Torrential Downpour Don’t Deter Devotees of Our Lady of Peñafrancia in Austria

Vienna, Austria, 13 September 2024 – Despite Austria’s meteorological service’s warning about heavy rainfall in Vienna, accompanied by wind gusts reaching 90 kilometers per hour, devotees of Our Lady of Peñafrancia in Austria attended the first day of Novena Mass, the commencement of the  31st Penafrancia festivities organized by Bikol Society Austria (BSA) in cooperation with the Filipino Catholic Chaplaincy in Vienna. The Novena Mass is a series of nine days of prayer and reflection leading to the Feast of Our Lady of Peñafrancia. It was held in Salvator am…

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