The centennial visit of Our Lady of Fatima

In line with 100th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal this year, the centennial pilgrim image of Our Lady of Fatima belonging to World Apostolate of Fatima of the Philippines arrived and ushered in to the altar of San Pedro Cathedral of the Archdiocese of Davao last February 4, 2017 Saturday morning amidst white-flag-and-handkerchief-waving devotees. Standing a far off, I took the photo [above] but left before my eyes could flow a river.

In the afternoon of the same day, the pilgrim image of Our Lady of Fatima was transferred to a church named after Her, the Our Lady of Fatima Parish Church of the Archdiocese of Davao and stayed there overnight. I was able to catch up with Her on the following day [February 5, 2017] and snapped [the above and following] photos.

I was ignorant of the itinerary of the centennial visit of the pilgrim image of Our Lady of Fatima in the Archdiocese of Davao which received the grace to be the first leg of the nationwide visitation. I somehow felt moved to come and see Her again later on the same day at the same parish church named after Her -- but found Her no more.

How did the parish church named after Her prepare for the centennial commemoration of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima? The new interior design of the parish church is "napakaganda" ["very beautiful"] as described by a Manila priest who happened to visit and say Mass in the said church. Let's take a look.

The design of the altar ceiling is a triple half ba gua, a Taoist emblem.

The Mindanao Taoist Temple and the 'ba gua' windows

The overlapping letters "A" and "M" [either initials for "Ave Maria" or "Adiesum per Mariam"] found above each of the two portraits of the Blessed Virgin Mary ["Birhen sa Barangay" or Our Lady of the Village and Our Lady of Guadalupe] has a Masonic connotation in the center -- the overlapping of an A [minus the lateral bar] and a V, the middle part of an M.

Our Lady of Guadalupe and the overlapping 'A' and 'M' initials above the image

Lastly, the Tabernacle in the center of a circle sun has two sharp-pointed horns [the longer ones] cleverly situated on upper left and right corners and contrasted by other variously-shaped sun rays!