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May 30
Gua Maria Sumber Kahuripan, Cibadak, Sukabumi, West Java, Indonesia
The Mary Grotto of the Living Spring at St. Francis
Catholic Church, begun in 2000, completed in 2003, and blessed on May 30,
2004, is located in the densely populated, largely Islamic province of
West Java, where Catholics comprise less than one percent of the
population. At special masses in May and October, pilgrims write
down prayer requests on slips of paper which are burned in front of the
altar. A reputation for answered prayers attracts numerous worshipers to
the Grotto with its statue of Our Lady of Lourdes. (Picture &
information from "Gua Maria Sumber Kahuripan," Just A Note,
drianimator.blogspot.com, Oct. 27, 2010; "Gua Maria Sumber Kahuripan,"
Kresna Bayu Tour, kresnabayutour.com/gua-maria-sumber-kahuripan, Dec 19,
2016.)
Also commemorated this date:
| Notre-Dame des Miracles, Déols, Indre, Centre, France. Statue bled when
struck, 1187. Pilgrimage Ascension Thursday. |
| Consolatrix Afflictorum, Rome, Italy. Painting in church of Santa
Maria del Suffragio crowned, 1880. |
| Madonna dei Sette Dolori, Pescara Colli, Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy.
Sanctuary consecrated, 1757. Festa first Sunday in June. |
| Madonna della Pace, Morcone, Benevento, Campania, Italy. Statue
crowned, 1948. |
| Qalb bla tebgha ta' Marija, Burmarrad, Malta. Parish Church of the
Immaculate Heart of Mary dedicated May 30, 1964. Festa last Sunday in
June. |
| Maria Koningin, Gulpen, Limburg, Netherlands (Queen Mary). Statue
consecrated, 1935. |
| Tapusan Sa Kawit. Kawit, Cavite, Philippines. Procession with
floats. |
| Ormianska Matka Laskawa, Gdansk, Poland (Armenian Mother of Grace).
Icon crowned, 1937. |
| Maria Hilf Gubel, Menzingen, Zug, Switzerland (Mary the Helper on
the Gubel). Lucerne saved from Protestant attack, 1845, after children
prayed to Maria Hilf. |
| Our Lady of Lourdes, Euclid, Ohio, USA. Grotto dedicated, 1926. |
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