Intramuros Grand Marian Procession

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The Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, where the Grand Marian Procession of Intramuros is held annually

The Intramuros Grand Marian Procession is an annual religious procession that takes place in honor of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. This event takes place every First Sunday of December at the Plaza de Roma at the facade of the Manila Cathedral in Intramuros, Manila. This event is organized by the Cofradia de la Immaculada Concepcion^[1] and the Intramuros Administration. This procession is the largest and grandest of its kind in the country.^[2] Over 100 images of the Blessed Virgin Mary participate every year which comes from different parishes and families from all over the country. Some of the images include Our Lady of La Naval de Manila, Our Lady of Porta Vaga of Cavite City, Cavite, Our Lady of Divine Shepherdess of Gapan, Nueva Ecija, Our Lady of Caysasay of Batangas and Our Lady of Aranzazu of San Mateo, Rizal.

2018[]

The 2018 Intramuros Grand Marian Procession, the 39th edition, took place last Sunday, December 2, 2018, at 4pm in Intramuros, Manila. Over 116 different images of the Blessed Virgin Mary were expected to participate. However only 90 were present, lower than last year of 96. The line-up returned to its original format beginning with the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, privately owned Marian Images, Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Veneradas and Coronadas.^[3]

For this year, Nuestra Senora del Pilar de Morong in Bataan, which was Canonically Crowned last October 10, 2018 participated for the first time, the only new entry for that year. The image of the Maria Auxiliadora representing the National Shrine in Paranaque was represented by the image from Marinduque. Notable returns are the Virgen de la Merced de Candaba, in commemoration of the 800th anniversary of the Mercedarian Order and the Mahal na Birhen ng Biglang Awa of Marinduque.

2017[]

The 2017 Intramuros Grand Marian Procession, the 38th edition of the annual procession, took place at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, on Sunday, December 3, 2017, at the Manila Cathedral in Intramuros, Manila. 96 images of the Blessed Virgin Mary participated in the procession which was lower than last year's number of 99. This year, a new formatting of the line-up of the procession. It began with the opening images of St Andrew, St Joseph, and St Anne. This was followed by the Veneradas (Marian Images venerated in Churches) were the first one to be paraded followed by the Coronadas, the life of Mary and lastly the privately owned Images.^[4][5]

The image of Mary, Help of Christians was a replica of the original image that was destroyed during the Battle of Marawi that started on May 23, 2017. This image will be donated to St Mary's Cathedral in Marawi. This image will also be remembered when a soldier came and prayed before the image. A picture that went viral on the news and on social media.^[6]

Another highlight is the participation of the original image of Our Lady of the Pillar that is venerated at the Santa Cruz Church as part of the preparations for her Canonical Coronation which took place on December 7, 2017.

Debuts - Virgen Milagrosa de Badoc, Our Lady of the Rosary of Pacita, La Purissima Concepcion de Sta. Maria

Returns - La Reina del Monte Carmelo, Nuestra Señora del Santissimo Rosario de Macarena

Withdrawals - St Pedro Calungsod, St Lorenzo Ruiz, La Anunciación de la Virgen, Nuestra Señora de Fatima de Binakayan, Nuestra Señora de la Buena Hora, Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza Macarena, Nuestra Señora de La Paz y Buen Viaje de Tibag, Our Lady of Loreto, Nuestra Señora de Caridad de Bantay

The list of the images in the order that they were processed. Images in bold indicate images that have joined for the first time. Images in italics indicate images that have returned after a period of time.

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