Name of School: DR. DOMINGO G.

ABCEDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Grade Level: GRADE III

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The feast of Our
Religious Lady of Peafrancia
Act of Demonstrat
Festival is celebrated on the
Peafranc third Saturday of Piousness e piousness
ia Festival September in Naga
The pupils Site visit to
City, Bicol. The feast
day is preceded by should learn Basilica,
a novena, nine days faith and Cathedral
of prayer, in honor of value the and
the Virgin. On the act of being Peafrancia
first day, the image pious. Church to
of the Virgin, a copy see the
of the Madonna in Students image of
Peafrancia, Spain, is should be Ina.
brought from its able to give
shrine to the Naga ideas on Creative
Cathedral where how they outputs
the novena is held. can show such as
On the last day, the their paper
image is returned to devotion to mosaic of
her shrine following our Lady of the image,
the Naga River route. Peafrancia. tigsik,
The colorful evening posters and
procession is lit by slogans.
thousands of candles
from devotees in Performanc
boats escorting the e task such
image. When the as role
barge reaches its playing of
destination, the Traslacion,
devotees shout "Viva Fluvial
la Virgen" (Long live Procession,
the Virgin!) and the and other
image is brought activities
back in a procession related to
to the cathedral. the
According to locals, a Peafrancia
Spanish government Festival.
official from
Peafrancia, Spain,
settled with his
family in Cavite in
1712. One day, his
daughter fell ill and
 the family prayed for
her recovery to the
famous Madonna of
Peafrancia, a
picture of whom was
in their possession.
When the daughter
recovered, the father
vowed to build a
chapel in honor of
Our Lady of
Peafrancia in
Manila. However,
since he was being
detained in Nueva
Caceras, he built the
chapel in that city,
now known as Naga,
instead.
The famous
Madonna is believed
to have miraculous
powers. On her feast
day, pilgrims gather
at her shrine to pay
her homage for
favors received.
Traslacion, is the
transffering of the
miraculous Image of
the Virgin, Our Lady
of Peafrancia and of
the Divino Rostro to
the Metropolitan
Cathedral of Naga
City for a Novena
and Holy Masses.
This begun in 1885.

Prepared by:
Dolores Ochoa, Chona Andes, Mildred Tolete, Karen Orasa

Noted:

RICARDO S. FRANCISCO
School Principal