Our Lady of Banneux

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'Our Lady of Banneux' is the sobriquet given to the apparition of the Virgin Mary to Mariette Beco, an adolescent girl living in Banneux, province of Liège (Belgium). Between January 15 and March 2, 1933, Mlle Beco told her family and parish priest of seeing a Lady in white who declared herself to be the 'Virgin of the Poor', saying I come to relieve suffering and believe in me and I will believe in you. In one of these visions, Mariette said the Lady asked her to drink from a small spring, telling her the spring was for healing and "for all nations". Over time the site drew pilgrims. Today, the small spring yields about 2,000 gallons of water a day with many reports of miraculous healings.^[1][2]

Mariette Beco, age twelve, at the time of the apparitions.

Her claims were subject to an official investigation from 1935 to 1937 by an episcopal commission. The evidence collected was submitted to Rome for further analysis. In May 1942 Bishop Kerkhofs of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Liège (Belgium) gave a first recogniton of the authenticity of the facts. Then, in 1947, approval for the apparitions came from the Holy See. It was declared definite in 1949.^[3][4][5]

After the apparitions, Beco decided to remain a private person, married and had a quiet family life. A small chapel stands where the Virgin of the Poor requested it to be built.

See also

• Visions of Jesus and Mary

References

1. ^ Memorare http://www.memorare.com/mary/app1933.html
2. ^ Peter Stravinskas, 1998, Our Sunday Visitor's Catholic Encyclopedia ISBN 0879736690 page 124
3. ^ van Houtryve, La Vierge des Pauvres, Banneux, 1947
4. ^ Ann Ball, 2003 Encyclopedia of Catholic Devotions and Practices ISBN 087973910X page 641
5. ^ Matthew Bunson, 2008, The Catholic Almanac, ISBN 9781592764419 page 123

External links

• Youtube video of Our Lady of Banneux [1]

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