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Nuestra Señora de la Salud It's been years since the centuries old image of Nuestra Señora de la Salud made a comeback after decades of obscurity from the confines of the Recollect Museum in Mira Nila Homes, Quezon City  throughout 2016 and 2017. This generation was fortunate enough to see this day coming as one of the celebrated miraculous images of Old Intramuros returns to once again shower graces of healing to the present generation of Marian devotees in the country and other parts of the world. Nuestra Señora de la Salud How it all happened? I've already discussed in one of my early blog entries the history of Nuestra Señora de la Salud  based from the surviving accounts from numerous books and resources in the archives of the Order of the Augustinian Recollects and in the available books and articles found in other libraries and public domain. The story of the image began in 1634 when the seventh group of the Augustinian Recollect friars arrived in our country and have ...

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, ...

Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario de Amaya In the quiet and productive barangay of Amaya in Tanza, Cavite, there we can find a parish that is one of the key centers of the Rosary devotion in the province of Cavite - the Parish of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Amaya in Tanza, Cavite. It is in this parish where a beautiful painting of Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario de Amaya is venerated.  Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario de Amaya The image The unique painting of Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario de Amaya is a round painting of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary sitting on a cloud with putti (little angels) with St. Dominic de Guzman on her left facing the Child Jesus and St. Augustine of Hippo on her right facing the Virgin. The Virgin wears a red robe and green tunic and a crown on top of her long wavy hair while the Child Jesus wearing a whitish-blue robe also wearing a crown.  The Mother and Child are both handing their rosaries to the to saints. The paint...

Nuestra Señora de la Consolacion y Correa de Balagtas In the historic town of Balagtas, Bulacan, known as the birthplace of the great poet Francisco "Balagtas"Baltazar, the Parish of San Lorenzo Martir became one of the important sites of the area. Aside from the devotion to San Lorenzo Martir, the devotion to Nuestra Señora de al Consolacion y Correa de Balagtas became one of the key devotions in the said town and the devotion grew for three centuries up to the present.  Nuestra Señora de la Consolacion y Correa de Balagtas The Image The image of Nuestra Señora de al Consolacion y Correa de Balagtas is a de vestir image of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus as Our Lady of Consolation and Cincture, the Mother of the Augustinian Order. The image is a de vestir image where the Virgin and the Niño is vested with beautiful and dainty vestments from white robes, blue cape, while veil, the Black Augustinian Cincture, a crown for the Mother and Child and the diagnostic doce...