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anniversaries june
June 2
Immaculate Conception, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
In the first Atlanta Catholic Church, known simply by that name, hung a reproduction of Murillo's "Immaculate
Conception."
After the church was damaged in
the Civil War, it was rebuilt. On September 1, 1869, Augustin Verot, Bishop of
Savannah, blessed the cornerstone of the new Church of the Immaculate Conception,
which was dedicated December 10, 1873. Renovated in the 1950s with new
stained-glass windows donated by individuals and families, the church was
rededicated June 2, 1954 as the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception for the
Atlanta Diocese. The window over the main altar (left) depicts the Immaculate
Virgin standing on the crescent moon, her hands joined in prayer. The window
over the church entrance reproduces Murillo's painting.
Source: the Shrine's website, www.catholicshrineatlanta.org
Also celebrated this date:
 | Muttergottes vom Hilgenberg, Stadtlohn, Borken, North Rhine-Westphalia,
Germany. Annual festival at chapel. |
| Madonna della Guardia, Rocca Maja, Genova, Liguria, Italy. Procession,
mass, music, and lunch of minestrone with hay noodles. |
| Madonna delle Lacrime, Ponte Nossa, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy (Madonna of
the Tears). Painting wept blood during apparition, 1511. |
| Santa Maria della Noce, Inverigo, Como, Lombardy, Italy (St. Mary of the
Walnut). Chapel begun, 1519; feast August 15. |
| Vergine Addolorata, Cesena, Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Main
altar consecrated, 1782, by Pius VI. Festa September 15. |
| Madonna della Grandine, Cantalice, Rieti, Latium, Italy (Madonna of
the Hail), San Liberato Church. Festa: solemn mass, procession, dance. |
| Madonna del Diluvio, Monterotondo, Roma, Latium, Italy (Madonna of the
Deluge). Painting crowned, 1765. |
| Onze Lieve Vrouw van Haarlem, Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands. Statue
consecrated, 1505. |
| Pokrov
Presvätej Bohorodičky, Krásny Brod, Medzilaborce, Prešov, Slovakia
(Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God). New monastery with copy of miraculous icon
dedicated, 2002. |
| Virgen de los Remedios, Meruelo, Cantabria, Spain. Apparition, 1629;
romería first Saturday in June; feast September 8. |
| Virgen de la Peña, Mijas, Málaga, Andalucia, Spain (Virgin of the Crag).
Statue found, 1586. |
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