Our Lady of Sorrows of Batong Paloway is an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary on a stone, venerated in Catanduanes, Philippines.

Religion at that times was their consolation, their weapon and solace toward off evils, their source of hope for a better place to live in only through the power of prayers that their wishes be granted.

Pacio thus threw the stone away, and it landed in carabao mud hole (lab-ogan) surrounded by thick bushes and guava trees.

At this point, Bengge remembered that as she was in the fields with other villagers harvesting rice, she heard churchbells pealing loudly out of nowhere.

The picture started to radiate more beautifully, with her forehead prominently and partly covered by a blue white veil.

Natives of the place were ready to accept the apparition yet reluctant to openly manifest it, had it not been for the first wave of the pilgrims coming from the different coastal towns of Camarines and Albay.

A middle aged woman, nicknamed “Bengge”, came to their houses to ask for alms and many forms of material aid, so she could start building an ermita in honor of “Our Lady of Sorrows” (Nuestra Señora de Dolor).

They prayed before the image of Our Lady of Sorrows, Pacio was asked to massage the afflicted parts of the sick people.

For so many months, many sick went there and donations, as days passed is now enough to build a chapel on the spot where the miraculous picture was found.

The picture of Our Lady of Sorrows looks like it was perfectly glued and laminated to a small hard stone, the other side with a flat surface.

They even defied the order of the parish priest not to slaughter pigs and carabaos as it was the vigil of the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul.

Only during the start of the Novena in preparation of the Barrio Fiesta that the venerated image of Nuestra Señora de los Dolores was permitted to be brought back at her original place with a condition to be returned after the “Celebra”.

These people were insistent to get back their patroness, Our Lady of Sorrows for they experienced and witnessed bright rays of light coming from their altar at the chapel.

Despite the absence of documented events and experiences on the miracles and favors granted to the faithful, still devotees flock to the place where she resides.