Rosary Garden bears witness to struggles of Pakistani Christians
Unique Lahore house with Christian symbols is a rare sight in a country where Christians face discrimination
The Rosary Garden house in the Youhanabad area of Lahore. (Photo: Kamran Chaudhry/UCA News)
A Pakistani Catholic family have notched up their love for the rosary by building the first grotto-shaped house in Lahore.
The entrance to the Rosary Garden house has a sculpted rosary engraved above its brown gate. Another blue rosary is carved near its second gate with a stone Bible inscribed with the first two verses of Psalm 103.
“Bless the Lord, my soul; all my being, bless his holy name! Bless the LORD, my soul; and do not forget all his gifts,” it states.
Rosary Garden bears witness to struggles of Pakistani Christians
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Pakistan s Marian shrine gets a facelift
Master plan seeks to upgrade Mariamabad and beef up religious tourism
Archbishop Sebastian Shaw of Lahore welcomes Punjab governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar to Mariamabad village on Jan. 11. (Photo supplied)
More than 1.2 million pilgrims visit Mariamabad village in Pakistan s Punjab province to help its economy every year. A new master plan by the local government will boost it further.
The faithful have been jubilant in the Catholic village since Punjab governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar ordered expediting the construction of a 4.1-kilometer road from Sheikhupura district to Mariamabad at a cost of 66 million rupees (US$411,000) and announced the installation of a filtration plant at the Church of St. Mary and St. Joseph at the National Marian Shrine in Mariamabad.