Preceding the exhibition is a lecture series on September 6 to 8, in collaboration with the Ateneo de Naga University Press and the National Book Development Board. Speakers include Dr. Ambeth Ocampo, Dr. Filomeno Aguilar, Jr. both of Ateneo de Manila University; Dr. Maddie Yakal, University of California-Los Angeles; and Fr. Andrew Recepcion, ordained for the Archdiocese of Caceres, currently professor at the Faculty of Missiology of the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome. Caceres Archbishop Rex Andrew C. Alarcon, D.D. will cap the series with “The Peñafrancia Devotion A Century Hence: A Letter to 2124.”  His talk will formally open the exhibit.

The lecture series is open to the public. Interested parties may contact the commission’s secretariat through the project’s fb page of the same name. The commission invites religious and civic organizations, local government units, schools and universities to visit the exhibit. General admission is Php 100.00. Students, senior citizens, persons with special needs will enjoy 50% discount upon presentation of ID.