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"There is an old Irish saying: God is strong and He has a good mother."
~Fr. Christopher Fox, a Mill Hill Missionary, from Ireland
Mary, Our Queen, from Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Anglican Shrine church, Little Walsingham, Norfolk
One of the more obscure and exotic backwaters of the Church of England is the Anglican shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, set in remote north Norfolk. It was created in 1931 by the Anglican Vicar of Walsingham, Alfred Hope Patten, at a time when the Anglo-catholic enthusiasm of the church of England was in full flood. Today, the tide has receded, and the Anglo-catholic movement is somewhat beleagured. Now, most of the hundreds of visitors to the village are either tourists or Catholics - the Catholic National Shrine of Our lady is a mile or so off. But still this intriguing building remains, serving a diminishing but devout band of pilgrims.
The heart of the church is the Holy House, devised by Hope Pattern from the Legend of Richeldis, whose dream of the Holy House in Nazareth had led to the building of the great Abbey of Walsingham in the 12th century. The Abbey was destroyed by the British Crown at the Reformation, and the ruins survive just to the south of the shrine.
The building has been greatly extended several times since, creating a delightfully labyrinthine church on two levels. Beside the church are the shrine gardens, a pleasant place to wander.
"For me Mary is the one who has taught me how to pray through the rosary and how to meditate different mysteries of Christ's life."
~Bruno from France
Chapelle Notre-Dame de la Médaille Miraculeuse, Paris, France.
Eucharistic celebration by Msgr. Jerry Bitoon with Rev. Fr. Larry Ramos. Also, recognition of the donor of the image of the patron saint of the Parish and blessings of the different images of the Virgin Mary of the parishioners.
Eucharistic celebration by Msgr. Jerry Bitoon with Rev. Fr. Larry Ramos. Also, recognition of the donor of the image of the patron saint of the Parish and blessings of the different images of the Virgin Mary of the parishioners.
Eucharistic celebration by Msgr. Jerry Bitoon with Rev. Fr. Larry Ramos. Also, recognition of the donor of the image of the patron saint of the Parish and blessings of the different images of the Virgin Mary of the parishioners.
Eucharistic celebration by Msgr. Jerry Bitoon with Rev. Fr. Larry Ramos. Also, recognition of the donor of the image of the patron saint of the Parish and blessings of the different images of the Virgin Mary of the parishioners.
Anglican Shrine church, Little Walsingham, Norfolk
One of the more obscure and exotic backwaters of the Church of England is the Anglican shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, set in remote north Norfolk. It was created in 1931 by the Anglican Vicar of Walsingham, Alfred Hope Patten, at a time when the Anglo-catholic enthusiasm of the church of England was in full flood. Today, the tide has receded, and the Anglo-catholic movement is somewhat beleagured. Now, most of the hundreds of visitors to the village are either tourists or Catholics - the Catholic National Shrine of Our lady is a mile or so off. But still this intriguing building remains, serving a diminishing but devout band of pilgrims.
The heart of the church is the Holy House, devised by Hope Pattern from the Legend of Richeldis, whose dream of the Holy House in Nazareth had led to the building of the great Abbey of Walsingham in the 12th century. The Abbey was destroyed by the British Crown at the Reformation, and the ruins survive just to the south of the shrine.
The building has been greatly extended several times since, creating a delightfully labyrinthine church on two levels. Beside the church are the shrine gardens, a pleasant place to wander.
"Mary has always served as a role model to be a woman for me but I only realised how moving the way she loved when I started to pray to her more often. I have always been hearing that Mary is very close to Jesus and we all know that. But what I didn't really know was how the way she loves Jesus can be imitated by us. When we realise how humane and tenderly she loves Jesus and she loves us, then we would realise that we are all called to do the same."
~Magdalene from China
Statue of Our Lady from the church of San Genarro, Little Italy, New York City, USA.
l'ex-voto de la Vierge (pour avoir épargné le village durant la guerre 39-45 ; Jean Boet - architecte et Antoine Servian - sculpteur), à Rognes [13840]
"I really, really, really love Mary. She's the most special person in my life and she's the most beautiful person I've ever seen. It's very great to be with her because I feel comfortable and it feels like being with my mother, because she is my mother….La Virgen es todo .."
~Milagros from Argentina
'Coronation of the Virgin' from St. Mary's RC Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Eucharistic celebration by Msgr. Jerry Bitoon with Rev. Fr. Larry Ramos. Also, recognition of the donor of the image of the patron saint of the Parish and blessings of the different images of the Virgin Mary of the parishioners.
Eucharistic celebration by Msgr. Jerry Bitoon with Rev. Fr. Larry Ramos. Also, recognition of the donor of the image of the patron saint of the Parish and blessings of the different images of the Virgin Mary of the parishioners.
la vierge noire (1860) de Châteauneuf-les-Martigues [13220]
vidéo : www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpuuk65mbf8
Such is the demand at peak times that pilgrims just pay their 1 euro to a cashier and a bored-looking member of staff lights another lamp and sticks it on the shelf...
"Mary is somebody so important for us because she gives her little Jesus, her infant Jesus, who is so small and so vulnerable, she is constantly offering him to us and to everybody, especially to those who are suffering and those who are feeling pain. So the joy of receiving her child, who is God made man, God who became such a vulnerable tiny child - it's the whole mystery of the incarnation of God among us - this is what Mary is going to help us to deepen and to go ever further in our understanding of this wonderful mystery of the incarnation."
~'Little' Sister Catherine from Hackney, London, England
Statue of Our Lady, New York City.
"For me Our Lady is our mother, one who cares for us more than we can possibly know, but also our model, someone to imitate for her humility and her love, and the obedience with which she followed the Word of God and was Mother to Our Lord."
~Catherine from England
"The Finding of Jesus in the Temple", stained glass from Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Eucharistic celebration by Msgr. Jerry Bitoon with Rev. Fr. Larry Ramos. Also, recognition of the donor of the image of the patron saint of the Parish and blessings of the different images of the Virgin Mary of the parishioners.
Eucharistic celebration by Msgr. Jerry Bitoon with Rev. Fr. Larry Ramos. Also, recognition of the donor of the image of the patron saint of the Parish and blessings of the different images of the Virgin Mary of the parishioners.
Eucharistic celebration by Msgr. Jerry Bitoon with Rev. Fr. Larry Ramos. Also, recognition of the donor of the image of the patron saint of the Parish and blessings of the different images of the Virgin Mary of the parishioners.
"I've had great devotion to Our Lady, particularly before and after my son's death 7 years ago. He prayed a lot to Our Lady. After his death I've come to adopt her as my mother, Comforter of the Afflicted, because of the way she has appeared to me in so many ways, not real apparitions as such but touching my heart. Any time I think of Richard, I think of Our Lady and the sorrows she went through at the foot of the Cross and it always takes a lot of the pain away from my heart .. I know that she also gave a lot of courage to the apostles in the Upper Room so that makes her Help of Christians, because that was the beginning of the Church."
~Julie from Nigeria
Stained glass from the former Ursuline convent, New Orleans, USA.
l'immense statue (11 mètres de haut) de la Mère à l'Enfant couverte d'or (posée en 1870), œuvre du sculpteur Eugène-Louis Lequesne, réalisée par l'orfèvre parisien Charles Christofle, au sommet du beffroi de la Basilique Notre Dame de la Garde (construite de 1863 à 1893) à Marseille [13006]
Anglican Shrine church, Little Walsingham, Norfolk
One of the more obscure and exotic backwaters of the Church of England is the Anglican shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, set in remote north Norfolk. It was created in 1931 by the Anglican Vicar of Walsingham, Alfred Hope Patten, at a time when the Anglo-catholic enthusiasm of the church of England was in full flood. Today, the tide has receded, and the Anglo-catholic movement is somewhat beleagured. Now, most of the hundreds of visitors to the village are either tourists or Catholics - the Catholic National Shrine of Our lady is a mile or so off. But still this intriguing building remains, serving a diminishing but devout band of pilgrims.
The heart of the church is the Holy House, devised by Hope Pattern from the Legend of Richeldis, whose dream of the Holy House in Nazareth had led to the building of the great Abbey of Walsingham in the 12th century. The Abbey was destroyed by the British Crown at the Reformation, and the ruins survive just to the south of the shrine.
The building has been greatly extended several times since, creating a delightfully labyrinthine church on two levels. Beside the church are the shrine gardens, a pleasant place to wander.
Eucharistic celebration by Msgr. Jerry Bitoon with Rev. Fr. Larry Ramos. Also, recognition of the donor of the image of the patron saint of the Parish and blessings of the different images of the Virgin Mary of the parishioners.
"Mary is my mother in love. Marie, c'est l'amour."
~Monique from France
Statue adorning the main entrance of the Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption in Covington, Kentucky, USA.
"To me Mary is someone who always directs me to Christ… When I think of her, I think of her direction towards Christ. She is also the most loyal disciple, the golden example of discipleship, where she stood by the Cross waiting for Jesus and keeps directing us towards Christ. And all the worries, all the questions that she has throughout her life, bearing the child that is the Son of God, she always keeps them in her heart ... It also teaches me to keep things in my heart and only to discuss it with Our Lord and to be patient and to be listening as well."
~Irma from Indonesia
Lourdes grotto on the outskirts of Ottawa, Canada.
"Mary for me is the model of who we should be and who I feel I want to be. She is the first person who knew Jesus, who loved him, and she is the first person who followed him completely and who lived the life that we should be living - totally pondering every word of his, pondering every action of his, meditating on his Passion, his suffering. If I can try and do anything, any little thing, that she has done and copy her, then I feel I will be closer to being more like Christ."
~Fionnuala from Ireland
Stained glass of the Assumption, Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Eucharistic celebration by Msgr. Jerry Bitoon with Rev. Fr. Larry Ramos. Also, recognition of the donor of the image of the patron saint of the Parish and blessings of the different images of the Virgin Mary of the parishioners.
Eucharistic celebration by Msgr. Jerry Bitoon with Rev. Fr. Larry Ramos. Also, recognition of the donor of the image of the patron saint of the Parish and blessings of the different images of the Virgin Mary of the parishioners.
"Mary touches me, she touches my life, she touches my heart. She touches other lives. I see her touching other lives. She's all around me."
~Justin from the UK
Nativity scene during Christmas at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit, Conyers, Georgia, USA.
"Mary means to me the dignity and respect that every woman should have."
~Noel from the USA
Stained glass of the betrothal of St. Joseph and Our Lady from Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Eucharistic celebration by Msgr. Jerry Bitoon with Rev. Fr. Larry Ramos. Also, recognition of the donor of the image of the patron saint of the Parish and blessings of the different images of the Virgin Mary of the parishioners.
"Our Lady means everything to me. I've been through quite a lot of trials and tribulations but every time I've called on her name and asked her to protect us I know I get the same love and protection as she always gives to her children, as long as you call on her name."
~Joseph from Sierra Leone
Statue of the Sorrowful Mother in the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, Norfolk, UK.
Eucharistic celebration by Msgr. Jerry Bitoon with Rev. Fr. Larry Ramos. Also, recognition of the donor of the image of the patron saint of the Parish and blessings of the different images of the Virgin Mary of the parishioners.
Honor Your Mother
Thousands of local Catholics gathered for the first ever diocesan-sponsored celebration honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe. The community converged on downtown Phoenix Dec. 10, 2006, for a procession, Mass with Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, eucharistic adoration, live music and prayer.
Photo by Robert DeFrancesco, www.catholicsun.org