[2][3] The first church was built in 1595 by Franciscan missionaries who established a parish at the town's old site in what is now Boso-Boso in Antipolo, with St. James as its patron.

The miraculous image of San Jose de Baras (Spanish: El Glorioso Patriarca Señor San José de Baras) is a detallado image of St. Joseph cradling and facing the Christ Child on one arm and a traditional staff with a sheaf of lilies on the other.

The image is carved with a classic green robe with a bright golden yellow cape and a hat on his back.

The Christ Child sits on a white long robe facing the beholder with right palm pointing to St. Joseph.

Metal accouterments adorn the image, including a paragua for St. Joseph and the diagnostic tres potencias on the Christ Child's head.

[citation needed] On December 7, 2021, as part of the Diocesan Consecration to St. Joseph and Elevation of Baras Church as a Diocesan Shrine, two ex-voto medallions were offered and placed on the staff of the miraculous centuries-old image of El Glorioso Patriarca Señor San José de Baras by the Bishop of the Diocese of Antipolo, Most Rev.