MINDANAO DAILY APRIL 14,2012

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IGBALALAY HILLS

Home of Our Lady of

Guadalupe Text and photos by JOE PALABAO

IGBALALAY hills––surrounded by beautiful and mesmerizing mountains, lush green meadows, and trees––is home of the miraculous Mother Mary, Our Lady of Guadalupe. Since 1987, Igbalalay hills has become a place of prayer for the devotees of Our Lady of Guadalupe. A place where they find peace, solace, consolation, and answered prayers––be it material need, health, good wishes for jobs, passing examinations, good business, spiritual nourishment, and communing with nature. Six years ago, 2006 to be exact, every Lenten and Easter Season, Igbalalay Hills has become a famous religious pilgrimage site wherein thousands and thousands of devotees pay homage to Our Lady of Guadalupe––and along the way, do the “Station of the Cross.” Starting Holy Monday, Holy Tuesday, Holy Wednesday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Black Saturday and Easter Sunday, thousands and thousands of devotees trek a four-kilometer stretch

way up to Igbalalay Hills crossing nine times the same river tributaries of Tablon River and Agusan River. It will take an hourand-half to two hours for devotees to reach the pilgrimage site. Each Station of the Cross is found at the embankment of every river crossing. From the Kandilaan site, a devotee has to cross the first river traversing to the first Station of the Cross up to the nine and the last river crossing at the foot of Igbalalay hills and walk another 500 meters up the hill using the hundred unique upward steps to reach the chapel, the home of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Going back home can never be a problem as devotees may choose the “river tubing,” a 30 to 45 minutes ride downstream of the river. Holy Week 2012 Unlike the previous

Lenten Season, devotees felt more secured this year with the presence of policemen and the Philippine Air Force. Of course, the credit goes to the officers and memberts of Our Lady of Guadalupe Devotees Association, Inc. Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel caretaker brod Boy Estoque and association President Cesar Aparicio

said they have requested the presence of policemen and air force personnel to secure the area. Medics are also visible in the area. Ropes are used to guide the devotees from one end to another end of the river for safety. Aside from the Red Cross, the city government of Cagayan de Oro, and the Philippine Eagle Fraternal Association were also present at the pilgrimage site. Silver anniversary In an interview, Brod Boy Estoque told BusinessWeek Mindanao that Igbalalay hills, the home of Our Lady

mous project for the Better Glory of God by building this grandiose chapel extension during its 25th annual founding day. Devotees are invited to visit the site and see the caretaker, Brod Boy Estoque, for more information.

of Guadalupe, will be celebrating its 25th Year Silver Anniversary since it was founded by him in 1987 with the Parish of the Holy Rosary of Agusan, Cagayan de Oro City. Preparations are on the way for the big celebration during its Fiesta Celebration on December 11-12, 2012. One preparation is the proposed chapel extension of Our Lady of Guadalupe. This as the Our Lady of Guadalupe Devotees Association, Inc. (ILOGDA) urged kind-hearted devotees from all over Mindanao for support to such a magnani-

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