Heavy traffic in parts of QC on Oct. 8, 2024 due to La Naval, LGU says

The local government of Quezon City on Monday advised motorists of heavy traffic in some parts of the city on Tuesday, October 8 due to the “Recorrido” of the image of La Naval De Manila. 

According to the advisory, the traffic is expected from 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.

The 14 stations of the procession will run from Sto. Domingo Church to San Isidro Labrador Church. 

Motorists are advised to take alternative routes, the city government said, posting the routes that the procession will take.

The annual festivity is celebrated every second Sunday of October, and is one of the country's largest Marian processions.

It starts and ends at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of La Naval de Manila, also known as Sto. Domingo Church, on Quezon Avenue. The church is home to a centuries-old image of the Virgin, popularly known as La Naval, that is carried out to join the procession.

The image was carved in 1593 by a Chinese artisan who later converted to Catholicism. It was given as a gift to the Dominicans, and is considered the oldest ivory carving in the Philippines.

The church,  meanwhile, was originally located in Manila's Intramuros district, managed by the Dominicans. It was relocated to Quezon City in the 1960s after sustaining heavy damage in World War II, and became the new national shrine of the Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of La Naval de Manila. — Vince Angelo Ferreras/BM, GMA Integrated News