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The shrine is a Roman Catholic parish church under the vicariate of the parish of Santa Rita de Cascia in the Diocese of Parañaque. It is situated along Roxas Boulevard in the barangay of Baclaran in Parañaque City, Metro Manila.
Due to the overwhelming participation of the laity each Wednesday, Novena prayers to the Blessed Virgin Mary are shown on large flat-screen television screens placed all-around the perimeter of the church, making it accessible for the Roman Catholic faithful to participate in the novena service by both pamphlet and TV screen. The shrine also broadcasts Holy Sunday Masses and Wednesday Novenas via UStream.
The parish is greatly financed by many charitable social programs offered for the poor and destitute, along with donations and mass intentions received by Filipinos both local and abroad. Because of this, the Vatican has canonically authorized the church to open for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in service to the Marian devotees.
The shrine is notable for being the refuge of COMELEC engineers and technicians in 1985, who claim to have witnessed electoral fraud during the Martial Law promulgated by former Philippine president, Ferdinand Marcos. On the other hand, former Philippine First Lady, Imelda Romualdez Marcos was a benefactress and patron of the shrine and often brought her children there during the Visita Iglesia of Lent season.
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