On Celebrating the Feast of the Divino Rostro and the Solemnity of Our Lady of Peñafrancia Fr. Juan Pablo Z. Carpio O ur current practice today of celebrating the Feast of the Divino Rostro and the Solemnity of Our Lady of Peñafrancia obeys both history and the signs of the times. The day of the Solemnity of our Lady of Peñafrancia is the Sunday after the Octave of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This was laid down by the Rescript granted by Pope Saint Pius X on April 8, 1905 upon the request of Bishop Jorge Barlin, the first Filipino Bishop, who was the Diocesan Administrator at that time. The Octave of the Nativity of Mary is the 15th of September. Thus, the earliest possible day of the Solemnity is the 16th, and latest, the 22nd. Very often, the day of the Solemnity falls on the third Sunday of September. But this is not always the case because when September 8 falls on a Sunday, the Sunday after the Octave is the 22nd which is the Fourt...