relevant today, especially in the social media age where some non-Catholic extremists...