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Saturday, 1 May 2010

Theme Day - Statues - Our Lady Help of Christians

 
Our Lady Help of Christians is the Patroness of Australia and her feast day is 24th May. The month of May is Our Lady's month, so it seemed somehow fitting to choose a statue of Our Lady for this month's theme day. Little is known about this beautiful statue other than it was donated in the 19th century.

In 1844, Mary, under the title of Our Lady Help of Christians was chosen as the Patroness of Australia at the First Provincial Synod of Sydney although this wasn't confirmed by the Holy See until 1852, due to the decree going astray in Bishop Pompallier's mislaid suitcase!


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Today's Quote: Prayer is the root, the fountain, the mother of a thousand blessings - Chrysostom.
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15 comments:

  1. DeniseinVA1 May 2010 at 08:12

    A lovely image and a very nice post.

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  2. Jim1 May 2010 at 10:33

    It's very colourful.
    Sydney - City and Suburbs

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  3. brattcat1 May 2010 at 10:39

    Beautiful choice. How is your grandson?

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  4. Tussy1 May 2010 at 13:26

    Beautiful choice, lovely statue.

    You Got A Posty ~ PFF
    Theme Day ~ Statue

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  5. Cezar and Léia1 May 2010 at 17:22

    Adorable statue and very beautiful post!
    Hugs
    Léia

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  6. lv2scpbk1 May 2010 at 23:03

    What can you say to this one except...Beautiful!

    My blog is here Barb's Blog Hope you can take a look. Happy theme day!

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  7. B SQUARED1 May 2010 at 23:05

    Looks like an interesting church. So much of 'church art' is of unknown origin. Except the really well-known pieces, of course.

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  8. cieldequimper2 May 2010 at 00:53

    Lovely photo!

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  9. Rob Siemann2 May 2010 at 03:31

    A mislaid suitcase? Must check this. Nice shot!

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  10. Leif Hagen2 May 2010 at 07:09

    A heavenly statue to show us on theme day! Lovely!

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  11. Louis la Vache2 May 2010 at 13:50

    What a beautiful statue and interesting story for Theme Day.

    Pour le 1er Mai, «Louis» vous donne un bouquet de Muguet!

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  12. Anonymous5 May 2010 at 01:30

    hello... hapi blogging... have a nice day! just visiting here....

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  13. diane b17 May 2010 at 10:17

    A beautiful statue. So sorry to hear about your grandson. I hope he is OK.

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  14. Leif Hagen23 May 2010 at 13:23

    How goes, BFG?! I'm missing your daily photo posting.... Hope all is well with you and yours!
    Kind regards from EAGAN daily photo

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  15. Anonymous27 May 2010 at 04:35

    the images of saints cause me very strong inner peace, the environment in which are situated always helps, but the way in which they are made up, the expression of the eyes is all too real.
    very successful this picture, being in a dark place and brightness of the Virgin.

    a greeting! .. lots of kisses and take care

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Hello, greetings from Melbourne.

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BFG.