Traditional Celebration for INA – Mother of Bicol
Nuestra Señora de Peñafrancia is the Patroness of Bicol. Every second or third week of September, thousands of pilgrims from all around the region flock to Naga City to celebrate the fiesta of our Lady of Peñafrancia. On the first day of the week of festivities, her image, which is a replica of the Madonna in Peñafrancia, Spain, is brought from her shrine in the Basilica to the Naga Cathedral where she is honored with nine days of novena prayers. On the last day, her image is returned to the Basilica by boat on the waters of the Naga River. The colorful evening procession is lit by thousands of candles carried by devotees (voyadores) on boats escorting her image and shouting, “Viva La Virgen” (Long Live the Virgin).
Peñafrancia Fiesta in Jersey City
In New York and New Jersey, members of Our Lady of Peñafrancia Devotees Association, Inc., in cooperation with the Bicolandia Association, Inc. of the Eastern Seaboard, replicate the traditional festivities in Naga City with nine days of novena, devotional prayers and mass at the Church of Our Lady of Victories in Jersey City. On the third Saturday of September, the annual celebration culminates with mass and a fluvial procession of the replica of the image of Our Lady of Peñafrancia on the waters around the Liberty State Park, followed by sharing of home cooked Bicolano food, Filipino delicacies, drinks and fellowship.
38th Annual Fiesta Celebration | September 11 – 19, 2026
DAILY NOVENA MASS
Our Lady of Victories Church | 2217 Kennedy Blvd., Jersey City, NJ
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
| Date/ Day | Novena Mass Sponsor | Celebrant | Time |
| FRI Sept. 11 | Catanduanes Province | Rev. Fr. Dennis Surban | 7:15 pm |
| SAT Sept. 12 | Ateneo de Naga Alumni Association | Rev. Fr. Edgardo Jocson | 7:15 pm |
| SUN Sept. 13 | Albay Province | Rev. Fr. Christopher Panlilio | 5:00 pm |
| MON Sept. 14 | Masbate Province | Rev. Fr. Joseph Marabe | 7:15 pm |
| TUE Sept. 15 | Camarines Sur Province | Rev. Fr. Christopher Panlilio | 7:15 pm |
| WED Sept. 16 | Camarines Norte Province | Rev. Fr. Joseph Marabe | 7:15 pm |
| THU Sept. 17 | Sorsogon Province | Rev. Fr. Philip James Alindogan | 7:15 pm |
| FRI Sept. 18 | Naga City | Rev. Fr. Doroteo Layosa | 7:15 pm |
| SAT Sept. 19 | Concelebrated Mass & Fiesta Celebration | Rev. Fr. Christopher Panlilio | 12 noon |
After the concelebrated mass on September 19, Agape meal will follow at 240 Ege Ave., Jersey City
The header art features the mural painting by Naga City artist Raul Alcomendas actually located in the Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Peñafrancia .
Our Lady of Peñafrancia Devotees Association (Tri-State), Inc. 