 Six of the friars left while the remaining five continued to provide the spiritual needs of the area until they built the first Capuchin house in Gen Luna Street in Intramuros, Manila, opening it to the public on May 8, 1892.Father Berardo de Cieza requested Manuel Flores to sculpt a statue of Our Lady of Lourdes later that year.A second image was sculpted by the same person with the guidance of Father Antonio of Valencia.