Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe to visit selected PH churches this year

Philippine News Agency

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) News reported that the Association of Catholic Shrines and Pilgrimages in the Philippines (ACSP) said the 6-month visit is part of the Novena Intercontinental Guadalupana, a global devotional program running from 2025 to 2031, the association said. (Photo: PNA)

MANILA – The pilgrim image of Our Lady of Guadalupe from Mexico will visit the country in the middle of this year.

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) News reported that the Association of Catholic Shrines and Pilgrimages in the Philippines (ACSP) said the 6-month visit is part of the Novena Intercontinental Guadalupana, a global devotional program running from 2025 to 2031, the association said.

“An official visit of the Pilgrim Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe from Mexico to the Philippines will be held from June to December 2026,” it said.

The image is expected to visit selected cathedrals and parishes across the country dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe.

The ACSP said the full itinerary and detailed schedule for the visit will be announced in the coming weeks.

The visit comes after a partnership between the CBCP and the Mexican Bishops’ Conference, which aims to strengthen national celebrations of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, observed annually on Dec. 12 and had already begun last year during the Jubilee of Hope “and will continue in the coming years “to solidify its status as a national event.”

Aside from the visit of the image, ACSP said it will produce Filipino catechetical materials on Guadalupan devotion for parish use.

It added that they will organize national Guadalupan congresses beginning in 2027 to deepen understanding and devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe.

The long-term program also includes an official Filipino pilgrimage to Mexico in November 2026, involving selected Guadalupan shrines and parishes.

Another pilgrimage is scheduled for 2028 at the Shrine of Guadalupe de Extremadura in Spain, honoring the Spanish devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe.

On the other hand, the National Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Makati City will host the first congress in 2027, followed by other Guadalupan shrines in 2029, 2031 and 2033.

Also, a historical book documenting Philippine Guadalupan devotion from 1687 to the present is expected to be completed by 2031.

The program also links Philippine shrines to a global “Guadalupan Triangle” network connecting devotional sites in Mexico, Spain and the Philippines.