Baclaran Church--The National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help (Filipino: Pambansáng Dambana ng Ina ng Laging Saklolo) also known as Redemptorist Church and colloquially the Baclaran Church, is a prominent Latin RiteRoman Catholicparish church in Metro Manila, the Philippines.The Shrine is one of the largest Marian churches in the country, and houses a copy of the widely-venerated icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help. Devotion to the icon is popular amongst Filipino Catholics, and gave rise to the "Baclaran Phenomenon" where throngs of devotees flood the church every Wednesday.Wednesday is popularly called "Baclaran Day" (Araw ng Baclaran) due to the day's novena.