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The Church Shrine of our Lady of Caysasay
(Taal, Philippines)
On February 24, 1620, Augustinians issued an order to construct a church in the in Caysasay, as a visita (sub-parish) of Taal. It has been verified through serious investigation that the Most Holy Virgin has appeared there. It is resolved, likewise, that it be given the title of Nuestra Señora de la Misericordia (Virgin of Mercy). (This was reported by Fr. Pedro Galende, O.S.A, in his book Angels in Stone: Augustinian Churches in the Philippines, citing the Augustinian Libro del Gobierno).
Fr. Pedro Murillo Velarde, S.J., in his Historia de Filipinas written in 1749, claims that the Shrine of Our Lady of Caysasay is one of the most famous and frequently visited Shrines in the country where the locals, Spaniards and Chinese go to ask favors from the Blessed Virgin. The church complex is located along Calle Vicente Noble in Taal town.
History
San Lorenzo Luis Steps[edit]
Hagdan-hagdan is a series of 125 granite steps from the Caysasay Church that leads up to the center of town. Originally, built of adobe stone, these were later replaced with granite or batong song-song in the year 1850 by Fr. Celestino Mayordomo. It was rededicated as San Lorenzo Luis Steps, in honor of Lorenzo Ruiz, the first Filipino saint. [8] The top of the steps is located at the northern end of Calle de Castello.[7]
Deliverance of the town[edit]
By 1732, the town of Taal became the prosperous capital of the Batangas province. The town center of Taal was then located along the shore of Taal Lake (then known as Lake Bombon). Its prosperity came from provisioning the Manila galleons plying between Acapulco and Manila. These galleons also found protection from typhoons at Taal Lake, which was then saline and open to the sea through the navigable Pansipit River.[9] They honored the Lady of Caysasay with cannon fires as they passed in front of her shrine located close to the river.[10]
The most violent eruption of the Taal Volcano occurred in 1754 lasting more than eight months. The ejecta from the volcano devastated the towns around the lake covering them with layers of deposits. The townspeople of Taal, together with their parish priest, fled from their capital town and sought refuge at the Church of Our Lady of Caysasay. Layers of deposits closed the entrance of Pansipit River, which eventually raised the water of the lake permanently flooding parts of the towns of Tanauan, Lipa, Sala, Bauan and Taal. All five towns relocated to higher grounds, away from the volcano and lake.[10] The present town center of Taal was established on a hillside near the Caysasay Shrine, overlooking Balayan Bay. The townspeople believed that the image saved the town of Taal during eruptions of Taal Volcano. (The old town center is now the present San Nicolas, Batangas. Eventually, a considerably narrower and shallower Pansipit River was formed from the volcanic deposits rendering it impassable for large ships.[9] Bombon Lake, later renamed as Taal Lake, slowly transformed from saline to a freshwater lake.)
Solemn coronation[edit]
On 8th of December, 1954, two hundred years after the great Taal eruption, the image of Our Lady of Caysasay was canonically crowned at the Basilica of San Martin de Tours in Taal, Batangas by Spanish Cardinal Fernando Quiroga, representing Pope Pius XII.
Festivals and Events
The image was canonically crowned in 1954 and was later given the title the "Queen of the Archdiocese of Lipa". The feast day of Our Lady of Caysasay is celebrated every December 8 and 9. The image spend half of her week in the Shrine of Caysasay and half, at the Basilica de San Martin de Tours to satisfy the needs of the locals and followers
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