For the last 16 years, it has been a tradition for the Bicolanos in Calgary to celebrate the Annual Feast of Our Lady of Peñafrancia, the Patroness of the Bicol Region.

For this year, 2010, we will be celebrating the 300 Years Anniversary of Our Devotion to Ina, Our Lady of Peñafrancia. Devotion to Ina was implanted in Bicol Region 300 years ago by Fray Miguel Robles de Covarrubias.  Shirley Nagera Pohl, President of the Penafrancia Religious Society of Calgary (PRSC), announces the “300 Years Celebration of Our Devotion to INA, Our Lady of Penafrancia”, sponsored by PRSC.  The “Tercentenary Celebration” will be held at Polish Canadian Cultural Centre on September 18, 2010 (ticket is $45.00 per person).

You are invited to attend the Mass officiated by Fr. Ranola, Penafrancia Advisor, to be held at Corpus Cristi Catholic Church at 10:30am.  The culmination event is the Dinner, Dance and Coronation of Miss Teen Penafrancia 2010.  Proceeds for these activities will be donated to various projects in the Bicol Region.