Cofradía de la Nuestra Señora de la Consolación y Correa

Cofradía de la Nuestra Señora de la Consolación y Correa Our Lady of Consolation and Cincture is the title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary that sprung from different sources. One is the founding of the Order of St.

Augustine in the 16th century, the building of the San Agustin Church in Intramuros, Manila The devotion to to Our Lady of Consolation happened when St. Monica in a vision received a black leather belt from the Blessed Virgin, who assured the holy widow that she would take under her special protection all those who wore it in her honor. In return, Monica gave it to her son, Augustine who later cha

nged his ways and eventually became one of the saints in the Roman Catholic Church. There were two separate confraternities founded in the 15th century, the Confraternity of Our Lady of Consolation and the Confraternity of the Cincture of St. Augustine which later united into one by the power of the papal bull and formed an arch-confraternity which has affiliations all over the world. In March, 1575, it was ordained that all confraternities of the black leather belt should be aggregated to the arch-confraternity at Bologna, Italy. Manila became the seat of this devotion in Asia. The devotion later spread to the provinces. Many chapters were formed in order to share its privileges and indulgences. The confraternity gives spiritual monetary assistance to people especially the poor who wishes to pursue a religious vocations. The asylum of Our Lady of Consolation was built to aid the victims of the cholera outbreak of 1882. It was situated at the site where Don Bosco University in Mandaluyong now lies. The confraternity was consecrated at the San Agustin Church where its members are obliged to wear a correa. The icon depicts the Blessed Virgin Mary, holding her child, Jesus Christ. She's wearing a cord which is a representation of a belt that she supposedly gave to St. Monica, mother of St. Augustine. According to Rev. Fr. Pedro Galende, Director of the San Agustin Museum, the belt is a "symbol of chastity" that represents Mary's Immaculate Conception delivery of Jesus into the world. Our Lady of Consolation is venerated all over the country. Every Saturday, masses were held in her honor. Her feast day is celebrated every September 4. The Clausura Procession is held every last Saturday of the month after the mid-morning Mass. The image is passed on from one shoulder to another shoulder by devotees as the procession goes around the convent in tradition of the early monastic period.

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LIVE: The Wednesday Family Rosary will be prayed from the Our Lady of Pentecost Parish, in Loyola Heights, Quezon City. Let us gather as a family and as a community to pray and ask the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

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LIVE: The Wednesday Family Rosary will be prayed from the Cebu Archdiocesan Shrine of Saint Pedro Calungsod in Cebu City. Let us gather as a family and as a community to pray and ask the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

13/05/2026

LIVE: On the occasion of the 109th Anniversary of the First Apparition of Our Lady of Fatima, the Wednesday Family Rosary will be prayed from the National Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, in Valenzuela City. Let us gather as a family and as a community to pray and ask the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

13/11/2025

𝐃𝐎𝐌𝐕𝐒 𝐀𝐕𝐑𝐄𝐀 𝐄𝐜𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐲
Bro. Kendrick Ivan Panganiban

𝑭𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒆𝒆𝒌:
𝐄𝐋 𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐎 𝐘 𝐄𝐋 𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐔𝐃𝐎 𝐃𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐒
𝐃𝐄 𝐒𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐆𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍 𝐘 𝐍.𝐒. 𝐃𝐄 𝐋𝐀 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐘 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐀
In light of the Augustinian Feast of All Augustinian Saints

The Coat of Arms and Seal of
𝐂𝐎𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐀 𝐃𝐄 𝐒𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐆𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍 𝐃𝐄 𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐔𝐀𝐆
(Cofradia de San Agustin de Baliuag)
Poblacion, Baliwag City, Bulacan

and

The Coat of Arms and Seal of
𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐍𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀 𝐒𝐄Ñ𝐎𝐑𝐀
𝐃𝐄 𝐋𝐀 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐘 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐀
Cofradía de la Nuestra Señora de la Consolación y Correa
Augustinian Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus of the Philippines

The heart refers to the love and warmth of the saint's acceptance of the will of God. The heart symbolizes a large part of the Augustinian spiritual tradition as his whole life was dedicated to finding the Truth whom he found in Jesus Christ. From the love of mundane things, St. Augustine focused on a life of service for God and for the Church. The bursting flame and the arrow struck in the heart are symbols of God's love. According to the Confessions of St. Augustine, "By your fire, your generous fire, our hearts are filled with fire" (Confessions 13:9). It also said, "You have pierced our hearts with the arrow of your love, and our minds were shot with the arrows of your words" (Confessions 9:2).

There are particular symbols in this shield that also refer to the patroness of the Augustinian order, Our Lady of Consolation and the Cincture. The shield is divied by a bend sinister cottised in Sable (black) and Argent. It refers to the black cincture worn by the Virgin Mary that was traditionally told to have been given to St. Monica and to St. Augustine. Since then, the cincture became the symbol of the Augustinians worn with their habits.

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PRAYER FOR ALL MOTHERSLoving God, we ask you to bless all Mothers today. May they feel the joys of motherhood everyday. ...
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PRAYER FOR ALL MOTHERS

Loving God, we ask you to bless all Mothers today. May they feel the joys of motherhood everyday. In all their struggle giving all of us a livelihood, may your love and compassion be with them for good. May every mother feel today, the pride and beauty of the family they bear. Through all pain and sorrow, Lord, deliver them, and in your strength and grace, may they always stay. Amen!

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