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Third Sunday in October
Zoja e Shkodres, Shkodër, Albania
Below the fortress of Shkodra stood a church of the 400s
containing a fresco of the "Blessed Lady" cheek to cheek with
her child. In 1467, the image disappeared from the wall. Meanwhile, in
Genazzano, Italy, townspeople witnessed a thin plaster icon of the Madonna
descend in a cloud. They enshrined the miraculous image in the Church of
Our Lady of Good Counsel, where some Albanian travelers recognized it as
the missing fresco of Shkodra (also called Scutari). Albanian Catholics
celebrate both feast days: Our Lady of Good Counsel on April 26 and the
Lady of Shkodër on the third Sunday in October. On April 25, 1993, Pope
John Paul II blessed the first stone of a new sanctuary in Shkodër and
donated a new reproduction of the fresco. "Mother of Good Counsel,
return to us. On the path of peace lead us" (old Albanian hymn).
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Also celebrated this date:
| Nossa Senhora de Nazaré, Porto Acre, Acre, Norte, Brazil. Mass,
procession, food. |
| Nossa Senhora de Nazaré, Castanhal, Pará, Norte, Brazil. Romaria. |
| Nossa Senhora de Nazaré, Quatipuru, Pará, Norte, Brazil. Círio. |
| Divina Pastora, Divina Pastora, Sergipe, Nordeste, Brazil (Divine Shepherdess).
Pilgrimage. |
| Nossa Senhora de Lourdes, Solidão, Pernambuco, Nordeste, Brazil.
Pilgrims' festa. |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Chiampo, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy, Filanda district (Madonna
of Graces). Festa. |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Bertinoro, Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna,
Italy. Pilgrimage. |
| Madonna del Rosario, Castelnuovo di Farfa, Rieti, Latium, Italy. Festa. |
| Santa Maria dell'Orto, Rome,
Italy (St. Mary of the Garden). Feast day, masses, distribution of
blessed apples. |
| Beata Vergine delle Grazie, Pesaro, Marche, Italy. Festa del Voto thanks
the Virgin for help against the cholera of 1855. |
| Santa Maria, San Vito, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. Festa; procession,
poetry contest, dancing, traditional music. |
| Madonna Assunta, Arnesano, Lecce, Apulia, Italy. Festa. |
| Madonna della Mercede, Campi Salentina, Lecce, Apulia, Italy. Fair. |
| Madonna della Croce, Casarano, Lecce, Apulia, Italy. Festa. |
| Verge del Remei, Caldes de Montbui, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Romería. |
| Nuestra Señora de Valme, Dos Hermanas, Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain.
Romería. |
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