TY  - ADVS
TI  - Our Lady of the Pillar
KW  - Images of Mary
KW  - Santa Cruz Church, Manila
KW  - Nuestra Señora del pilar
KW  - our lady of the pillar
KW  - marian images
KW  - santos
KW  - santa cruz church
N1  - On January 9, 1724, Governor-General Alfonso Fajardo de la Tenza founded Colegio de San Ildefonso to meet the needs of several young Catholics banished from Japan. In the church adjoining the college, the Jesuit rector enshrined a wooden Marian image which he brought from Spain. Following the expulsion of the order in 1768, the administration of the school and the care of the statue were taken over by Fr. Vicente Ignacio de Arroyo, then religious-in- charge of Sta. Cruz pueblo .    A novena dedicated to the image was written by Julian del Pilar, O. M. in 1839.; print
UR  - http://retrato.com.ph/retratoimages/Midsize/RE/RE00126a.jpg
UR  - http://retrato.com.ph/retratoimages/Thumb/RE/RE00126a.jpg
UR  - http://www.retrato.com.ph/photodtl.asp?id=RE00126
ER  -