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anniversaries april
 Easter Monday
Notre-Dame de Vie, Venasque, Carpentras, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte
d'Azur, France
In the 500s, with Rome and its provinces suffering decline
and barbarian threat, Siffrein, Bishop of Carpentras in southern France,
retreated to the hills of Venasque, where he built two churches and a
baptistery and, in the valley, a chapel dedicated to the Mother of Life.
This soon became a place of pilgrimage, particularly known for
resuscitations of babies who died unbaptised. In the 1600s, the Minims, of
the Order of St. Francis, settled there to manage the shrine and host its
pilgrims. They built the present building complex and sanctuary. A century
later, the Revolutionary government sold the buildings as a public asset
to private owners. In 1920, a third-order Carmelite, Mme. Lemaire, bought
the property, and in 1932, Father Marie-Eugène de l'Enfant-Jésus, OCD,
started the Institute of Our Lady of Life there—a Carmelite Secular Institute for
laypeople and priests, who take vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience
while remaining active in their workplaces and parishes. In 1957, Father
Marie-Eugène established Easter Monday—the day after Christians celebrate her
son Jesus' return to life and promise of life eternal—as the Feast of Our Lady of Life.
Sources:
 | The Institute and Sanctuary's website,
institut.notredamedevie.org |
| "Institut Notre-Dame de
Vie," Le Carmel en France, www.carmel.asso.fr/Institut-Notre-Dame-de-Vie,569.html
(photo) |
Also commemorated this date:
| Notre-Dame de Perros-Hamon, Ploubazlanec, Brittany, France. Pardon. |
| Notre Dame des Clés, Poitiers, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
(Our Lady of the Keys). Former procession from Church of
Notre-Dame-la-Grande. |
| Notre Dame, Vallet, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France.
Pilgrimage, mass. |
| Notre Dame des Œufs, Gréoux-les-Bains, Alpes de Haute-Provence,
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (Our Lady of the Eggs). Pilgrimage. |
| Notre Dame, La Javie, Alpes de Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,
France. Pilgrimage. |
| Notre-Dame-de-Beauregard, Orgon, Bouches du Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte
d'Azur, France. Procession,
mass; secular fête in monastery garden: apéritif, picnic, music, egg
rolling. |
| Notre-Dame de Montaigu, Bargemon, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,
France. Pilgrimage to chapel. |
| All-Holy Doorkeeper, Iveron Monastery, Mount Athos, Macedonia, Greece.
Icon's finding commemorated with procession, liturgy in seaside chapel. |
| Sweet-Kissing Mother of God, Philotheou Monastery, Mt. Athos, Macedonia,
Greece. Liturgy and blessing with holy water. |
| Madonna dei Campi, Landiona, Novara, Piedmont, Italy (Madonna of the
Fields). Festa at rural shrine. |
| Madonna di Strada, Fanna, Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. Mass
and procession. |
| Madonna del Bagno, Deruta, Perugia, Umbria, Italy (Madonna of the Bath).
Procession and mass on Easter Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. |
| Madonna della Grotta, Sacrofano, Roma, Latium, Italy. Festa, procession to
shrine; also 1st Sun. Sept. |
| Madonna del Sorbo, Campagnano, Roma, Latium, Italy. Festa: mass, games,
folk dancing, concert. |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Camerata Nuova, Roma, Latium, Italy. Rural shrine
open; mass, fireworks. |
| Madonna della Capanna, Sperlonga, Latina, Latium, Italy. Pilgrimage. |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Palagianello, Taranto, Abruzzo, Italy. Festa:
masses, processions. |
| Madonna della Libera, Rapino, Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy. Festa. |
| Madonna dell'Arco, S. Anastasia, Napoli, Campania, Italy. Fresco bled when
struck during a game, 1450. Festa, pilgrimage. |
| Madonna Incoronata, Melito Irpino, Avellino, Campania, Italy. Start of
two-day festa; statue processes from shrine to town church, mass. |
| Madonna dell'Alloro, Rodì Milici, Messina, Sicily, Italy. Festa,
procession with 1500s marble statue. |
| Madonna degli Angeli, San Giorgio Lucano, Matera, Basilicata, Italy (also
called Madonna del Pantano, Madonna of the Wetland). Procession takes statue
from rural shrine to town; return procession first Sunday in May. |
| Santissima Annunziata, Baragiano, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy. Festa,
procession. Also March 25. |
| Maria SS. della Stella, Adelfia, Bari, Apulia, Italy. Festa. |
| Madonna della Grotta, Modugno, Bari, Apulia, Italy. Festa at cave shrine. |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Carosino, Taranto, Apulia, Italy. Town's patronal
festa; mass and procession. |
| Madonna della Grazia, Laterza, Taranto, Apulia, Italy. Procession to and
from rural shrine where festa takes place. |
| Madonna di Costantinopoli, Cannole, Lecce, Apulia, Italy |
| Madonna della Grottella, Copertino, Lecce, Apulia, Italy |
| Madonna degli Angeli, Corigliano d'Otranto, Lecce, Apulia, Italy |
| Madonna di Pasqua, Cutrofiano, Lecce, Apulia, Italy |
| Madonna della Pietà, Vernole, Lecce, Apulia, Italy |
| Nossa Senhora de Lurdes, Nagozelo do Douro, São João da Pesqueira, Douro,
Norte, Portugal (Our Lady of Lourdes). Romaria. |
| Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem, Constância, Lisbon, Portugal (Our Lady
of Good Voyage). Boat procession. |
| Nossa Senhora da Encarnação, Póvoa de Rio de Moinhos, Portugal
(Our Lady of the Incarnation) |
| Nossa Senhora da Granja, Proença-a-Velha, Beira Baixa, Portugal
(Our Lady of the Farm). Romaria. |
| Nossa Senhora da Consolação, Salvaterra do Extremo, Beira Baixa,
Portugal |
| Nossa Senhora da Enxaras, Campo Maior, Portalegre, Alto Alentejo,
Portugal |
| Virxe de Chamorro, Ferrol, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain |
| Virxe do Monte, Camariñas, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain |
| Virgen de las Angustias, Cacabelos, León, Castile and León, Spain |
| Nuestra Señora del Perdón, Cizur, Pamplona, Navarre, Spain, Astráin
district. Romería. |
| Nuestra Señora de la Alegría, Monzón, Huesca, Aragon,
Spain |
| Virgen del Pueyo, Barbastro, Huesca, Aragon, Spain. Romería. |
| Virgen de Rodanas, Épila, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain |
| Virgen del Cantal, Oliete, Teruel, Aragon, Spain. Romería. |
| Verge del Vilar, Blanes, Girona, Catalonia, Spain |
| Mare de Déu de Joncadella, Sant Joan de Vilatorrada, Barcelona,
Catalonia, Spain |
| Nuestra Señora de la Consolación, Miajadas, Cáceres, Extremadura,
Spain |
| Nuestra Señora del Casar, Portaje, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain |
| Nuestra Señora de Valdefuentes, Montehermoso, Cáceres, Extremadura,
Spain |
| Nuestra Señora de la Blanca, Pasarón de la Vera, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain.
Romería; fiesta August 15 |
| Nuestra Señora de Monfragüe, Torrejón el Rubio, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain |
| Nuestra Señora del Prado, Casar de Cáceres, Cáceres, Extremadura,
Spain |
| Nuestra Señora del Salor, Torrequemada, Cáceres, Extremadura,
Spain. Romería. Fiesta September 8. |
| Nuestra Señora de la Luz, Arroyo de la Luz, Cáceres, Extremadura,
Spain (Our Lady of Light). Fiesta. |
| Nuestra Señora de los Hitos, Jaraicejo, Cáceres, Extremadura,
Spain. Romería. |
| Nuestra Señora de la Estrella, Salvatierra de Santiago, Cáceres,
Extremadura, Spain. Romería. Fiesta August 15. |
| Nuestra Señora de Sopetrán, Almoharín, Cáceres, Extremadura,
Spain |
| Nuestra Señora del Belén, Cañamero, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
(Our Lady of Bethlehem) |
| Nuestra Señora de la Fuente Santa, Zorita, Cáceres, Extremadura,
Spain (Our Lady of the Holy Fountain) |
| Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza, San Vicente de Alcántara, Badajoz,
Extremadura, Spain (Our Lady of the Head). Romería. |
| Virgen de Piedra Escrita, La Serena, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
(Virgin of the Written Stone) |
| Virgen de Criptana, Campo de Criptana, Ciudad Real, Castilla La Mancha, Spain.
Romería. |
| Virgen de la Encarnación, Casas de Ves, Albacete, Castile-La Mancha,
Spain (Virgin of the Incarnation). Romería. |
| Virgen del Vallehermoso, El Viso, Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain. Romería. |
| Virgen de la Alegría, Villaralto, Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain. Romería. |
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