Pilgrim image of Our Lady of Guadalupe to visit Philippines

January 14, 2026 – 11:09 AM

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The pilgrim image of Our Lady of Guadalupe from Mexico will visit the Philippines later this year, marking a key event ahead of the 500th anniversary of the Marian apparitions.

The Association of Catholic Shrines and Pilgrimages in the Philippines (ACSP) said the visit supports national participation in celebrations leading to the 2031 jubilee.

The visit forms part of the Novena Intercontinental Guadalupana, a global devotional program running from 2025 to 2031, the association said.

“An official visit of the Pilgrim Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe from Mexico to the Philippines will be held from June to December 2026,” ACSP said.

The image is expected to visit selected cathedrals and parishes across the country dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe.

ACSP said the full itinerary and detailed schedule for the visit will be announced in the coming weeks.

The collaboration aims to strengthen national celebrations of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, observed annually on Dec. 12, the group said.

It said this had already begun last year during the Jubilee of Hope “and will continue in the coming years “to solidify its status as a national event.”

Beyond the image visit, ACSP said it will produce Filipino catechetical materials on Guadalupan devotion for parish use.

The long-term program also includes an official Filipino pilgrimage to Mexico in November 2026, involving selected Guadalupan shrines and parishes.

Another pilgrimage is scheduled for 2028 at the Shrine of Guadalupe de Extremadura in Spain, honoring the Spanish devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe.

ACSP said it will also organize national Guadalupan congresses beginning in 2027 to deepen understanding and devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe.

A historical book documenting Philippine Guadalupan devotion from 1687 to the present is expected to be completed by 2031.

The program also links Philippine shrines to a global “Guadalupan Triangle” network connecting devotional sites in Mexico, Spain and the Philippines.