Manaoag shrine offers new facilities, attractions for pilgrims

MANAOAG, Pangasinan, Sept. 29, 2010—With the feast of Our Lady of Manaoag drawing near, pilgrims paying homage to the Virgin will be pleased to see added improvements in the shrine that enhance its prayerful ambiance.

Novena to Our Lady of Manaoag has started last Sept. 24 and will culminate with a procession on her feast day on Oct. 3.


The Manaoag Museum features precious items of the image and the shrine.

The Our Lady of Manaoag Museum, which houses the historic and religious articles related to the miraculous image offers to the pilgrims an extended area for reflection.

Christ’s last words ring true

CHRIST’S horrific death should gloriously conquer the world.

This is the message of Siete Palabras, the Catholic tradition during the Lenten Season of reciting the Seven Last Words of Christ before His death, said Fr. Nilo Lardizabal, O.P., provincial secretary and Siete Palabras 2009 host.

“Horrific because we saw in it the anguish and pain of someone who loved us yet we fail to love that person back in many instances,” Lardizabal said in an e-mail. “Glorious because it was through such death that he conquered the sin of the world.”

He added that these words encourage Christians to embark on a journey that even Christ took toward Resurrection.