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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 de Aranzazu de Colegio de San Juan de Letran Nuestra Señora de Aranzazu de Colegio de San Juan de Letran For some Filipino faithful, the term "Aranzazu" is synonymous to the popular and miraculous Marian image venerated in San Mateo, Rizal where the Virgin, under this unique title is acclaimed as the Patroness of the Pueblo and succor against natural disasters since 1716. However, there were records and proofs that the devotion to Nuestra Señora de Aranzazu already existed in the Walled City of Intramuros before it was introduced to San Mateo, Rizal in 1716. For this blogpost, we are going to discover the story of then one of the venerated Marian images in Old Intramuros and how the devotion kept going in for the students, faculty and the Dominican friars of Colegio de San Juan de Letran. The image The image of Nuestra Señora de Aranzazu shows the Blessed Virgin Mary with the Child Jesus in his arm holding a scepter, with an absence of an apple,...

Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario de Universidad de Santo Tomas The historic and scenic University of Santo Tomas, located in its present campus in España Boulevard in Sampaloc, Manila, is known to be the oldest University in the country and in Asia circa 1611. This Dominican University played a significant role on building our nation by honing the minds of our future heroes, leaders and most importantly, its beatified and canonized saints. These feats and great contribution of the University will not be possible if wasn't for the guidance and protection of its beloved patroness since its founding - Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario. Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario de Universidad de Santo Tomas The Image The beautiful image of Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario of the University of Santo Tomas is a de tallado image of Our Lady of the Rosary that is vested with a cape, a lace veil, wears a pair of wigs and crowns for both Mother and Child. The Virgin...

"Ginintunag alaala" by Rafael del Casal Written by: Lourdes Syquia Bautista Published in Philippine Daily Inquirer on October 6, 2014 Editor's note: The Rosary month of October is one of the most celebrated months in our country due to the numerous festivities that are held nationwide in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary as Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary. All of these celebrations, the Grand festivity of La Naval de Manila stood out as the most opulent and the grandest of them all - historically and culturally speaking. At present, the Virgin's fiesta and its iconic gala procession, dubbed as "Procesion de las Procesiones" [Procession of all Processions], is one of the most awaited and often copied in the country.  The vicaria of Our Lady of La Naval de Manila was used for the re-enactment of the Old Intramuros procession for the film remake of "Ang Larawan" While I was preparing for the annual festivities from wardrobe for the a...

The image El Glorioso San Jose of old San Nicolas Church in Intramuros that became a casualty of the Second World War. If  we can recall one of the previous blogposts here in Pintakasi about the venerated images of Intramuros that survived the ravages of the Second World War  either remained or left Intramuros either as venerated images in the relocated churches of the religious orders who brought them to the country or commissioned locally by our artisans or in some cases, museum pieces. As its fitting follow up on this unexpected trilogy on the Catholic Faith in Old Intramuros (Due to the response on the first article regarding the surviving images of Old Intramuros), we now focus on the images that were unfortunately destroyed during the Liberation of Manila. These images enjoyed much cult following during the Spanish regime and the Pre-War period and became part of the lives of every Manileños for centuries until the atrocities of the Second World War. These images ...