On Wednesday, the 26th of December, Our Lady left Oviedo and travelled almost 300 km. to the town of Santa Gruz de Laniz in Coruna province. The region forms the autonomous community called Galicia. There are two official languages here, Spanish and Galician. After the Icon crossed the magnificent overflow of the Ribadeo river, which empties there to the Bay of Biscay, Galician pro-lifers took over the care of the Icon in their own region of Ribadeo.
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On Sunday afternoon, at 5.15 PM, the Częstochowa Icon, peregrinating „From Ocean to Ocean” in defence of life, arrived at the capital of Asturia region – Oviedo, which is also the seat of the Archdiocese of Oviedo. The Mother of God was welcomed by Archbishop Jesus Sanz Montes, O.F.M. the metropolitan bishop of Oviedo.
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In the afternoon on the 22nd of December Our Lady of Częstochowa arrived in Aviles. In front of the church of St Thomas of Canterbury She was greeted by Father Jose Antonio Montoto, a member of the pro life movement. The atmosphere of the visit was warm and marked with pre-Christmas emotions. As it is always done, The Rosary for the defence of life and family was said and the Holy Eurcharist was celebrated.
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On Saturday, December 22, the pilgrimage to the famous Marian shrine of Covadonga began. The Pilgrims met in the Romanesque church Cangas de Onis, where the Icon of Our Lady of Częstochowa was brought. This was a beautiful day and the sun was shining.
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On Thursday, the 20th of December, at 5 PM the Mother of God arrived in Gijon in Asturia region. The town is located on the Biscay Bay, so on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. In this way Our Lady in Her pilgrimage in defence of life has already reached the second ocean, though the first stage of Her journey is not finished yet. She stopped in the Basilica of the Most Prescious Hear of Jesus, popularly called here “Iglesiona” (a big temple). Father D. Alvaro, the rector of the Basilica, did his best to make the visit appropriately solemn for the Immaculate Lady, particularly in Asturia, where Christians began their fight to expel the Moors from the Iberian Penninsula – the reconquista, which lasted from the 8th till the 15th century. Many people came to welcome the Mother of God. The Icon was carried into the basilica by the representatives of the unemployed, who are forced to beg for support in front of the church as they have lost all means of getting an income.
- The message of His Holiness Patriarch Cyril on the act of vandalism against the Icon of Our Lady of Częstochowa
- Torrelavega: At the Disclaced Carmelite Convent of St. Luis and St. Fernando.
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- Torreánaz - A school run by the Daughters of Saint Mary of the Heart of Jesus
- Santander Diocese – Cantabria Region
- Our Lady in the Basque Country - Bilbao
- Spain welcomes the Mother of God
- Spain is ready for the visit of Our Lady of Czestochowa
- Farewell to France
- Blasphemous attack on the Icon of Our Lady of Częstochowa at Jasna Góra