Posts tagged with altar.
Maria Ausiliatrice
The altar of Our Lady of Help in the church of San Gaetano in Genova, Italy.
The high altar in the basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Fatima, October 2009.
Notre Dame des Miracles
A vintage postcard of the altar and miraculous statue of Our Lady of Miracles in the pilgrimage basilica in Mauriac, France.
The statue of Our Lady of the Abandoned, or ‘la Virgen de los Desamparados’ in Spanish, the patroness of Valencia.
These words by St. Bonaventure are very much linked to the devotion to Our Lady of the Abandoned:
When all human help fails, it is imperative that we not despair. For normally in this extreme situation, the divine help of Mary comes.
The chapel of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in the basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré in Quebec, Canada.
A neon lit altar in honour of St Anne, the mother of Mary, and St Martin de Porres in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
(Source: Flickr / kmsf)
The icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in the basilica of the same name in Boston, USA.
(Source: Flickr / millinerd)
Madonna del Soccorso
A vintage postcard of the altar of Our Lady of Help in San Severo, Italy.
What is striking about this statue is that Mary is black while Jesus is white. According to some historians this is the result of the baroque make over the statue received in 1760, when the original Child was replaced with the current one.
Maria SS. Annunziata
The statue of Our Lady of the Annunciation, the patroness of Ficarra in Sicily.
