Mary's Grotto
Cave-shaped shrines in which a portrait of the Virgin is placed are referred to as a Marian grotto . In some cases, natural rock ledges are also used. They mostly stand by the wayside or next to churches. Often these are so-called Lourdes grottos , which are modeled on the location of the Marian apparitions in Lourdes in southern France , the Grotto of Massabielle.
Marian grottos are often built to commemorate certain events or apparitions of the Virgin Mary, also as a votive offering . Again and again they are the destination of local pilgrimages.
Germany
There are many St. Mary's grottos, especially in western Germany and neighboring Luxembourg :
- Mariengrotte (Assamstadt)
- On the beggar path near Freiburg im Breisgau
- Dittelbrunn
- Mariengrotte (Dautweiler)
- Mariengrotte (Dienstadt)
- Mary's Grotto (Dittwar)
- At the forest chapel , Neustadt (Eichsfeld)
- Mariengrotte (Oberlauda)
- Mariengrotte (Pülfringen)
- Mariengrotte (Wollmetshofen)
- Wiesenfeld, Geisa
East Timor
Mary's grottoes (Grutta) are widespread in East Timor , especially since the land is dedicated to Our Lady of Fátima . Mary's grottos can be found next to churches and often at old cult sites of the traditional, animistic religion . The proportion of Catholics in East Timor rose from 30% to almost 100% between 1975 and 2002. In addition to the grottoes of Our Lady of Lourdes and Fátima , grottoes also remind of the Virgen Peregrina de la Familia and others. Grottoes are also dedicated to the veneration of other saints.
- Examples
- Gruta da Nossa Senhora de Bebonuk , grotto with a small forecourt
- Gruta de Bidau Masau , raised platform with Mary's grotto and extension from 1991, to commemorate an apparition of Mary . Dedicated to the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception
- Gruta de Bidau Santana , grotto with several small buildings from 2001. The center is a grotto with a statue of St. Anna with the young Maria
- Gruta de Na. Sra. de Lourdes de Comoro , artificial Lourdes grotto with a life-size statue of the Virgin Mary
- Fatumaca , Marian Grotto
- Gruta Morutau , Marian grotto at an old animistic shrine
- St. Mary's Grotto at the Ave Maria Church in Suai
United States and Canada
In Windthorst, Texas , a St. Mary's Grotto was donated by 64 World War II veterans .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ St Mary's Catholic Church - Windthorst, Texas - Outdoor Altars on Waymarking.com . In: waymarking.com .