This Friday, the eighth of September, an age-old tradition is going to take place in Naga City, in Bikol. From the Basilica Minore where the icon of the Virgin of Peñafrancia is enshrined the whole year round, She who is endearingly addressed as Ina or Mother, will be brought to…
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In his homily in Auckland on February 12, Caceres Archbishop Rolando Tirona told Divino Rostro (Divine Face) and Our Lady of Peñafrancia devotees that they “are in a privileged situation”.
RIVER PROCESSION.Brig. Gen. Rudolph Dimas (right), director of the Police Regional Office 5, leads the police personnel deployed in Naga City to ensure public safety during the Penafrancia Festivalfluvial procession on Saturday (Sept. 17, 2022). The festivity is considered the biggest religious event in Bicol and is celebrated yearly to honor the feast day of Our Lady of Penafrancia, patroness of the region.(Photo courtesy of PRO-5) LEGAZPI CITY- The more than one-week Penafrancia Festival celebration in Naga City, Camarines Sur was generally peaceful and successful, with the solemnity of the religious event preserved even if it was participated in by huge crowds of Marian devotees, the Police Regional Office in Bicol Region (PRO-5) said Monday. Brig. Gen. Rudolph Dimas, PRO-5 director, said nearly half a million people joined and witnessed the main highlight of the event, which was the fluvial procession along Naga River, held on Saturday. The other main events held were the Miss Bico
After skipping the tradition for two years because of the pandemic, the Archdiocese of Caceres will once again hold the traslacion and the fluvial procession in honor of the Divino Rostro (Holy Face of Jesus) and Our Lady of Penafrancia this year.
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