Baclaran Church
| National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help | |
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| Baclaran Redemptorist Church | |
| Pambansáng Dambana ng Ina ng Laging Saklolo | |
Neo-Romanesque façade of Baclaran Church.
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| Location | Roxas Boulevard, Baclaran, Parañaque City |
| Country | Philippines |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Website | http://www.baclaranchurch.org/ |
| History | |
| Founded | 1958 |
| Dedication | Our Lady of Perpetual Help |
| Dedicated | December 5, 1958 |
| Architecture | |
| Status | National Shrine |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | César Concio |
| Style | Modern Romanesque |
| Groundbreaking | 1953 |
| Completed | 1958 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 2,000 sitting; 9,000 standing |
| Length | 350 feet (110 m) |
| Width | 118 feet (36 m) |
| Height | < 71 feet (22 m) |
| Floor area | 54,564 square feet (5,069.2 m2) |
| Number of spires | 1 |
| Materials | adobe stones, steel, cement |
| Bells | 24 |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Santa Rita de Cascia |
| Archdiocese | Manila |
| Diocese | Parañaque |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop(s) | Most Rev. Jesse E. Mercado, D.D. |
| Priest(s) | Rev. Fr. Carlos Ronquillo, C.Ss.R. |
The National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help (Filipino: Pambansáng Dambana ng Ina ng Laging Saklolo) also known as Redemptorist Church and colloquially the Baclaran Church, is a prominent Catholic National shrine along Roxas Boulevard in Baclaran, Parañaque, a city in the southern part of Metro Manila, the capital of the Philippines.
The church enshrines the icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, and is one of the largest Marian churches in the Philippines. Devotion to Our Mother of Perpetual Help is popular amongst Filipino Catholics, and gave rise to the throngs of devotees who flood the church every Wednesday to attend Mass and pray the Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Help. In Manila, Wednesdays are popularly called "Baclaran Day" due to congested roads brought on by pilgrims to the shrine.
The original icon enshrined above the main altar came from Germany, and passed through Ireland and Australia before priests of the Redemptorist Order brought it to what was then the United States territory of the Philippine Islands in 1906. It bears the Papal arms in the back paneling.
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