Traditional Celebration for INA - Mother of Bicol
Nuestra Señora de Peñafrancia is the Patroness of Bicol. Every second or third week of September, thousands of pilgrims from all around the region flock to Naga City to celebrate the fiesta of our Lady of Peñafrancia. On the first day of the week of festivities, her image, which is a replica of the Madonna in Peñafrancia, Spain, is brought from her shrine in the Basilica to the Naga Cathedral where she is honored with nine days of novena prayers. On the last day, her image is returned to the Basilica by boat on the waters of the Naga River. The colorful evening procession is lit by thousands of candles carried by devotees (voyadores) on boats escorting her image and shouting, “Viva La Virgen” (Long Live the Virgin).
Peñafrancia Fiesta in Jersey City
In New York and New Jersey, members of Our Lady of Peñafrancia Devotees Association, Inc., in cooperation with the Bicolandia Association, Inc. of the Eastern Seaboard, replicate the traditional festivities in Naga City with nine days of novena, devotional prayers and mass at the Church of Our Lady of Victories in Jersey City. On the third Saturday of September, the annual celebration culminates with mass and a fluvial procession of the replica of the image of Our Lady of Peñafrancia on the waters around the Liberty State Park, followed by sharing of home cooked Bicolano food, Filipino delicacies, drinks and fellowship.
Who we are
OUR 34 YEAR HISTORY
The OLPDA was organized in August 1990 by Lulu M. Menor and Angelita L. Peña and was later incorporated in 1993 as a 501(a), 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(1) organization during the term of Erlinda R. Arellano. The image of Ina was enshrined in 1999 at the Church of Our Lady of Victories in Jersey City. In 2010 a replica image of Ina from Naga City was donated by Archbishop Leonardo Legaspi of the Diocese of Caceres and Monsignor Romulo Vergara of the Peñafrancia Basilica Menore. OLPDA Original Members Angelita De Leon Peña Lulu Magistrado Menor Eufronio L. Peña Ben A. Silerio Cynthia Rodriguez Mirasol Lily Salandanan-Villegas Mel Aninipot Reggie Aureus Patty San Jose Marfo Manibay Ben Ramin Auring Cledera Roco Josie Mendoza Rev. Fr. Jose Salatarin + |
OLDPA Officers
2023 - 2024 Overall Chair: Edmundo Arellano Overall Vice Chair: Betty Buenviaje & Doris de Leon Secretary: Annie Binaday Santos Treasurer: Genevieve Del Rosario Auditor: Francia Banzuela Media Officer: Marfo Manibay Spiritual Advisers: Msgr. Jeremias Rebanal Rev. Fr. Jose Saltarin + Rev, Fr. Roy Buena Regaspi Advisers and Previous Chair Persons Angelita Peña Erlinda R. Arellano Marfo Manibay Ben A. Silerio Liliana F. Lacap Gidget Revilleza Virginia Jacobson Amado Cabaero Peng Peña Efren Zagada Tony Pormento OLPDA Founders: Angelita L. Peña Lulu M. Menor |
Provincial Coordinators
Albay Arnel Binlayo Loida Los Baños Annie Binaday Santos Roslyn Sapalicio Cora Velasco Camarines Norte Laida Centeno Tessie Maghacut Gloria Salen Camarines Sur I Amy Sales Evelyn Vergara Deity Avila Nancy Cadenilla Claire Pomento Camarines Sur II Miriam Estanislao Fe Manibay Myrna Rueda Dolly Zagada Naga City Sylvia Kurt Chi Pilar Ed Arellano Tony Rojano Chito Velasco |
Provincial Coordinators
Catanduanes Rudy Alcantara Vic Idava Lydia Mendez Josefina Surban Masbate Lily Cantuba Norma Rivera Sorsogon Yolly Carr Tonette Clemente Ateneo de Naga Alumni Association (ADNAA) Ed Arellano Tony Rojano Bodjie Amador Nilda Bonnevie Largoza |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
Our website header features the art of Raul Alcomedas, famed Bicolano muralist. The original painting is located in the Basilica of Our Lady of Peñafrancia in Naga City.
Our website header features the art of Raul Alcomedas, famed Bicolano muralist. The original painting is located in the Basilica of Our Lady of Peñafrancia in Naga City.