Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary of Manaoag
Manaoag, Philippines (15th c.)
In the 1600s, word spread, that a Pangasinan man coming home from his farm had seen the Virgin.
As night fell, the man saw a light on a hill; in the form of a mother holding her infant standing in a tree. She called him by name, then said, “Son, I want a church here in my honor. My children shall receive many favors in this place.” Although the local priest discounted the man's story, pilgrims began coming and miracles occurring.
A surge of grassroots devotion resulted in a bamboo chapel at the apparition site, containing a Spanish ivory statue brought in 1605 by a Dominican missionary.
The place began to be known as Manaoag, form “Mantatawag” the call.
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Source: "365 Days with Mary" by Michael O'Neill
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