2010, September 8. 300 Years of Devotion to Our Lady of
Peñafrancia
Litho Offset.
Amstar Company, Inc. Perf. 14.
Se-tenant
Blocks of 4, Sheets of 40 (10 x 4); Souvenir
Sheets of One
7p
Image of Our Lady of Peñafrancia, 1924
7p
Image of Our Lady of Peñafrancia, 2009
7p
Our Lady of Peñafrancia Shrine
7p
Basilica Minore of Our Lady of Peñafrancia, Naga City
28p
Souvenir Sheets of One (8,500)
Artist: Victor Dennis T. Nierva
Design Coordinators: Dr. Ngo Tiong Tak, Victor
Servo, Elenita San Diego
First Day Covers: Manila &
Naga
City
OUR LADY OF PENAFRANCIA, 300TH ANNIVERSARY
One of the many Catholic traditions is the Marian devotion. We, the
Filipinos, especially the Bicolanos, have that extraordinary,
exceptional, and devoted love for Mother Mary — the Mother of Jesus
and our Mother, too. We believe that she will intercede for us and
will lift our prayers up to God. Thus, there is strong belief and
unshakable faith that our prayers are answered through the
intercession of the Blessed Mother.
She has been called many names in different regions of the
Philippines. Some of them are the following: Nuestra Señora de
Caridad to Ilocanos; Our Lady of Manaoag to the people of Pangasinan;
Lady of Piat to Cagayanos; Nuestra Señora del Rosario de la Naval or
Nuestra Señora de Antipolo to the Tagalogs and many others. Perhaps,
one of her most notable names is Our Lady of Peñafrancia, more
warmly called INA or Mother, to the Bicolanos. This intense devotion
to Mother Mary by the Bicolanos can be traced back in Spain.
The Feast of Our Lady of Peñafrancia is a one-week affair that
starts on the second Friday of September when the miraculous Ina is
transferred from her shrine to the centuries-old Naga Metropolitan
Cathedral. This procession is locally called traslacion where the
miraculous images of Our Lady of Peñafrancia and of the Divino
Rostro journey to the Metropolitan Cathedral of Naga City for a
Novena and Holy Masses. This began in 1885 and ushers in the week
long festivities in the locality. A nine-day novena and prayers are
held in her honor. This event is considered as the biggest and most
popular religious event in the Philippines.