ジ: Happy Fiesta: Our Lady Of Peace and Good Voyage

Our Lady Of Peace and Good Voyage (May 19, 2013), 27th Year

Happy Fiesta Barangay f. De Castro!

Ngayong araw na ito ginunita ng mga taga Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage Chapel Sunshine Homes Barangay F. De Castro ang kanila Pista ng Birhen ng Antipolo kasabay ng Pista ng Pentecostes.

Little Insight

The Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage Chapel iis a fulfillment of the ardent desire to cultivate a God-centered and united community through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is under the jurisdiction of the San Jose Manggagawa Parish.

The first feast day dedicated to Our Lady was on 18 May 1986 (third Sunday of May), with the mass held on a vacant lot near the Phase II triangle of Sunshine Homes.

It has been 27 fruitful years since the first barangay fiesta was held. And with its glorious history, the F. De Castro Catholic community looks at the horizon with great confidence that it can brave the tides and continue fulfilling the mission of bringing God closer to the people with the help of its beloved patroness.

Our Lady Of Peace and Good Voyage

Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage (Spanish: Nuestra Señora de la Paz y Buen Viaje), also known as the Virgin of Antipolo (Tagalog: Birhen ng Antipolo), is a 17th-century Roman Catholic brown wooden statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary venerated by Roman Catholics in the Philippines. The statue depicting the Immaculate Conception of Mary, is enshrined at the Antipolo Cathedral in the city of Antipolo in Rizal province.

The image was originally brought to the country by Governor Juan Niño de Tabora from Mexico via the galleon El Almirante. His safe voyage across the Pacific Ocean was attributed to the image and was given the title of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage. It was substantiated later by six other successful voyages of the Manila-Acapulco Galleons with the image aboard as its patroness. During the 1630s, its several mysterious disappearance from its church in construction and later reappearance on top of a tipolo (breadfruit) tree (artocarpus incisa) led to the relocation of that church to its current location, where the tipolo tree was situated. The pedestal where the image is now enshrined has been traditionally made from the trunk of the tipolo tree.

The town of Antipolo itself was named after the tree for its abundance in the area. The statue is one of the most celebrated images of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Philippines, gaining devotees since the mid-19th century. From May to July each year, the town of Antipolo attracts thousands of devotees from all over country and abroad.

Salamat sa walang sawang pagsuporta sa ating munting chapel sa ating barangay. Salamat sa lahat ng nakisali sa mga events ng simbahan ang mga prinsepe at prinsesita at ang ating mga Hermana sa taon na ito, Maraming salamat po sa inyong lahat. HAPPY FIESTA!!!!!