The Blessed Virgin Mary spent the night at the chapel of Missionary Oblates of St. Casimir Institute in Vaudricourt. She could see old trees and a big beautiful park through the windows, and there was a round Moon and the stars were blinking friendly in the sky.
On November 25, at 8 o'clock in the evening, Our Lady in the Czestochowa Icon stopped at the Institute of St. Casimir, in the community of Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Vaudricourt. The Icon had arrived from France, secured in a special, bullet proof chest. The shrine on wheels – the Life Mobile – reached the French shore a few days earlier, via a ferry from England.
Mahir Doman is Chaldean. He is 41 years old and lives close to Paris. Mahir is associated with the Notre-Dame de France movement. Just a few days ago, he did not know that he would be receiving the Icon of Czestochowa from the hands of the Irish. Mahir is from Turkey. He always wanted to be a priest, but just like for the holy Curé of Ars, Latin did not come easily to him. He had left one day earlier, on November 24 in the evening, from Paris to Cherbourg, where the ferry from Ireland was to arrive. He drove all night.
In the days of 20-21 of November, a national congress entitled "The Holiness of Motherhood" took place in Nizhny Novgorod, dedicated to pro-family politics. Mrs. Ewa Kowalewska, the European Coordinator of the Peregrination of the Czestochowa Icon, was a guest speaker at this symposium.
In Cork, the Icon was hosted for only 3 hours at St Augustine's church before leaving for France via Rosslare. The Icon was brought there at 9 am and left after 12 noon, but people had gathered since 7 am to pray while waiting for the arrival of Our Lady of Czestochowa. St Augustine's church, too, is the home of many Polish people. Mass was celebrated in English at 9:30 am.
- Dublin
- Galway
- Our Lady of Czestochowa on the very same spot where the Apparition of Our Lady of Knock took place
- Irish shores - She couldn't have arrived at a better time...
- The Knights of St Columba say a big goodbye to our Lady of Czestochowa
- Truly inspirational evening in Glasgow
- Trumpet fanfare entrance to the National Shrine to Our Lady at Carfin, Motherwell
- A breeze of fresh air and hope in Edinburgh
- Parish of Our Lady Queen of Peace, St Anthony of Padua Church, Wythenshawe, Manchester
- Praised be Jesus Christ