Every evening within the Peñafrancia Novenario at the Cathedral, Inâ is borne in a procession within the Cathedral Patio. The Healing Liturgy with the Imposition of the Manto follows.
On the last three days of the Peñafrancia Novenario, from Thursday to Saturday, a Dawn Penitential Procession is held at the Cathedral at 3:30am along the major streets of Naga City. It is the custom in these processions that only women are allowed to carry the Andas of Ina.
From Monday to Wednesday during the Peñafrancia Novenario, a Perdon Procession as an act of reparation is conducted along the different streets of Naga City to and fro the Cathedral.
Did you know: Originally, the fluvial procession concludes at the Old Peñafrancia Shrine instead of at the Basilica which is the practice beginning in 1982. The Sacred Images of Inâ and Divino Rostro are brought back to the Basilica in a procession from the Metropolitan Cathedral. This procession has three parts: First is the foot procession from the Cathedral to the Reina del Bicol Pier at Tabuco; Second is the fluvial procession via the Naga River from Reina del Bicol Pier to the Basilica Pier at Balatas; Third is a foot procession again from the Landing Site to the…
