Had Fr. Covarrubias not been summoned to Caceres, there would not be any of the regional September festivity in this part of the country.

The Cimarrones would not have any idea at all about the Nuestra Señora de Peñafrancia. For the Cimarrones, one saint for a patron would be the same as another – and as long as they would have their spiritual needs attended to on Sundays and on holidays of obligation, the popularity of any saint would not make a difference.

But the confluence of events seemed to point to something greater.

The role of Fr. Covarrubias seemed to have stopped with having the Nuestra Señora de Peñafrancia carved in wood, copied from the picture he had in his possession while he was still student studying for the priesthood, and with the installation of her shrine by the banks of the Naga river. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [ Back ]