Mary, Help of Christians

Filippsdorf, Germany (1866)

Filippsdorf is a pilgrimage site in the north of Bohemia. In this town there lived a weaver by the name of Magdalena Kade (1835 - 1903) who was in 1866 very ill. On January 13th at 4 a.m. the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to her and promised her healing.

The next day she was miraculously cured and lived a healthy life for many years. Her house was given the title of ‘Gnadenhaus’ (house of Grace) due to the visit of the Virgin Mary and became visited by so many pilgrims that a ‘Gnadenkapelie’ (chapel of grace) was built which was later replaced by a monumental church under the title of Maria, Helferin der Christen (Mary, Help of Christians) which was later made a Minor Basilica.

 

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Source: "365 Days with Mary" by Michael O'Neill 

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