 Devotees include Overseas Filipino Workers and other foreign nationals who flock to the country to join the Porta Vaga Festival.The First Saturdays Devotion (or Act of Reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Blessed Virgin Mary) is a Catholic practice which, according to the visionaries, has been requested by the Blessed Virgin Mary in several visitations, notably Our Lady of Fatima and the subsequent Pontevedra apparitions.This devotion, and the marian apparitions, have been officially embraced by the Roman Catholic Church.