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Argentina is a country that is predominantly Catholic, with a rich tradition in the faith. The origin of the holy place dates back to 1630, when two small statues of the Virgin were brought to Argentina from where they were crafted in Brazil. According to legend, Antonio Farías Saa, a Portuguese landowner based in Sumampa (the current province of Santiago del Estero, Argentina), wanted to erect a chapel in honour of the Virgin Mary, in order to invigorate the practice of Christianity in his region. He asked a friend, a resident of Brazil, to send an image of the Immaculate Conception o...

Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage is a 17th-century Roman Catholic wooden image of the Blessed Virgin Mary venerated in the Philippines. The image, a Black Madonna that represents the Immaculate Conception, is enshrined in Antipolo Cathedral. The image was brought to the country by a Governor-General from Mexico in 1626. His safe voyage across the Pacific Ocean was attributed to the image, which was given the title of “Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage”. This attribution was verified later by six other successful voyages with the image aboard as its patroness. When the Governor-General di...

Prayer Intention: For all young people There is a story of the discovery of a statue in October 1717. The Governor of the Province of San Paolo was passing through the area – a small town in the river valley. The people of that town decided to hold a feast in his honour and three fishermen went down to the river. They prayed to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception that God would grant a good catch after a run of bad luck. Casting their nets into the river they dragged up a headless statue of the Virgin Mary. The statue was black. They also salvaged the head. The fishermen named the statue ...

Prayer Intention: For all children and adolescents A prelude to information about the Shrine of Our Lady might be about the growth of the Catholic Church in South Korea. The Church has gone through various stages of persecution and suffered the martyrdom of many believers, especially during the 19th Century. Pope Saint John Paul II canonized a group of these martyrs in 1984, including St. Andrew Taegon Kim, the first Korean-born priest. Another set-back to the development of the Catholic Church in South Korea was also the Korean War which began when North Korea invaded South Korea following c...