San Augustin Church, in Manila, the Philippines, is also known as the Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation and Cincture. The Augustinians started construction on the stone church in 1586. This church, along with a monastery, was completed in 1607. It was the headquarters of the Augustinian Province in the Philippines beginning in 1575. A wooden structure had been built on the same site in 1571 but was destroyed by fire.
Our Lady of Consolation, with cincture, in Manila
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The Order of Augustinian Recollects (OAR) was founded in 1588. They are a reformed group of Augustinians who also followed the rule of St. Augustine. They arrived in the Philippines in 1606. Thus, we find two groups of Augustinians in the Philippines. The OAR are contemplatives, but still found themselves interacting with lay people who wanted to attend church with them.
So, we find that the Augustinians were introducing devotion to Our Lady of Consolation in the Philippines at the same time that devotion to Our Lady of Consolation was becoming well known in the Spanish Netherlands (Scherpenheuvel, Luxembourg, and Kevelaer in particular). Since Augustinians were also active in the Spanish Netherlands at the same time, it could be that the friars in the Spanish Netherlands were also teaching devotion to Our Lady of Consolation. Earlier we learned that Augustinians were at over 80 locations in what would become Germany and Belgium, but then were reduced to one location because of the Reformation and the wars.
In Quezon City, the Philippines, is Our Lady of Consolation Church. It was founded by and is served by Augustinian Recollects.
La Consolacion College in Manila is an Augustinian Catholic school. They have a statue of Our Lady of Consolation outdoors at their campus.
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