Roses and the Rosary. Agnes Maria Huyn van Amstenrade and the Virgin, Holy Cross Chapel, Genooi, Limburg, The Netherlands
On Sunday mornings in almost any kind of weather we like to wander the verdant banks of the Meuse River on the old processional way north to the ancient Chapels at Genooi (www.flickr.com/photos/87453322@N00/6864305255).
Next to the larger one devoted to Our Lady is a small Holy Cross Chapel attached to the west side of a farmhouse, the Genooierhof, which dates from the early seventeenth century. There's been a Marian devotion here at least since the middle of the fifteenth century, and that earlier chapel dates from 1631. The entire complex has been rebuilt and restored a number of times. For local people the site is devoted to the memory of Agnes Maria Huyn van Amstenrade (1614-1641), a devout young nun to whom some miracles have been ascribed. Attempts though to beatify her were to no avail.
After a restoration (1917) - more of a rebuilding - by well-known Pierre Cuypers (1827-1921), new stained glass windows were placed in the Holy Cross Chapel. Two were made by Cornelius (Corns) van Straaten (1883-1964) and his firm in 1920. The one in the photo shows Sister Agnes - she was a member of the Order of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin - in adoration of the Virgin amid Roses. Both are holding rosaries. The emphasis on roses and the rosary no doubt is related to 1917 and the apparition of the Virgin to three shepherd girls at Fátima in which devotion to the Rosary was emphasised.
In the righthand background is a stylised version ot the Chapel of Our Lady right next door.
Roses and the Rosary. Agnes Maria Huyn van Amstenrade and the Virgin, Holy Cross Chapel, Genooi, Limburg, The Netherlands
On Sunday mornings in almost any kind of weather we like to wander the verdant banks of the Meuse River on the old processional way north to the ancient Chapels at Genooi (www.flickr.com/photos/87453322@N00/6864305255).
Next to the larger one devoted to Our Lady is a small Holy Cross Chapel attached to the west side of a farmhouse, the Genooierhof, which dates from the early seventeenth century. There's been a Marian devotion here at least since the middle of the fifteenth century, and that earlier chapel dates from 1631. The entire complex has been rebuilt and restored a number of times. For local people the site is devoted to the memory of Agnes Maria Huyn van Amstenrade (1614-1641), a devout young nun to whom some miracles have been ascribed. Attempts though to beatify her were to no avail.
After a restoration (1917) - more of a rebuilding - by well-known Pierre Cuypers (1827-1921), new stained glass windows were placed in the Holy Cross Chapel. Two were made by Cornelius (Corns) van Straaten (1883-1964) and his firm in 1920. The one in the photo shows Sister Agnes - she was a member of the Order of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin - in adoration of the Virgin amid Roses. Both are holding rosaries. The emphasis on roses and the rosary no doubt is related to 1917 and the apparition of the Virgin to three shepherd girls at Fátima in which devotion to the Rosary was emphasised.
In the righthand background is a stylised version ot the Chapel of Our Lady right next door.