Renovations at the Holy Family Shrine

A much neglected shrine to the Holy Family at the base of the stairs leading to the Lourdes Grotto is being renovated on the occasion of the centennial celebration of Baguio City. Baguio received its charter in September 1909 and was planned as a hill station, where government officials could take a much needed respite from the heat of summers in Manila. In 1905, the American colonial government put properties for auction and the Jesuits acquired Mirador Hill in May of that year. By 1907, they had built a house on the hill's crest. In 1913, a shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes was built. The stairs leading up to the grotto was completed in 1918.

This is the foot of Mirador Hill, where the shrine to the Holy Family is being repaired.