Going to Our Lady of the Rosary of Manaoag Via TPLEX
The Church of our Lady of the Rosary of Manaoag is a popular destination for the religious especially to the devotees of the Our Lady of the Holy Rosary. Some people come over to also ask for guidance in their travels and I was one of them. I was leaving for Cebu to spend a weekend before the beaches of Bantayan Island would become crowded, as you know, Summer 2017 was approaching and my companions would not hear going to Cebu without visiting the dear Lady. And what a time to visit the church of Manaoag as it was named a basilica minore by no less than Pope Francis, just three months before he would come to the Philippines to see the Yolanda victims and the people in Pangasinan are just so overjoyed and proud. What happens to a church when it is declared a basilica minore? In 2014, construction of the Tarlac, Pangasinan, La Union Expressway (TPLEX for short) was finished. Because of this, traveling to the north part of Luzon, became fast and easy, with the smooth highw