Pisamban VII

Nuestra Senora Divina Gracia Church (Mabalacat Pampanga)

I was in first year high school when I first and last saw the church. The event then was the First Federation of the Knights of the Blessed Sacrament and there we stayed 2 days and one night. I can still remember the Marian Image at the main altar which is relatively big in size and a different one. According to Mr Alex Castro's "View's from Pampang", The feast of the town was celebrated every February two, which is the Solemnity of Presentation of Jesus at the Temple. He states that probably the townspeople's decision for the titular patron's feast was a rainy season. Mabalacat had a folksy story 'bout the curst that the town will never progress due to the curst of the alleged assasined fray. When I was still in the process of researching for my thesis, a historian told me that most of the lnd occupied by CLARK is owned by the town. Mr. Alex Castro also had published an old photo of a military station at dau.

The above photo were from the collection of francis_of_xavier. It was the first time I noticed among these photos the inclusion of the parents of Virgin Mary. Also visit the flickr account of him at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8227673@N06/