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anniversaries
may
First Sunday in May
Notre Dame du Liban, Harissa, Keserwan, Mount Lebanon, Lebanon
In 1904, the Catholic Church celebrated the 50th anniversary of the
dogma of the Immaculate Conception,
which Pope Pius IX proclaimed in 1854. As in Chile
and elsewhere, Catholic leaders in Lebanon decided to mark the occasion in
a really big way, by erecting a monumental statue of Mary Immaculate.
Elias Hoyek, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, and Carlos Duval, apostolic
delegate to Lebanon, chose the name Our Lady of Lebanon and the site on
the Rock of Harissa overlooking the city of Jounieh near the Mediterranean
Sea. The bronze statue made in France depicts Mary with outstretched
hands, as on the Miraculous Medal and the Immaculata Column in Rome.
Weighing ten tons, it stands 28 feet high atop a 66-foot stone pedestal of
spiraling conical shape. Patriarch Hoyek inaugurated the shine on May 3,
1908, the first Sunday in May, celebrated as Our Lady of Lebanon's feast
day ever since, not only in Lebanon but in the Lebanese Catholic Diaspora
throughout the world.
Sources:
 | The Lady of Lebanon, www.harissa.info |
| "Harissa, Lebanon," Wikipedia,
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harissa,_Lebanon (photo by FunkMunk, 2005) |
Also commemorated this date:
| Mare de Déu, Meritxell, Canillo, Andorra. Pilgrimage and floral offering.
Main feast day September 8. |
| Onze Lieve Vrouw van Jezus-Eik, Overijse, Flemish Brabant, Flanders,
Belgium (Our Lady of Jesus Oak). Procession. |
| Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Lissewege, Bruges, West Flanders, Flanders,
Belgium. Procession. |
| Notre Dame du Chêne, Guerlange, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium (Our Lady
of the Oak). Annual pilgrimage. |
| Nossa Senhora do Sagrado Coração, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
(Our Lady of the Sacred Heart). Romaria: procession, mass, statue crowning. |
| Notre Dame de Lorette, Plogonnec, Finistère, Brittany, France. Pardon. |
| Notre Dame des Enfants, Châteauneuf sur Cher, Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France
(Our Lady of Children). Pilgrimage. |
| Notre-Dame de Belle-Vue, Tronchoy, Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
Pilgrimage. |
| Notre-Dame de Prompt Secours de Bellor, Cormoz, Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,
France (Our Lady of Prompt Help). Pilgrimage. |
| Notre Dame du Perpétuel Secours, Castex, Gers, Occitanie, France (Our
Lady of Perpetual Help). Regional pilgrimage: mass, meal, rosary,
procession. |
| Mãe de Deus, Saligão, North Goa, Goa, India. Feast day: procession,
fireworks. |
| Makkos Mária, Budakeszi, Pest, Hungary (Mary of Acorns). Pilgrimage. Also
Sunday after July 2 and Sunday after September 24. |
| Our Lady of Happy Voyage, Bandel, Hooghly, West Bengal, India. Feast day,
pilgrimage. |
| Madonna di Oropa, Biella, Biella, Piedmont, Italy. Eleven-mile walking
pilgrimage to alpine shrine. |
| Maria Santissima della Libera, Carano, Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige,
Italy. Festa. |
| Madonna del Buon Consiglio, Pignone, La Spezia, Liguria, Italy (Madonna of
Good Counsel). Festa; procession takes painting from parish church to
shrine. |
| Madonna del Lago, Bertinoro, Forlì-Cesena, Emilia Romagna, Italy (Madonna
of the Lake). Festa, pilgrimage, masses, rosary, games, citron stalls. |
| Madonna della Stella, Poggiodomo, Perugia, Umbria, Italy (Madonna of the
Star). Pilgrimage to cliffside shrine. |
| Madonna del Buon Consiglio, Collepepe, Perugia, Umbria, Italy. Festa. |
| Beata Vergine della Colonna, Fano, Pesaro e Urbino, Marche, Italy. Festa. |
| Madonna del Castello, Petrella Guidi, Novafeltria, Pesaro e Urbino, Marche, Italy.
Festa. |
| Madonna della Libera, Pratola Peligna, Abruzzo, Italy. Procession with
statue. |
| Madonna di Quintiliolo, Tivoli, Roma, Latium, Italy. Painting processes by
oxcart from shrine to cathedral, returns first Sunday in August. |
| Madonna del Buon Consiglio, Caccamo, Palermo, Sicily, Italy |
| Madonna dei Peccatori, Camporeale, Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Madonna of
Sinners) |
| Madonna di Loreto, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy |
| Madonna della Catena, Castiglione di Sicilia, Catania, Sicily, Italy
(Madonna of the Chain) |
| Madonna del Carmine, Cosoleto, Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy |
| Madonna di Setteporte, Rocca di Neto, Crotone, Calabria, Italy. Festa. |
| Madonna della Neve, Castroregio, Cosenza, Calabria, Italy (Madonna of the
Snow) |
| Santa Maria dei Santi, Rapone, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy (St. Mary of the
Saints) |
| Madonna del Bosco, Castelmezzano, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy (Madonna of
the Woods) |
| Madonna del Sacro Monte, Viggiano, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy (Madonna
of the Holy Mountain) |
| Madonna di Pierno, San Fele, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy |
| Madonna dei Fiori, Accettura, Matera, Basilicata, Italy (Madonna of the
Flowers) |
| Maria Santissima della Misericordia, Ascoli Satriano, Foggia, Apulia,
Italy (St. Mary of Mercy) |
| Maria SS. della Sanità, Volturara Appula, Foggia, Apulia, Italy (St. Mary
of Health) |
| Beata Maria Vergine della Fonte, Conversano, Bari, Puglia,
Italy (Blessed Virgin Mary of the Fountain) |
| Madonna di Roca, Calimera, Lecce, Puglia, Italy. Festa, pilgrimage to
shrine. |
| Onze Lieve Vrouw in 't Zand, Aarle-Rixtel, Laarbeek, North Brabant,
Netherlands (Our Dear Lady in the Sand). Procession from church to
chapel. |
| Nuestra Señora de la Natividad, Medrano, La Rioja, Spain Fiesta de
la Hermedaña. Main fiesta Sept. 8. |
| Virgen de los Remédios, Villalba, La Rioja, Spain |
| Virgen de Arcos, Tricio, La Rioja, Spain |
| Virgen de la Peña, Binacua, Huesca, Aragon, Spain |
| Nuestra Señora de Salas, Huesca, Aragon, Spain. Romería. |
| Virgen de la Peana, Borja, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain |
| Virgen de la Sagrada, La Muela, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain |
| Nuestra Señora del Olivar, Lécera, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. Fiesta:
Sunday, mass, procession, play; Monday, 8 km romería to Rebollosa
chapel. |
| Mare de Déu de la Fontcalda, Gandesa, Tarragona, Catalonia,
Spain |
| Virgen de Valsordo, Cebreros, Ávila, Castilla y León, Spain |
| Nuestra Señora de Bótoa, Badajoz, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain |
| Virgen de la Montaña, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain |
| Virgen de la Vega, Moraleja, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain |
| Nuestra Señora de la Concepción, Alía, Cáceres, Extremadura,
Spain. Romería; fiesta Aug. 15. |
| Virgen de La Estrella, Buenache de Alarcón, Cuenca, Castilla La Mancha, Spain
(Virgin of the Star). Romería. |
| Mare de Déu del Roser, Montitxelvo, Valencia, Valencia, Spain |
| Reina del Mundo, Aljaraque, Huelva, Andalucía, Spain |
| Señora del Buensuceso, Los Corrales, Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain |
| Virgen del Rosario, El Rubio, Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain. Romería. |
| Nuestra Señora de Fátima, Tocina, Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain |
| Nuestra Señora de Araceli, Lucena, Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain |
| Virgen de Linares, Córdoba, Córdoba, Andalucia, Spain |
| Virgen de Guía, Hinojosa del Duque, Córdoba, Andalucia, Spain |
| Nuestra Señora de Loreto, Dos Torres, Córdoba, Andalucia, Spain |
| Divina Pastora,Villaralto, Córdoba, Andalucia, Spain. Romería. |
| Virgen del Valle de Aguascebas, Mogón, Villacarrillo, Jaén, Andalucia, Spain.
Romería. |
| Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza, Ronda, Málaga, Andalucía, Spain (Our Lady
of the Head). Romería; mass, procession. |
| Virgen de Monte Toro, Es Mercadal, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.
Patron of Menorca. |
| Notre-Dame des Grâces, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Santa Maria delle Grazie, Gannariente, Ticino, Switzerland |
| Nossadunna dalla Glisch, Trun, Surselva, Graubünden,
Switzerland |
| House of Mary, Yankton, South Dakota, USA |
| Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Perryville, Missouri, USA |
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