A convent was built near the church which in 1621 which served as the first home of the congregation of Poor Clares in the country led by Mother Jeronima de la Asuncion before they moved to Intramuros later that year.

The church was further adorned with the addition of a bronze sculpture in 1975 by Filipino sculptor Ed Castrillo.

On May 6, 2024, the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments decreed the pontifical coronation of the Marian statue, for the Archdiocese of Manila.

The coronation rites was presided by the Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, Charles John Brown, on December 10, 2024.

[6][7] On January 25, 2025, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines was formally elevated to the status of a National Shrine.