Bishop Esmilla Joins Filipino Catholic Community for Mass Honoring Our Lady of FIAT

By CatholicPhilly Staff • Posted July 14, 2026

See scenes from July 13 as Bishop Efren V. Esmilla celebrated a Summer Novena and Mass honoring Our Lady of FIAT with the Catholic Filipino community at the Basilica Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in Philadelphia’s Germantown neighborhood. (Photos by Joseph Marchetti)

Deacon James Mahoney, the shrine’s associate rector.
Bishop Efren V. Esmilla

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