On Friday September 13th, the pilgrim icon was taken from Mount St. Mary’s Seminary to the Chapel of St. Mary on the Hill at National Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto.
It was here that, in 1724, Catholics came seeking relief from religious persecution. The first Catholics had come to Maryland in 1634. The colony they founded ("Mary's Land") was the first to explicitly respect the rights of others to freely practice the faith. But in 1645, during the English Civil War, Puritans from the neighboring colony of Jamestown, Virginia invaded and burned St. Mary’s City to the ground.
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Mount St. Mary’s Seminary was opened in 1806, and is the second oldest Catholic theologate in the United States. It was founded by Fr. John Dubois who was a refugee of the French Revolution.
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September 11th is a somber day in America. On September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda terrorists launched four coordinated attacks upon New York City and Washington, D.C killing almost 3000 people. This included 59 people aboard the American Flight 77, which was deliberately crashed into the Pentagon, killing another 125 people on the ground.
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As custodian of the icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa for HLI’s From Ocean to Ocean Campaign in Defense of Life, I get to meet some pretty amazing people. One person who has already made an impact on me, and on this growing campaign is Theresa Bonapartis.
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St. John the Baptist Church is less than a mile away from the beginning of the Skyline Drive which runs for 105 miles (169 km) down the entire length of Shenandoah National Park in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. General Stonewall Jackson won a battle for the Confederacy here.
- Labor Day with Our Lady of Czestochowa at St. John the Evangelist Church in Warrenton VA
- Visit of pilgrim icon to St. Michael's Church in Annandale, Virginia for Saturday-Sunday August 29 - September 1, 2013
- Visit of pilgrim icon to Holy Trinity Church in Gainesville, VA August 29, 2013
- Crowds Pray with Czestochowa Icon Outside of Abortion Mills in Maryland - a Life-Saving Impact in America
- Baltimore - from the water front of the Potapsco river to the Holy Rosary Church
- Solemn welcome Our Lady of Czestochowa in America
- Our Lady of Czestochowa, Grant Us Victory in the Battle for Life
- America is preparing for the visit of “From Ocean to Ocean” Czestochowa icon.
- Mother’s Day Celebrated With The Icon Of Our Lady Of Czestochowa
- Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa venerated by the Orthodox Church in Portugal