FIRST EVER EXPERIENCE

In all the procession I have ever joined since childhood to this day, it is my first ever to experience attending a fluvial procession as a thanksgiving to St. Isabel de Portugal’s miraculous intercession on the tidal wave that almost swept Basilan Island in 1976.

Today, being assigned in this enchanting island (though vulnerable and dangerous), we at Isabela Foundation /SOLIDARIDAD-IDP INC join the Basilan Catholic faithful in honoring its intercessor and imploring the same assistance for the well-being and protection of its people.

It was a beautiful act of gratitude and a truly devotional rite joined by different Catholic organizations and the faithful as a whole. May St. Isabel of Portugal continue to intercede for peace and unity among the island people and the protection it continuously seeks from the Lord of all graces and blessings.

God bless Basilan and the mission we hope to bear in continued hope for dialogue, understanding and respect among its residents and that in the whole of the land.

A new devotee.