June 4
Madonna del Bocco, Casanova Sinistra, Pavia, Lombardy, Italy
On June 4, 1947, at the age of seven, Angela Volpini was sitting on the
ground making bouquets while herding cattle in a remote wooded location, when
she felt someone lift her up from behind. She turned around to see a sweetly
beautiful stranger, who said, "I have come to teach you the way of
happiness on earth." Angela identified the visitor as the Madonna, and saw
her again, at the same spot, on the fourth of each month until June 4, 1956. In 1957, the bishop authorized a church at the apparition
site of Il Bocco, designed with space for communal activities. Above the altar
is a painting of the Madonna as Angela saw her, in a white veil, blue mantle,
and pink robe, with a rosary over her right arm, her hands gesturing delicately,
as if in communication. From the Madonna's inspiring messages, the seer
envisioned a world where people could live together in love and joy. To this end
she founded the New Cana Center in 1958. The shrine celebrates the apparition
anniversary on June 2. Information and picture from the seer's website, www.angelavolpini.it/.
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