Our Lady of Antipolo

It's the start of May time festival in the Philippines, every town and cities celebrates their own fiestas and festival. A very popular place to go is the City of Antipolo, the home of the miraculous Virgin of Peace and Voyage (Nuestra Senyora de La Paz V Buen Viaje or Our Lady of Antipolo.
The origin of the Blessed Virgin of Antipolo dates back at the height of Mexico and Philippines
galleon trade. On March 25,1626 Don Juan Nino de Tabora sailed to the Phillippines, on board his ship El Almirante ,was the statue of the Blessed Virgin. When Tabora died the statue was turnover to the Jesuits.
Since then the Blessed Virgin crossed the Pacific 8 times, in 1641,1643,1645-46, on board Galleon ship San Luis,1648-49 on the Encarnacion,in 1650, on the San Diego, in 1651-53, on the San Javier,
in 1659-1652, on the San Jose, and in 1746-1748, on the Nuestra Senyora Del Pilar.

In November 26, 1926, The Blessed Virgin of Antipolo was "canonically crowned" by then Archbishop of Manila, Most Reverend Michael J O'Doherty at Luneta, witnessed by hundreds of thousands of Filipinos.