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Devotees of Our Lady of Perpetual Help may visit her icon at the Radio Veritas chapel until June 27, 2016, her feast day.
History holds that in fifteenth century, the icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help was acquired by a merchant from the island of Crete and had it shipped to Rome. During the voyage, the passengers and crew of the ship were saved from a terrible storm as they prayed to our Blessed Mother. Before his death, the merchant ordered that the image should be displayed for public veneration.
In the Philippines, a German copy of the icon is widely venerated in the National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help in Baclaran, Parañaque City.
On 23 June 1867, the image was granted a Canonical Coronation and its official recognition of the Marian icon under its present title. The Redemptorist priests are the only religious order currently entrusted by the Holy See to protect and propagate a Marian religious work of art.
The icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help is open for public veneration from 6:00 am to 8:00 pm at the Our Lady of Veritas Chapel located at the second floor of Veritas Tower, 162 West Avenue cor EDSA in Quezon City. A Eucharistic celebration will be held on June 27, 2016, 12:15 noon in honor of feast day.For inquiries, you may call (02) 925-7932 to 39 local 129 and look for Ms. Renee Jose or Mr. Rey Isabela.
Radio Veritas 846, the number one faith-based am radio in the Philippines, is owned and operated by the Archdiocese of Manila. Established in 1969, the Ramon Magsaysay recipient Catholic radio station continues to be the leading social communications ministry for truth and evangelization in the country today.
