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Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Pagsanjan In the scenic and historic town of Pagsanjan, Laguna, known for its famed Pagsanjan Falls, there is an arch and a centuries old Church dedicated to the Mother and Queen of Mexico, Empress of the Americas and the Celestial Patroness of the Philippines - Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe. The people of Pagsanjan, Laguna took are known to be proud of their devotion to the Virgin of Guadalupe for centuries and it was immortalized with an arch that was said to be site of the miracle of their beloved protectress. The image  There were two statues of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe venerated in Pagsanjan, Laguna , aside from a copy of the tilma of the Virgin. Both the altar and the processional image are beautifully carved images of the Guadalupana. Both images are painted in estofado style to adhere to the original depiction of the Virgin where her dress was embellished with floral motifs. Both images are surrounded with rafagas, sports a cro...

La Inmaculada Concepcion of the Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Conception or more popularly known as Manila Cathedral The Philippine Archipelago is known worldwide as the "Pueblo Amante de Maria" - The people in love of the Blessed Virgin Mary, for its strong devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary that is persistent up to the present. Among all Marian devotions in the Philippines, one is the most persistent and important, the devotion to Mary as the Lady of the Immaculate Conception. Every year, every December 8, the  Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is the principal Patroness of the Philippine Islands. Though after the suppression of several Church holydays in the Catholic Calendar of the Philippines, still her feast stays as one of the three holy days of obligation during the year, the other two being Christmas and January 1, when the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, is celebrated. The devotion to her under this singular prerogative remained one of the stronges...

Maria Auxilidora de los Cristianos de Marawi In the quiet yet progressive Islamic city of Marawi, Lanao del Sur, although Christians are a minority in the area, they were able to live in peace and harmony. The quiet atmosphere of Marawi will be put on a screeching halt when recently, in 2017, the Muslim extremist groups, the Muates, a support group of the rebel extremist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or more infamously known as the ISIS attacked and destroyed Marawi City and became a subject of headlines of 2017. The rebel groups attacked the whole of Marawi City, including the Seat of the Diocese of Marawi, St. Mary's Cathedral where the cathedral was dedicated under the Patronage of Mary, Help of Christians. The extremists destroyed the Cathedral, desecrating sacred images, including its patroness that when videos of the desecration spread online, everyone was in shock and saddened with this atrocious act, as if there is no hope. But recently, a new sign of ho...

Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Makati In the busy streets of Guadalupe Nuevo in Makati City, known as the place of the urban poor in the city, there lies a simple yet important Church which is now known as the National Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe - the Celestial Patroness of the Philippines. It is not a mere coincidence that the site would later become a pilgrimage site where the Lady of the Tilma will shower her graces to her devotees, at the same time, to protect her poor children. The Guadalupe Apparitions  On the morning of December 9, 1531 Juan Diego was on his way to mass when he saw symbol of a a maiden at the Hill of Tepeyac, in what would become the town of Guadalupe  in the suburbs of Mexico City. Speaking to him in the native language, the maiden asked that a church be built at that site in her honor; from her words, Juan Diego recognized the maiden as the Virgin Mary. Juan Diego recounted the events to the Archbishop of Mexico City, Fray Juan de Zumarra...

Nuestra Señora de Triunfo de la Cruz de Ozamis In the later part of 2017, Social Media was buzzing about an Antique fair that was held in Manila Peninsula Hotel in Makati City where a beautiful image of the Blessed Virgin Mary, as the Immaculate Conception was the subject of much discussion for days. This particular image was identified as the missing image of the Patroness of Ozamis City, the Centuries old Miraculous image of Nuestra Señora de Triunfo de la Cruz de Ozamiz (More popularly known to her devotees as "Birhen sa Cotta" - The Lady of the Fort) that went missing since 1975. The buzz on the image was further escalated when a magazine show 'Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho" of GMA 7 aired a segment regarding this particular image. On how the image arrived from Ozamiz City to Manila and how she returned to her home was an incredible story worth telling for it shows how the mutual longing of the people of Ozamis and the Virgin was finally ended and how this partic...