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la statuette de la Vierge (1949) dans le mur de soutènement de l'église Sainte Marthe à Marseille [13014]
"For me, Mary was my invitation into the Church and for a year I just prayed to her and I realised that one day I was praying to her Son. So for me she’ll always remain the call back to her Son."
~Roseann from London, UK
Statue of Our Lady outside the parish of Our Lady of the Mountains in Jasper, Georgia, USA.
"The Virgin Maria is very special. She is my protection in all things."
~Marguerita from Ecuador
Statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption, Covington, Kentucky, USA.
"Creo muchisimo en la Virgen Maria, ella es la madre de Dios. Una mujer que ha inspirado mucho a todos los cristianos y por el hecho de ser la madre de Dios la veo como a una mujer muy ejemplar y desearia cumplir todos mis anhelos como madre y que siempre me bendiga."
"I believe very much in the Virgin Mary, she is the Mother of God. A woman who has greatly inspired all Christians and by virtue of being the Mother of God, she is the exemplary woman and....[....]....is always blessing me."
~Gabriela from Ecuador
Streetside shrine to Our Lady in Prague, Czech Republic.
"It's quite difficult to talk about Mary because my experience of her is so subjective. There are no words to translate the feeling I have when I pray; when I talk to her, it's unbelievable - I love her."
~Geraldo from Brazil
Image of Our Lady in the Infant Jesus Church, Prague, Czech Republic.
How to describe El Roccio
El Rocío, the most significant town in the vicinity of the Parque Nacional de Doñana, surprises first-timers. Its streets, unpaved and covered in sand, are lined with colourfully decked-out single-storey houses with sweeping verandahs, left empty half the time. But this is no ghost town: these are the well-tended properties of 115 hermandades (brotherhoods), whose pilgrims converge on the town every Pentecost (Whitsunday) weekend for the Romería del Rocío, Spain’s largest religious festival. And at most weekends, the hermandades arrive in a flurry of festive fun for other ceremonies.
Beyond its uniquely exotic ambience, El Rocío impresses with its striking setting in front of luminous Doñana marismas (wetlands), where herds of deer drink at dawn and, at certain times of year, pink flocks of flamingos gather in massive numbers.
First and foremost El Roccio is a place of Catholic religious pilgrimage as only the Spaniards can do, a nation that turns religion into a party. Secondly traditional Andalucian dress and love of horses and horse drawn carriages bring it all back to bygone days . Thirdly the Spanish Devotion to The Blessed Virgin Mary is particularly strong and very public, not at all subtle.
All of these combine to make a place that is unique and somewhat special and not at all like the cowboy town that some refer to El Roccio as, more a genuine place of traditional religious pilgrimage.
"Mother Mary, when we pray to her, we keep her close as if she is our secret mother, in whom we can confide all our troubles, and also our joys and hopes."
~Mirella from Canada
Marian shrine in Shelburne, Ontario, Canada.
"For me, Mary is the perfect mother of God and someone who sets a really good example for the way we should live our lives."
~Jerome from Ireland
Marian shrine in the grounds of the Carmel of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, USA.
"The Holy Virgin Mary is a very strong, holy person who, when we pray to her, has very powerful intercessionary answers to our problems and to our requests."
~Choong-Kar from Malaysia
Marian shrine in the grounds of the former Ursuline convent, New Orleans, USA.
29 September 2008
A shrine to the Blessed Virgin Mary in Rome. I think this was outdoors, but I can't recall.
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.
la vierge de l'ancienne tuilerie des Milles (1882 et 1926-1932), camp d'internement où des juifs ont été internés de 1939 à 1942 avant de partir à destination de Drancy et Auschwitz [13290]
Lincoln Cathedral ( The Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln / Cathedral Church of St.Mary ), Grade I listed, established in C11, restored & rebuilt in C12 following a fire & extended/remodelled on several occasions since, dominates the City skyline on 08 December 2012
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"Mother Mary for me is the woman who’s always protected me in my life, and unfortunately on my side I’m the man that has not always listened to her. But she’s always been very loving, very listening and very patient with me, and I thank her every day for what she does."
~Brice from the United States
Lady Chapel in St. Joseph Catholic Church, Macon, Georgia, USA.
la Vierge de plomb doré (James Pradier - 1859) au sommet du clocher de la Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Doms d'Avignon [84000]
le tableau de Lecerf, illustrant l'apparition de la Très Sainte Vierge Marie Immaculée à Sainte Catherine Labouré (XIXème), dans l'église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (dite des Réformés, 1855 - 1886) à Marseille [13001]
"I wasn't really especially close to the Blessed Mother until I too became a mum."
~Mary from the USA
Mural outside La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
la statue de la Vierge entourée d'anges, sur la façade (1874) de l'Eglise Saint Michel (1854) de Fuveau [13710]
"When I think about Mary, I think about the Magnificat, the Canticle of Mary. And I think about the first lines, 'My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour.' And that for me is the calling for everybody, to bow down before Jesus. And Mary brings that to me and makes it real for me."
~Catherine from England
Doors of Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, England.
"I can say so much about Mary in my life. I owe my faith to Mary. … Let Mary hold you, as she has me. Let her hold you and let her lead you, because she always leads you to her Son, the King, our dear Lord Jesus. Mary, I thank you. Amen."
~Stuart from Sussex, England
Statue of Our Lady of Walsingham in an Anglo-Catholic parish, Coventry, Warwickshire, England.
le fronton de la chapelle Notre-Dame de Caderot à Berre l'Etang [13130]
vidéos : www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jlp-uZPrv0A et www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc4_wyHOFDU
"Through Mary I feel I get close to Jesus's heart."
~Maria-Teresa from Peru
Garlands for a Guadalupe celebration in Pueblo de Los Angeles, California, USA.
"Our Lady for me, she’s the one who led me to meet Jesus, and she’s the one who really gave me the grace to know Him and to pray to Him and to follow Him. And still every day I open my heart and her heart, so she can bring me, with all my brothers and sisters, my community, to know God and His Son, Jesus, and to worship them; and to be her Son, as she is an example for us. So for me, Mary is the street to Jesus, the most sure one and the best one and the most swift street to go to Jesus. Thank you, Mary."
~Br. Paolo from Italy
Stained glass of Pentecost in St. Thomas More Catholic Church, Decatur, Georgia, USA.
5 June 2007
"In het bosch aan den rand / Bid tot O.L. Vrouw in t'Zand"
A shrine to the Virgin Mary.
There is a network of several signs around the border region, between the Netherlands and Belgium. Every May, folks make a pilgramage, visitting all of them.
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.
"For me Mary is the model of how to live and act as a Christian. And if I'm not sure what to do sometimes, I think of Mary and how she would act or behave. And I also think Mary is the real example of knowing how to lose: she lost Jesus her son, a lot of her life was about losing. And so I often think of that too - trying to lose thoughts or whatever, in order to be filled with God; so losing so that we find again God in our lives. That's Mary."
~Margaret from England
Outdoor shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help at the Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche in St. Augustine, Florida, USA.
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
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 of the Assumption in the 19th century cathedral of Marseille. The statue is carried in procession around the local Panier district on August 15th, the Feast of the Assumption. Babies and small children are lifted up to be blessed and the statue is hung about with prayer requests and thanks for mercies received.
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.
un des autels de l'église Saint-Martin (Monument Historique, église romane du XIIème siècle, reconstruite au XIXème après l'effondrement de 1818) de Saint-Rémy de Provence [13210]
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.
l'autel de la Vierge et son retable renaissance, dans l'église Saint-Cyr-et-Sainte-Julitte (XIVème siècle, restaurée en 1780) de Lançon de Provence [13680]
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 the Mother of all good things great in life and the mother figure to keep us all warm and safe."
~Collins from Cardiff, Wales
Image of Our Lady in Prague, Czech Republic.
"Our Lady has always been very special to me, I suppose because my mother had such a very deep devotion towards her. When I was little she was like a mother to me and as I've grown older, I can so identify with her and her sufferings with Jesus. She is just a wonderful inspiration and when I think of her as a young girl accepting that, it's just mind-boggling."
~Gudrun from England
Painting of Our Lady of Prompt Succor in the former Ursuline convent, New Orleans, USA.
"Our Lady has always been like pretty much a guiding star, showing me the way to go through life or how to approach different challenges in life."
~Connie from Kenya
Side chapel in an Anglican parish church, Rochdale, Lancashire, England.
le linteau surmonté d'une statuette de la vierge et son enfant, à l'entrée de la chapelle Notre Dame de Caderot, détruite lors des guerres de religions, et reconstruite au XVIIIème siècle, à Berre l'Étang [13130]
vidéos : www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jlp-uZPrv0A et www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc4_wyHOFDU