marian calendar     may

May 30

Gua Maria Sumber Kahuripan, Cibadak, Sukabumi, West Java, Indonesia

The Mary Grotto of the Living Spring at St. Francis Catholic Church, begun in 2000, completed in 2003, and blessed on May 30, 2004, is located in the densely populated, largely Islamic province of West Java, where Catholics comprise less than one percent of the population. At special masses in May and October, pilgrims write down prayer requests on slips of paper which are burned in front of the altar. A reputation for answered prayers attracts numerous worshipers to the Grotto with its statue of Our Lady of Lourdes. (Picture & information from "Gua Maria Sumber Kahuripan," Just A Note, drianimator.blogspot.com, Oct. 27, 2010; "Gua Maria Sumber Kahuripan," Kresna Bayu Tour, kresnabayutour.com/gua-maria-sumber-kahuripan, Dec 19, 2016.)

Also commemorated this date:

Notre-Dame des Miracles, Déols, Indre, Centre, France. Statue bled when struck, 1187. Pilgrimage Ascension Thursday.
Consolatrix Afflictorum, Rome, Italy. Painting in church of Santa Maria del Suffragio crowned, 1880.
Madonna dei Sette Dolori, Pescara Colli, Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy. Sanctuary consecrated, 1757. Festa first Sunday in June.
Madonna della Pace, Morcone, Benevento, Campania, Italy. Statue crowned, 1948.
Qalb bla tebgha ta' Marija, Burmarrad, Malta. Parish Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary dedicated May 30, 1964. Festa last Sunday in June.
Maria Koningin, Gulpen, Limburg, Netherlands (Queen Mary). Statue consecrated, 1935.
Tapusan Sa Kawit. Kawit, Cavite, Philippines. Procession with floats.
Ormianska Matka Laskawa, Gdansk, Poland (Armenian Mother of Grace). Icon crowned, 1937.
Maria Hilf Gubel, Menzingen, Zug, Switzerland (Mary the Helper on the Gubel). Lucerne saved from Protestant attack, 1845, after children prayed to Maria Hilf.
Our Lady of Lourdes, Euclid, Ohio, USA. Grotto dedicated, 1926.
 

Where We Walked ~~~ Mary Ann Daly