Virgen del Carmen - Feastday 2011

The Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Carmel Monastery

The Our Lady of Mt. Carmel is one most revered Marian titles in Lipa. Her devotion is so popular that hundreds of people flock to her Shrine in the Carmel Monastery in Lipa. The devotion has been deep within Lipeños even during pre-war times.

Seal of the Carmilite Order

Sadly there are no accounts on what happened to the original venerated image in the Cathedral, it somehow got loss and no trace was found after the war. On the other hand the devotion is still strong at present.

The processional image

The Apparition site of Mary Mediatrix of All Grace

The mass started with the blessing of the brown scapulars followed by the afternoon Mass and ended with the procession around the Poblacion of Lipa. The procession today is a bit different during the Colonial or the Coffee Bloom years in Lipa. Back then the carroza would stop in a certain house, there a maiden would sung the Ave Maria in Latin just like one describe by Rizal in Noli Me Tangere but at least we today can still see this processions.

A Moment is One Click Away -1st Anniversary

Its been a year since I have stated this Blog, a page that transformed into a travel blog, had several name change. Had over 30 post, a hundred of pictures, been to places seen before, a lot of editing, had over thousand readers and more coming, had zero comments, help many student and answer finders and a walk a thousand miles just to get a topic.

You may wonder how did this started well it began with some reading about this blog titled "Ece Ego, Quia Vocasti Me" and the "The Golden Monstrance", both made me inspired to write about things here in Batangas. One thing I ask back then was" What about those they have not written, somehow may be I can write them myself".So I decided to make my own blogroll, just like any blog, one thing I find hard was creating a name. The first thing that came to my mind is that I'm a Santo-owner and I travel to different places thus my blog first was called "Viajando Camarero" yet in the later part it was converted into "Batangeño Camrero" and finally to "Batangeño Biyahero". Majority of my post are on the religious structures, history and events yet somehow I added some personal insights.

As of today this blog is had been visited by over two thousand seekers, I found out many of them are interested to my post specially in topics like the Sto. Niño de Batangan, Lost Towns of Taal Lake, Our Lady of Caysasay and many more. This is my contribution to the cyber world, giving answers to questions.

Thank you to all those who appreciate my post. This is not the end of this blog its only the beginning of new chapter.