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September 15, 2021Join the St. Hubert Bayanihan Association as we celebrate the
Feast of Our Lady of Peñafrancia and the Feast of San Lorenzo Ruiz
Saturday, September 25
6:00 PM Novena; 6:30 PM Mass
Celebrant: Rev. Mike Scherschel
Our Lady of Peñafrancia (Nuestra Señora de Peñafrancia in the Philippines) is a wooden statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary venerated in Naga City, Bicol, Philippines. It is currently enshrined at the Basilica Minore de Nuestra Señora de Peñafrancia. Millions of pilgrims and devotees arrive in Naga City every September for the novena festivities in honor of the image as the principal Patroness and Queen of Bicol.
San Lorenzo Ruiz, also called Saint Lorenzo of Manila, is a Filipino saint venerated in the Catholic Church. A Chinese-Filipino, he became his country's protomartyr after his execution in Japan by the Tokugawa Shogunate during its persecution of Japanese Christians in the 17th century. Lorenzo Ruiz is the patron saint of, among others, the Philippines and the Filipino people.