May 22
Matka Boża Bolesna, Chełmno,
Kuyavia-Pomerania, Poland
The Teutonic Knights founded the Church of St. Mary's Assumption in the 1200s. In 1649, the painting of the Sorrowful Mother of God was moved there from a chapel on one of the city gates. This painting, considered miraculous, resides in the northern chapel, originally the burial chapel of the Niemojewscy family. It was solemnly crowned on May 22, 1754. There is a healing spring at the shrine. The main pilgrimage takes place on July 2, formerly the Catholic Feast of the Visitation of St. Mary to St. Elizabeth.
Sources:
 | The city's website, www.chelmno.pl. Picture |
| The church's website, Parafia pw. Wniebowzicia NMP w Chełmnie, www.wnmpchelmno.torun.opoka.org.pl/index.htm (image) |
Also commemorated this date:
| Vierge de Bon Vouloir, Havré, Mons, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium (Virgin of Good Will). Chapel begun, 1625. Pilgrimage August 15. |
| Notre-Dame de la Basse Forêt, Cieux, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France (Our Lady of the Low Forest). First annual pilgrimage, 1899. |
| Notre-Dame du Bon Secours, Oderen, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France (Our Lady of Good Help). First stone of new chapel laid, 1893. |
| Maria Hilf, Vilsbiburg, Landshut, Lower Bavaria, Germany (Mary Help). Foundation stone of first chapel laid, 1686. |
| Madonna della Misericordia, Croce di Savenone, Pezzaze, Bovegno, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy (Madonna of Mercy). Apparition, 1527. |
| Immacolata Concezione, Sassello, Savona, Liguria, Italy. Church consecrated as Basilica, 1622. |
| Madonna dell'Olmo, Valfabbrica, Perugia, Umbria, Italy (Madonna of the Elm). Apparition, 1484. Festa last Sunday in August. |
| Santa Maria Acquas, Sardara, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (St. Mary Waters). Statue crowned, 1988. Festas in May and September. |
| Matka Boża Hałcnowska, Bielsko-Biała, Silesia, Poland, Hałcnów district. 1900s pietà statue crowned, 1995, by Pope John Paul II. |
| Santa María, Torrelavega, Besaya, Cantabria, Spain, Barreda district. Procession, folk dancing. |
| Virgen de Cubas, Jorquera, Albacete, Aragón, Spain. Romería. |
| Santa Maria de Lluçà, Lluçà, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Church consecrated, 905. |
| Verge de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain (Virgin of Health). Shrine inaugurated, 1864. Fiesta September 8. |
| Virgen del Monte, Bolaños de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla La Mancha, Spain (Virgin of the Mount). Statue crowned, 1966; romería. Fiesta September 15. |