Our Lady of Manaoag, pray for us...: “The Virgin told the farmer, ‘Call other people and build me a church here.’ That’s why this place is also called ‘Manaoag,’ from the word tawag, which means to call,”

Built in the 17th century following aMarian apparition to a local farmer, the famous pilgrimage site in Pangasinan province, where many have attributed miraculous healings to the VirginMary, was granted the elevated status through anOct. 11, 2014 proclamation by Pope Francis. The church became a parish church when the Augustinians turned it over to the Dominicans in 1605. But it was only in 1701 that construction of a big church on its present site began. The new church was destroyed by an earthquake in 1882 and what was left was burned by revolutionaries in 1898. The church was rebuilt after the Philippine Revolution and was completed in 1912. At present, it is the only church run by the Dominicans in Pangasinan. The Dominicans have been running the church since 1925, with the approval of the Holy See.By: Gabriel Cardinoza. Photo Credit: WILLIE LOMIBAO/INQUIRER NORTHERN LUZON http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/674489/manaoag-now-phs-newest-papal-basilica

Prayer

“The Virgin told the farmer, ‘Call other people and build me a church here.’ That’s why this place is also called ‘Manaoag,’ from the word tawag, which means to call,”