Pilgrimage through France in the shape of M for Mary stops in Paris for national feast day
… Archbishop Michel Aupetit will celebrate Mass and consecrate France to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary while a special “grand prayer” is said for France
… that would draw an “M for Mary” over France
… Two statues of Our Lady of France (“Notre Dame de France”) would be pulled through country roads by a horse and carriage in two symmetrical routes
… postponed until June 1 – which happened to be the 40th anniversary of St. John Paul II’s famous challenge
… It was also the first day the sanctuary of Lourdes was reopened to the public
… stopping in local parishes and shrines where festivities welcoming the statue of Our Lady, processions, vespers, Masses, and night-long Eucharistic adorations take place
… Supported by some 30 bishops and with the help of hundreds of volunteers and members of Marian associations
… 104 days before reaching Pellevoisin on September 12, on the feast of the Holy Name of Mary. That feast was extended to the whole Church by Pope Innocent XI in 1683 in gratitude for the victory of John Sobiewski over the Turks in Vienna when the Ottoman Empire was trying to capture Europe
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