This year the procession will take place Dec. 5, 4 p.m., at Intramuros. Eighty-four carrozas bearing the different titles of the Blessed Virgin are expected to join. Both venerated images and those belonging to families will take the route set out by the Intramuros Administration headed by administrator José Capistrano.
This year’s hermanas mayores are Cecilia Manalo, Nellie Bengzon and Thelma Gana. Lipa Archbishop Ramon Arguelles will officiate in the Concelebrated “hermana mass” on Dec. 5, 2 p.m., at Manila Cathedral.
Three days before, there will be the Triduum of Masses, Dec. 1-3, 11:30 a.m., also at Manila Cathedral.
Venerated images expected to join the procession are Our Lady of Piat from Piat, Cagayan; Our Lady of Soledad de Porta Vaga, Our Lady of Caysasay, Ina Poon Bato, Our Lady of La Naval, and Our Lady of Manaoag.
Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, patroness of the Cofradia, is the centerpiece of the procession.
After the procession, Our Lady of Piat will be brought to Our Lady of the Assumption Parish in Leveriza, Malate.I'm posting this for promotional reasons.
I won't be able to attend this one because of transportation and financial issues, otherwise it would be my first Marian Procession. Central to Filipino culture are celebrations, and we celebrate many ideas, people and events. Every day is a celebration, as we are a people who celebrate the everyday. I hope that my readers, local and foreign, would be able to go to this yearly procession, if not for religious reasons then for celebratory reasons.
I'm looking forward to my friend's blog as he will attend the procession.
