Our Lady of Aranzazu before her glorious entry inside the Asia Pacific College Campus. Photo: James Wong / APC Campus Minister
MAGALLANES, Makati City – Our Lady of Aranzazu was proclaimed as the patroness of Asia Pacific College (APC Online) and dedicated their school chapel under the patronage of our beloved Virgin of San Mateo. A special visit of the image of Our Lady of Aranzazu and a special mass took place on Friday, October 27.
Upon the arrival of the callejera image of Our Lady of Aranzazu, the APC community composed of their students, teachers, and staffs made a special salutation to Our Lady of Aranzazu by organizing a short procession followed by the singing of Pamimintuho sa Birhen ng Aranzazu performed by the APC chorale together with APC Strings.
Fr. Lucas with the parishioners of St. Alphonsus Liguori Parish and members of Association of Our Lady of Aranzazu.
DSPNSDA Shrine Rector, Rev. Fr. Lawrence Paz, celebrated a special mass during the first day visit of Our Lady of Aranzazu. Bro. James Wong, APC Campus Minister, accordingly suggests to the school on having their chapel dedicated to our Lady.
“The event is thru the initiative of the campus ministry, partly because I personally introduced the devotion there until she became renowned. We also pray the Memorare of Aranzazu every Friday mass,” said Wong.
In the following day, Our Lady of Aranzazu was transferred to the nearby Parish of St. Alphonsus Mary Liguori to introduce the devotion to the parishioners of the said parish. The devotees bids farewell to Our Lady of Aranzazu on October 30, through the celebration of the Holy mass.
Christian Jasper Robles
Senior Writer, Website Team - Media Ministry
Christian is a graduate of Bachelor of Arts in Communication at Colegio de San Juan de Letran. He is a member of the writer’s team of Aranzazu Media and Public Information Ministry. A singer, performer, writer, church servant, and a Marian devotee. Currently, he is the secretary of Association of Our Lady of Aranzazu- Cofradia and member of Avant-Garde Singers. Passionate about writing different local religious traditions and Mariology matters; Christian is strongly dedicated in promoting and propagating the devotion to Our Lady of Aranzazu.
