Cynthia Montemayor
New members of Our Mother of Perpetual Help Devotees Group were formally installed on April 26, 2026 at San Augustine Church. The group is under the spiritual guidance of Sister Celsa of the Missionaries of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. The Holy Mass was presided over by Fr. Leonard Dollentas who installed and welcomed the group members on behalf of Fr. Raymund Gaspar, the chaplain for Filipino Migrants in Macau
The new members are the following: Precious Arrilo, Flordeliz Becbec, Leslie Carrable, Lilibeth Abon Casuga, Angie Cuevas, Bernadette Gazzingan, Bernadette Margallo, Maria Luisa Ollero, Mary Grace M Quinonez, Roxanne M Tala and Edilyn A. Unggay. After the installation and welcome of the new members, the group officers were called for their oat taking ceremony: Coordinator- Juvelyn M Colanny, Vice-coordinator- Amelia Abatayo, Secretary- Glorinel R. Transmonte and Treasurer- Naty F Elma.
Our Mother of Perpetual Help Devotees Group Devotees group is a devoted ministry focused on spreading devotion to Our Mother of Perpetual Help. These promoters are usually lay members commissioned to lead the community in honoring the Virgin Mary, often by facilitating weekly novenas and fostering the spiritual life inspired by the devotion to Our lady of perpetual help.
Key Aspects of the Life and Apostolate of the Group
Mission: To make the Mother of Perpetual Help known and loved, echoing the mandate given to the Redemptorists by Pope Pius IX in 1865.
Role: Promoters encourage attendance at Novena devotions and foster understanding of the icon’s spiritual message—a reminder of God’s love and Mary’s intercession in times of need.
Devotion: The devotion is deeply linked to the 15th-century Byzantine icon, which symbolizes Mary’s role in guiding believers to Christ.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help, also known as Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, is a title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary by Pope Pius IX, associated with a celebrated Byzantine icon of the same name dating from the 15th century. This icon has been in Rome since 1499, and is currently in the church of Sant’Alfonso di Liguori all’Esquilino. The image has become very popular among Roman Catholics in particular, and has been very much copied and reproduced.
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