Cruz, Laguna, K. T. (Kapuluang Tagalog) was published by L. Reyes, which recounts what could be the definitive hagiography of this Marian title.

[6] The group then brought the logs in Daang Malusak (now Mabini St.) where Tomas "Tomeng" Delos Santos bought the lumber to be used for a storage house.

The wood sat for one year, unused (as was customary for newly cut logs) till June 4, 1910, when Tomeng decided to start building, eliciting the help of carpenter Hipolito "Poleng" Pimentel.

Slices of original image are venerated in a which contains a side chapel of the cathedral which also functions as a gallery of church practices over the years.

[11] In September 2024, the cathedral was declared the Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of Maulawin by the Supreme Council of Bishops (SCB) of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente.