Kendrick Ivan B Panganiban
Lay-Secretary and Chairman for Research and Documentation
Association of Catholic Shrines and Pilgrimages of the Philippines
Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines - Episcopal Commission on Migrants and Itinerant People
Licentiate in Sacred Theology and Master of Arts in Theology
major in Church History
Faculty of Sacred Theology
Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas
Manila
2022
M.A. Theology in Systematic Theology,
M.A. Pastoral Ministry in Pastoral Management
Graduate School of Theology
Immaculate Conception Major Seminary
Tabe, Guiguinto, Bulacan
2019
Supervisors: Rev. Fr. Louie R. Coronel, O.P., E.H.L. (Mentor), Rev. Fr. Emilio Edgardo A. Quilatan, O.A.R., E.H.D. (Mentor), Rev. Fr. Jannel N. Abogado, S.Th.D. (Faculty Dean, UST), Rev. Fr. Martin M. Macasaet, S.D.B., S.Th.D. (Vice Dean, DBST), Rev. Fr. Ric L. Fernando, J.C.D. (Dean, Rev. Fr. Francis Vincent O. Gustilo, S.Th.D. (President DBST), Prof. Jade M. Diaz, M.A. (Head, Religious Education Department, SBCA), Rev. Fr. Gerardo Ma. De Villa, O.S.B. (Rector-President, Rev. Fr. Reynante U. Tolentino, and M.A.P.M. (ACSP President)
Association of Catholic Shrines and Pilgrimages of the Philippines
Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines - Episcopal Commission on Migrants and Itinerant People
Licentiate in Sacred Theology and Master of Arts in Theology
major in Church History
Faculty of Sacred Theology
Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas
Manila
2022
M.A. Theology in Systematic Theology,
M.A. Pastoral Ministry in Pastoral Management
Graduate School of Theology
Immaculate Conception Major Seminary
Tabe, Guiguinto, Bulacan
2019
Supervisors: Rev. Fr. Louie R. Coronel, O.P., E.H.L. (Mentor), Rev. Fr. Emilio Edgardo A. Quilatan, O.A.R., E.H.D. (Mentor), Rev. Fr. Jannel N. Abogado, S.Th.D. (Faculty Dean, UST), Rev. Fr. Martin M. Macasaet, S.D.B., S.Th.D. (Vice Dean, DBST), Rev. Fr. Ric L. Fernando, J.C.D. (Dean, Rev. Fr. Francis Vincent O. Gustilo, S.Th.D. (President DBST), Prof. Jade M. Diaz, M.A. (Head, Religious Education Department, SBCA), Rev. Fr. Gerardo Ma. De Villa, O.S.B. (Rector-President, Rev. Fr. Reynante U. Tolentino, and M.A.P.M. (ACSP President)
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Books by Kendrick Ivan B Panganiban
15th Cardinal Sin Catholic Book Awards
November 19, 2021
(Asia Catholic Communicators, Inc., Quezon City)
Finalist, Elfren S. Cruz Award in Social Sciences
National Book Awards
March 18, 2023
(National Book Development Board and the Manila Critics Circle)
Shrines are sacred places found all around the world as sites where God’s grace could be experienced by pilgrims who come from different places. Even in the modern age, these places are not only seen as venues for prayer and discernment, but also as centers for evangelization where the Church could truly be felt - a Church where devotion thrives and where mission is held in the shrine‘s pastoral programs.
Author Kendrick Ivan B. Panganiban here presents his research, which forms a reference to theology on shrines and pilgrimages as well as a pastoral manual on the development of shrine administration. This is inspired by Pope Francis’ instruction on the developing shrines in the New Evangelization of the Church. It also presents a first-time documentation of the many declared shrines in the Philippines.
Papers by Kendrick Ivan B Panganiban
What is interesting in these words taken from the Bible is how this signifies the topic I am going to discuss regarding shrines and pilgrimages. Last April 2021, I have had the privilege of releasing my first published book, The Role of Shrines in view of the New Evangelization: Pope Francis’ Theology on Shrines and Pilgrimages applied in the Philippine Context and was published under Claretian Communications Foundation, Inc. As an author and researcher, my personal aim in this book is to share to a wider audience, both to administrators and to pilgrims of shrines alike what the Church teaches on shrines in light of the different documents that have been made and issued by the Church in recent years.
Because of a growing awareness when it comes to shrines and pilgrimages due to succeeding events in the history of the Church, particularly in the Philippines (i.e. the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy in 2015-2016, the Year of St. Joseph in 2020-2021, the Fifth Centenary of Christianity in the Philippines in 2021-2022, and the upcoming Ordinary Jubilee of the Catholic Church in 2025), there has been an interest among devotees to learn more about these places and their role in the Church. Hence, one seeks to answer some basic questions concerning this topic like: “What is a shrine?”, “What is pilgrimage?”, “Why are these important to the Christian faith?” and “Why is a shrine ‘a gift’ to the Church in a particular town or city or country?”
This could be examined through places across the country where the devotion to the Jesús Nazareno has spread out. These could be identified as a number of dioceses in the Philippines designated a shrine in honor of this title. Besides Manila’s Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene that is the home of this Filipino devotion, others have been placed in each cluster of the nation. There are two shrines of the Black Nazarene in Luzon (Shrine of the Black Nazarene – St. Louis Beltran Parish, Solano, Nueva Vizcaya and Shrine of the Black Nazarene – St. Lucy Parish, Capalonga, Camarines Norte), one in the Visayas (Shrine of the Black Nazarene – St. Roch the Healer Mission Center, Catarman, Northern Samar) and one in Mindanao (Shrine and Parish of the Black Nazarene, Cagayan de Oro City).
This researcher will work on the historical development of these venues of evangelization and the impetus brought by the Quiapo Basilica in amplifying the Black Nazarene devotion to these places. This paper would also include a situational profile of the shrines based on interviews and documents from these places grounded on the aspects of shrines in the New Evangelization laid down in this researcher’s book The Role of Shrines in view of the New Evangelization: Pope Francis’ Theology on Shrines and Pilgrimages applied in the Philippine Context published in 2021 with its Second Edition published in 2023.
This researcher gathered testimonies from people from selected shrines in the Philippines in connection with challenges and perspectives on how shrine programs are developed. This was channeled through interviews in a weekly podcast on Marian devotions by Faith Watch of Areopagus Communications with the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines Media Office. Here, the researcher created focus group discussions concerning the pastoral situation of the shrines to identify a number of pastoral challenges met by shrines during the pandemic while celebrating the Jubilee.
Through these, this paper also classifies efforts for evangelization vis-à-vis the endeavors of the shrines despite the pandemic. It also sees the need for pilgrims to return to the shrines for a concrete pilgrimage experience, to go back to the normal celebration of the Holy Eucharist and the Sacrament of Reconciliation, and to appreciate the shrines close to home. On the part of shrine administrators, the perspectives of shrine management today reveal the need for promoters to expand the influence of shrines outside their locality, to improve the use of social communication, and, to establish charity centers in the shrine for those in need.
towns located in two places with different circumstances in Philippine Church history. In
the spiritual geography of the religious orders in the Philippines, the parishes of Bataan were administered by the Dominicans since 1588 while the parishes of Bulacan were administered by majority by the Augustinians since 1572. La Virgen Milagrosa del Rosario del Pueblo de Orani grew as a Marian devotion that has gathered pilgrims in many years. The image was brought to Bataan and eventually completed the triumvirate of Dominican patrons with Abucay being devoted to St. Dominic de Guzman in 1588 and Samal being devoted to St. Catherine of Siena in 1596. When Orani was separated to be an independent parish in 1714, the devotion grew further. Then, between the 1700s to the 1800s, a brown-skinned image of the Virgin and the Child Jesus was discovered along the riverbanks of Hagonóy, Bulacan, under the Augustinians at the other side of the Manila Bay. This image was very similar to Orani's La Virgen Milagrosa, which in turn would be recognized as Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario de Hagonóy. Though a Dominican-propagated devotion, this local rosary devotion and the image grew in this town with various traditions such as Marian poetry and the promotion of the Block Rosary movement. Orani's image would later on be further venerated not only in Bataan but in the neighboring provinces. Though Hagonóy can be found farther East from Bataan and Pampanga, the rosary devotion in this town seemed a visage of the Bataan patroness. By 1942, the fall of Bataan caused Bataeños to travel to Hagonóy and settling in the western barrio of the town. This was eventually named Sto. Rosario in honor of the Virgin of the Rosary. There the Bataeños saw their patroness in the image of the discovered Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario de Hagonóy. The circumstances of the
relations between the people of the two towns resulted in the establishment of the parish of Sto. Rosario, Hagonóy in 1952. Further propagation of these two devotions allowed for the recognition of both Marian devotions by their dioceses and by the Holy See. Orani's image was granted a canonical coronation in 1958. Eventually, the church of Orani was granted the titles diocesan shrine in 2004, an affiliate of the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in 2012 and a minor basilica in 2019. The devotion to Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario de Hagonóy, on the other hand, was granted an episcopal coronation also in 2019. The impact of the local Marian devotion in these two towns became a way to unite the Catholic faithful, like a link of the beads of the rosary which identify the country as “Pueblo amante de Maria.
Drafts by Kendrick Ivan B Panganiban
Conference Presentations by Kendrick Ivan B Panganiban
15th Cardinal Sin Catholic Book Awards
November 19, 2021
(Asia Catholic Communicators, Inc., Quezon City)
Finalist, Elfren S. Cruz Award in Social Sciences
National Book Awards
March 18, 2023
(National Book Development Board and the Manila Critics Circle)
Shrines are sacred places found all around the world as sites where God’s grace could be experienced by pilgrims who come from different places. Even in the modern age, these places are not only seen as venues for prayer and discernment, but also as centers for evangelization where the Church could truly be felt - a Church where devotion thrives and where mission is held in the shrine‘s pastoral programs.
Author Kendrick Ivan B. Panganiban here presents his research, which forms a reference to theology on shrines and pilgrimages as well as a pastoral manual on the development of shrine administration. This is inspired by Pope Francis’ instruction on the developing shrines in the New Evangelization of the Church. It also presents a first-time documentation of the many declared shrines in the Philippines.
What is interesting in these words taken from the Bible is how this signifies the topic I am going to discuss regarding shrines and pilgrimages. Last April 2021, I have had the privilege of releasing my first published book, The Role of Shrines in view of the New Evangelization: Pope Francis’ Theology on Shrines and Pilgrimages applied in the Philippine Context and was published under Claretian Communications Foundation, Inc. As an author and researcher, my personal aim in this book is to share to a wider audience, both to administrators and to pilgrims of shrines alike what the Church teaches on shrines in light of the different documents that have been made and issued by the Church in recent years.
Because of a growing awareness when it comes to shrines and pilgrimages due to succeeding events in the history of the Church, particularly in the Philippines (i.e. the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy in 2015-2016, the Year of St. Joseph in 2020-2021, the Fifth Centenary of Christianity in the Philippines in 2021-2022, and the upcoming Ordinary Jubilee of the Catholic Church in 2025), there has been an interest among devotees to learn more about these places and their role in the Church. Hence, one seeks to answer some basic questions concerning this topic like: “What is a shrine?”, “What is pilgrimage?”, “Why are these important to the Christian faith?” and “Why is a shrine ‘a gift’ to the Church in a particular town or city or country?”
This could be examined through places across the country where the devotion to the Jesús Nazareno has spread out. These could be identified as a number of dioceses in the Philippines designated a shrine in honor of this title. Besides Manila’s Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene that is the home of this Filipino devotion, others have been placed in each cluster of the nation. There are two shrines of the Black Nazarene in Luzon (Shrine of the Black Nazarene – St. Louis Beltran Parish, Solano, Nueva Vizcaya and Shrine of the Black Nazarene – St. Lucy Parish, Capalonga, Camarines Norte), one in the Visayas (Shrine of the Black Nazarene – St. Roch the Healer Mission Center, Catarman, Northern Samar) and one in Mindanao (Shrine and Parish of the Black Nazarene, Cagayan de Oro City).
This researcher will work on the historical development of these venues of evangelization and the impetus brought by the Quiapo Basilica in amplifying the Black Nazarene devotion to these places. This paper would also include a situational profile of the shrines based on interviews and documents from these places grounded on the aspects of shrines in the New Evangelization laid down in this researcher’s book The Role of Shrines in view of the New Evangelization: Pope Francis’ Theology on Shrines and Pilgrimages applied in the Philippine Context published in 2021 with its Second Edition published in 2023.
This researcher gathered testimonies from people from selected shrines in the Philippines in connection with challenges and perspectives on how shrine programs are developed. This was channeled through interviews in a weekly podcast on Marian devotions by Faith Watch of Areopagus Communications with the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines Media Office. Here, the researcher created focus group discussions concerning the pastoral situation of the shrines to identify a number of pastoral challenges met by shrines during the pandemic while celebrating the Jubilee.
Through these, this paper also classifies efforts for evangelization vis-à-vis the endeavors of the shrines despite the pandemic. It also sees the need for pilgrims to return to the shrines for a concrete pilgrimage experience, to go back to the normal celebration of the Holy Eucharist and the Sacrament of Reconciliation, and to appreciate the shrines close to home. On the part of shrine administrators, the perspectives of shrine management today reveal the need for promoters to expand the influence of shrines outside their locality, to improve the use of social communication, and, to establish charity centers in the shrine for those in need.
towns located in two places with different circumstances in Philippine Church history. In
the spiritual geography of the religious orders in the Philippines, the parishes of Bataan were administered by the Dominicans since 1588 while the parishes of Bulacan were administered by majority by the Augustinians since 1572. La Virgen Milagrosa del Rosario del Pueblo de Orani grew as a Marian devotion that has gathered pilgrims in many years. The image was brought to Bataan and eventually completed the triumvirate of Dominican patrons with Abucay being devoted to St. Dominic de Guzman in 1588 and Samal being devoted to St. Catherine of Siena in 1596. When Orani was separated to be an independent parish in 1714, the devotion grew further. Then, between the 1700s to the 1800s, a brown-skinned image of the Virgin and the Child Jesus was discovered along the riverbanks of Hagonóy, Bulacan, under the Augustinians at the other side of the Manila Bay. This image was very similar to Orani's La Virgen Milagrosa, which in turn would be recognized as Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario de Hagonóy. Though a Dominican-propagated devotion, this local rosary devotion and the image grew in this town with various traditions such as Marian poetry and the promotion of the Block Rosary movement. Orani's image would later on be further venerated not only in Bataan but in the neighboring provinces. Though Hagonóy can be found farther East from Bataan and Pampanga, the rosary devotion in this town seemed a visage of the Bataan patroness. By 1942, the fall of Bataan caused Bataeños to travel to Hagonóy and settling in the western barrio of the town. This was eventually named Sto. Rosario in honor of the Virgin of the Rosary. There the Bataeños saw their patroness in the image of the discovered Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario de Hagonóy. The circumstances of the
relations between the people of the two towns resulted in the establishment of the parish of Sto. Rosario, Hagonóy in 1952. Further propagation of these two devotions allowed for the recognition of both Marian devotions by their dioceses and by the Holy See. Orani's image was granted a canonical coronation in 1958. Eventually, the church of Orani was granted the titles diocesan shrine in 2004, an affiliate of the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in 2012 and a minor basilica in 2019. The devotion to Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario de Hagonóy, on the other hand, was granted an episcopal coronation also in 2019. The impact of the local Marian devotion in these two towns became a way to unite the Catholic faithful, like a link of the beads of the rosary which identify the country as “Pueblo amante de Maria.
This work involves both the catechetical content as well as the pictures of seven Marian images in the Diocese of Malolos that received a coronation:
Canonical Coronation: (1) La Virgen Inmaculada Concepcion de Malolos and (2) La Purisima Concepcion de Santa Maria
Episcopal Coronation: (1) Nuestra Señora de Inmaculada Concepcion de Salambao de Obando, (2) Our Lady of Fatima of Valenzuela City, (3) Nuestra Señora del Carmen de San Sebastian de Pulong Buhangin, (4) Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario de Hagonoy, (5) Nuestra Señora de las Flores de Bocaue, (6) Madonna Salus Infirmorum of Bulakan, (7) Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Bulakan, and (8) La Purisima Concepción de Baliuag.