[1] The Ave Maria Shrine in Jordan, Guimaras is popularly known as the Bala-an Bukid, the highest elevation of the headland called by navigators as the Bondolan Point.

The shrine includes a chapel and a concrete cross both erected in 1954 during the Marian year celebration on a property donated by the heirs of Don Raymundo Melliza y Angulo, Iloilo's second governor.

The construction of the chapel and the cross was financed by Ana Ledesma vda de Lopez and her children Victoria, Eduardo and Cesar "in gratitude for Our Lady's protection during the last war."

The Marian year celebration commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Roman Catholic Church's pronouncement of the Virgin Mary's immaculate conception, a dogma proclaimed by Pope Pius IX on 8 December 1854.

[2] On regular days, Balaan Bukid can be accessed by riding a ferry boat bound for Jordan Wharf in Parola Port in Iloilo City.