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Our Lady of La Vang (Vietnamese: Đức Mẹ La Vang) refers to a reported Marian apparition at a time when Catholics were persecuted and killed in Vietnam.The Shrine of our Lady of La Vang (Basilica of Our Lady of La Vang) is situated in what is today Hải Phú commune in Hải Lăng District of Quảng Trị Province in Central Vietnam.
The tradition of Our Lady of La Vang dates back to the time when Catholics were executed in Vietnam. Many people sought refuge in the rain forest of La Vang, and many became very ill. They were praying when a lady appeared, wearing the traditional Vietnamese áo dài dress and holding a child in her arms, with two angels beside her.
The Feast of Our Lady of the Candles, also known as the Jaro Fiesta, is an annual religious festival celebrated every February 2 in the district of Jaro. It is considered one of the largest Marian feasts in the country. The celebration is district-wide, with the main activities centered around Jaro Plaza and the Jaro Cathedral. [13]
The Jaro Cathedral (National Shrine of Our Lady of the Candles) in Jaro, Iloilo City, Philippines, which is the mother church under the catholic Archdiocese of Jaro that oversees the provinces of Iloilo, Antique, Guimaras and Negros Occidental in Western Visayas region, is dedicated to the Virgin of Candelaria, the patroness of the Western ...
In addition to the several services offered in Vietnamese, the parish also offers English and Spanish Masses. The church building was destroyed by a fire on the morning of August 31, 2012, [2] and demolished in 2017. [3] On April 28, 2013, Bishop Patrick J. McGrath signed a decree renaming the proto-cathedral in honor of Our Lady of La Vang. [4]
The Marian Days (Vietnamese: Đại hội Thánh Mẫu, officially Ngày Thánh Mẫu [4]) is the main festival and pilgrimage for Vietnamese American Roman Catholics. The annual event in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary has taken place the first weekend in August since 1978 on the 28-acre (110,000 m 2 ) campus of the Congregation of the Mother ...
In January 2012, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines approved the cathedral as the National Shrine of Our Lady of Candles, the second Marian-dedicated church or cathedral (1st National Shrine in Western Visayas) to receive such status in Visayas and Mindanao. [9] It was declared as such on February 2 of the same year. [5]
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