John Paul II Cultural Center Mary Garden Display
A Mary Garden display is featured in the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center, in Washington, DC, opened Thursday, March 22 - with photo and information, provided on request, about Mary s Gardens Partner, Bonnie Roberson, who managed Mary s Gardens from 1968 until her death, R.I.P., in 1983
Overview Description of Exhibits for visitors: A series of graphics panels use images and text to illuminate the work of artists in many different fields of endeavor. All of the stories in some way demonstrate the association between creativity and the artist s Catholic faith. Creativity typically begins with a moment of inspiration, or as it s sometimes called, a divine spark of imagination. Many artists freely acknowledge this inspiration as a gift from God. In turn, artists through the ages have demonstrated their love and gratitude to God through creativity. The Creativity & Faith panels scattered throughout this gallery illustrate some of
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Our Lady of Knock
On a wet Thursday evening, August 21st, 1879, fifteen people watched - for about two hours - a heavenly vision consisting of Our Lady, St. Joseph, St. John, the Heavenly Lamb and adoring Angels at the Church of St. John the Baptist in Knock, Co. Mayo, Ireland - now the National Irish Shrine of Our Lady, visited by over a million pilgrims annually.
Many readers of this article will know of the famous Rosary priest, Fr. Patrick Peyton, born in Mayo and a regular visitor to Knock.
Were it not that in 1972 I had read in one of Ireland s weekly Catholic papers about the Mary Garden movement established in Philadelphia in 1951 by John S. Stokes, Jr., and the late Edward A. G. McTague, the chances are we would not now have our Irish National Mary Garden at the Shrine.
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