[3] The project was eventually abandoned due to a discovered fault in the region, yet people did not return until the time of the Japanese Occupation.

As the area was eventually resettled, administration of the parish was taken over by the Order of the Ministers of the Infirm, also known as the Camillians in 1986, who helped organize rebuilding of the church.

On June 29, 2024, the ceremonial presentation of the relic and documents for the Spiritual Twinning of the church with the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth took place, which was received by the parish priest, Reverend Father John Jay Magpusao, MI.

The solemn declaration took place on December 18 of the same year, presided by Archbishop Charles John Brown, Papal Nuncio to the Philippines.

[5][6] On January 9, 2025, Pope Francis through the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, issued a decree granting the pontifical-canonical coronation of the venerated Marian image of 'Nuestra Señora de la Annunciata'.