Our Lady Apo Baket of Namacpacan

Our Lady Apo Baket of Namacpacan was the title given to our Blessed Virgin Mary by the natives of La Union because she appeared to the indigenous people of the Cordilleras as an old woman and offered them food and invited them to be baptized. Apo Baket is how the people call the elderly woman as a sign of respect. The Image got the name from the town itself.

Namacpacan was a place of refuge for those people running from the tyranny of colonizers. It also served as a stopover intersection for those going to Vigan, Ilocos Sur. She was canonically crowned on November 24, 1958 by the high-ranking officials led by Papal Nuncio Salvatore Siino. She is acknowledged as the the Filipina who generously grants wishes, particularly in times of economic crisis. She is the refuge of farmers, fishermen and planters threatened by calamities, pests, and drought.