Queen Virgin Mary & King Child Jesus of the Holy Family

1. In Study of Mariology & Roman Catholicism:
THE FILIPINO CATHOLIC TRADITIONS OF BALIUAG TOWN
In 2021, the Filipino (Roman Catholic) Diocese of Malolos declares new Marian shrines,
as the (Marian) Roman Catholic Bishop approved the episcopal coronation of the image
of “La Purisima Concepción de Baliuag” (or “The Immaculate Conception of Baliuag”).
The Filipino (Marian) Roman Catholic Bishop Dennis Villarojo of Malolos declared the
new diocesan Marian shrines in San Miguel Arcangel Parish Church (in San Miguel
town) and the St. Andrew Kim Taegon Parish Church (in Bocaue town), in Bulacan
province (Philippines).
The Filipino (Marian) Roman Catholic parish also had the privilege to host the 33rd
“Healing for the World” in 2020 that includes the “Healing Rosary Prayers” led by
Filipino (Marian) Catholics throughout the country.
COMBINING THE LENTEN, SAINTS, & MARIAN PROCESSIONAL DEVOTIONS:
“Good Friday processions in Baliuag” (or Holy Week procession in Baliuag) takes place
in the province of Bulacan, as a traditional Roman Catholic culture of the St. Augustine
Parish Church of Baliuag.
In the Lenten procession, religious fervor and piety compelled the town people of
Baliuag to launch over a hundred richly adorned giant floats depicting the passion of
Jesus Christ.
In 2013, the "Prusisyon ng mga Santo" (or the “Procession of the Saints”) was the
Lenten rite wherein 96 massive carriages carrying life size dioramas depicting a scene
in the life of Jesus were paraded all over town after sunset.
Held every Holy Wednesday and Good Friday, the procession starts at 6:00 in the
Evening; while the grand procession of more than 80 images became an anticipated
attraction on Holy Wednesday and Good Friday.
The solemn rite on Good Friday, called the “Baliuag Lenten Procession”, was witnessed
by local Filipino Catholics and foreign tourists, and other Roman Catholic clergy.
Known as the longest “Lenten Procession” in the Philippines, followed by the “Holy
Week Procession” from the San Isidro Labrador Parish from the nearby town of Pulilan.
In the 2017 Holy Week Procession, 117 carriages were paraded, 118 in 2018, and 121
in 2019, and 122 in 2020; while the dioramas also include the participation of the Virgin
Mary during the Passion of Jesus as she wept for her son at the foot of the “Cross”.
While many of the images shown at the processions include that solely of the Virgin
Mary, thus, the “Lenten Procession” (depicting the suffering of Jesus under the

2. Romans), then becomes a “Marian Procession” (of honoring Jesus’ mother, as his
“resurrection”).
The honoring of the “Son of God” & the “Mother of God” then becomes one symbolizing
both the “Resurrection & Ascension of Son Jesus” and the “Assumption & Coronation of
Mother Mary” in “Heaven”.
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