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Manila Bulletin devider Philippines devider Pilgrimage season in Antipolo City ends July 6

Pilgrimage season in Antipolo City ends July 6

Published Jul 6, 2021 05:56 am

After two months of novena masses and recitation of the holy rosary at the National Shrine of the Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage also known as the Antipolo Cathedral, this year’s pilgrimage season ends on Tuesday, July 6, 2021.

Nuestra Señora Dela Paz y Buenviaje (Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage)

At 6 a.m. on Tuesday, the first holy mass at the cathedral housing the 17th century old image of the Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage, also known as the Nuestra Señora Dela Paz y Buenviaje was offered. Other masses will follow at 8 a.m., 10 a.m. and 12 noon.

At 3 p.m.. the praying of the Holy Rosary and novena will be part of the preparation for the 4 p.m. concelebrated mass which will also be streamed online on the Facebook page of the Birhen ng Antipolo-Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage.

Some pilgrims are expected to gather outside the cathedral at 5 p.m. to witness the last procession of the pilgrim image or replica of the 17th century statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary holding a scepter during the pilgrimage season of 2021.

Another Mass will be offered at 6 p.m. which will be the last Mass of the pilgrimage season this year.

A virtual concert for the Our Lady of Antipolo, entitled, “Harana Sa Birhen ng Antipolo” (Serenade for the Virgin of Antipolo) was held at 8 p.m. on July 5 with International Concert Organist and Titular Organist of the Las Piñas Bamboo Organ in Las Piñas City, Professor Armando V. Salarza playing the newly installed pipe organ in the cathedral as part of the culminating activities of the cathedral for the closing of the pilgrimage season.

Also part of the pilgrimage season and the 395th anniversary of the arrival in Manila of the original 17th century image of the Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage was the visit of the pilgrim image of the Virgin of Antipolo to some of the churches in the Diocese of Antipolo and in Metro Manila.

Mar Bacani, head of the tourism office of the Antipolo city government, told the Manila Bulletin that the devotion to the Virgin of Antipolo could be the main reason why the figures on daily tourist arrivals in the city remained relatively high despite the prevailing quarantine restrictions due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

In May, this year, the city tourism office recorded daytime tourist arrivals at 2,781,874.

In 2020 and 2019, tourist arrivals were recorded at 5,021,369 and 9,867,600 respectively for the month of May alone, according to Bacani, who is also a devotee of the Virgin of Antipolo.

Prior to the pandemic, the streets of Antipolo City were always filled with people and vehicles during the pilgrimage season every day and busloads of people would arrive to attend the hourly Masses at the cathedral.

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