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Third Saturday in May
Virgen de los Remedios, San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines
To counter the communist insurgency in his diocese, Cesare Marie
Guerrero, first Bishop of San Fernando, started a movable ministry called
in Tagalog the Cruzada ning Pamanisi at Lugud, Crusade of Penance
and Charity. Using an old statue of the Virgin of Remedies from a church
in the city's Baliti district (right), the Crusade toured the area,
uniting believers in prayer and processions. The statue remained in each
parish for a month. Popular and successful, the Cruzada has
continued to the present. But in 1954, after the first round of
visitations, the people of Baliti decided they did not want to give up
their beloved image again, so Bishop Guerrero commissioned a replacement
from local sculptor Victoriano Siongco. At 31", it is slightly taller
than the Baliti Virgin. Crowned by Vatican authority on September 8, 1956,
that image resides in the San Fernando chancery. An annual coronation
reenactment on September 8 alternates between San Fernando and Angeles
City ten miles north. Two other replicas commissioned around 1980 by Oscar
Cruz, second Archbishop of San Fernando, now accompany the Crusade through
north and south Pampanga. The shrine of the Virgin of Remedies in Baliti
celebrates fiestas on November 26 and the third Saturday in
May.
Sources:
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| Raymond C. Garcia, "Prelate off to US to lead VDLR
coronations," Central Luzon Daily - Online Newspaper, 2008, www.centralluzondaily.com |
| Joseph Lideson Mallari, "A_Glimpse_Of_Pinpin's
Photostream," Flickr, www.flickr.com/photos/lidz/
(picture) |
| Nikolas Tan, "Remedios," Flickr - Photo
Sharing! flickr.com |
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Robby Tantingco, "Tantingco: Mother of all
Kapampangans," Sun.Star Network Online, Sept. 7, 2009,
www.sunstar.com.ph |
Also commemorated this date:
| Notre-Dame de Bon Secours, Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France
(Our Lady of Good Help) |
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