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
Se-tenant Blocks of Four (40,000)
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.
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