Virgen de Barangay Pro Life Pro Family Community Minalin 2011

VIRGEN DE BARANGAY, Feastday March 1, 2011, Minalin, Pampanga.
A barangay is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is very similar to a village or a town. Municipalities and cities are composed of barangays.
Each barangay is headed by a barangay captain (punong barangay) who leads the barangay council (sangguniang barangay) composed of barangay councilors (kagawad). Every barangay also has a Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) (Youth council), composed of the SK President or Chairman and SK Councilors, who direct the youth-oriented activities, such as basketball leagues, in the barangay.
Historically, the term barangay refers to a community of around 50 to 100 families. The word itself comes from the Malay balangay which means "boat." This connection between community and boat supports theories on the history of the pre-colonial Philippines, that being, each original coastal "barangay" formed as a result of a single or a group of settlers arriving by boat from other places in Southeast Asia.
Spanish ships usually bear the name of Our Blessed Mother, like La Encarnacion, La Consolacion, Immaculada Concepcion, Sto Rosario et al.
The devotion to Our Lady of the Barangay is a concrete manifestation of the love of the Filipinos to our Blessed Mother. We put under the care and patronage of Virgen de Barangay every Filipino family and community. Inasmuch as it was the Blessed Mother who detected the problem of the couple in a wedding at Cana, today more than ever, we ask our Blessed to come to the rescue as we are one in fighting against the RH Bill 96. We are a community who is PRO LIFE and PRO FAMILY. We preserve and respect LIFE. We value and uphold the family.
Minaleños are boat people. There is a close connection between the people of Minalin, the boat and the river. We are a pilgrim community sailing in deep and shallow waters, amidts low tides and high tides, big waves and silent waters and yet our FAITH IN GOD and devotion to our Blessed Mother gives us the courage and strength to face the many challenges of sailing even though we do not know where the hand of God will lead us. PHOTOS BY VHICE BAUTISTA. MABUHAY! Virgen de Barangay!
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