Devotion

The Communiqué

On May 31, 2016, Archbishop Ramon C. Arguelles released his COMMUNIQUE to the public. The joys of the devotees suddenly turned into sorrows. Surprised at this turn of event devotees wondered what makes the Archbishop Arguelles issue such document. On June 26, 2016, for the first time was seen at the web page of the […]

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Worthy of Belief

In 2003, Most Reverend Ramon C. Arguelles became the new Archbishop of Lipa. He too, like his two predecessors, received many requests to restudy the case of Lipa Apparition. A native of Batangas, the story of the apparition is not new to him, and the insisting demands of some devotees to do something prompted him

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The Lifting of the Ban

The devotions remained suppressed but continued silently. Two foreigner priests brought statues of Our Lady to their assigned parishes in Mindanao where the devotion to Our Lady Mary Mediatrix of All Grace also flourished silently. Meanwhile, in Batangas and many other places, the silent devotion continued. Until on May 21, 1990, Archbishop Mariano Gaviola suddenly

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The Disapproval

(Pictures from left to right: Cardinal Rufino Santos who was then the Apostolic Administrator of Lipa in 1951, Bishop Alredo Versoza, Bishop Alfredo Obviar, Mother Mary Cecilia of Jesus, Sr. Mary Anne Cuna, Sr. Teresita Castillo) At first, the local bishop of Lipa at the time Bishop Alfredo F. Verzosa was incredulous of the reported

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Public Response

News of the apparition soon spread to the different parts of the country. People started flocking the monastery grounds even while the Chapel of the monastery was still being built. Lipa City soon received so many visitors from all over the country that during those times created traffic on roads leading to the monastery. Some

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