Our Lady of China
Our Lady of China Nostra Domina de Sina Our Lady of Donglü 中 華 大 聖 母 / 東 閭 聖 母 | |
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Madonna and Child wearing Chinese imperial regalia | |
Feast day | The Second Sunday of May |
Our Lady of China, the Great Mother (Latin: Nostra Domina de Sina) (
History
In Hebei, China
During the
The local priest, Father Rene Flament of the
Accordingly, Donglu became a place of pilgrimage in 1924. The image was blessed and promulgated by
In 1973, the Chinese Bishops' conference, upon approval from the Holy See, placed the feast day on the
In 1989, a painted canvas of the same Madonna with Child Jesus dressed in golden imperial robes was recreated, now enshrined at the altar of the “Our Lady of Donglu” parish.
In the United States of America
In 22 January 1982, an American shrine dedicated to the namesake Marian title was erected in
In the Republic of China
Alternatively in 1976, another statue was reconstructed in Taiwan now venerated in the “National Shrine of Our Lady of China”, which was constructed in 1913.
In 2020, the now Archbishop of Taipei, Thomas Chung An-Zu requested a formal coronation for the Marian image, which was granted and merited a decree of pontifical coronation from Pope Francis on 19 February 2021. The official decree was released to the Taiwanese media on 2 March 2021. The image was crowned on 14 August 2022.
Another namesake Marian Catholic parish is located in the #367 Jong—Zheng road of
In Shanghai, China
The namesake Marian title is also honored by its Marian devotees as a variant name for the
Marian cult and veneration
A namesake mosaic is displayed at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C. established in 2002.[3]
Controversy arose due to the Marian iconography allegedly having syncretist associations to the Buddhist goddess
Nevertheless, Pope Francis granted a canonical coronation to the image, as existing at a shrine in Taiwan, in 2022.
References
Citations
- ^ "Our Lady, Queen of China", St Dominic's Priory, Macau
- ^ a b "Our Lady of China", The Cardinal Kung Foundation
- ^ Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate conception
- ^ ""Our Lady of China", The Marian Library, University of Dayton". Archived from the original on 2013-07-30. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
- ^ R.C. Our Lady of China Chapel
Notes
- Vatican Secret Archives.
- Catholics, have adopted the name, including a mission in Washington, D.C. St. Genevieve's Chinese Roman Catholic Church, Fresno, California also honors Our Lady of China. There is a Chapel of Our Lady of China in the Diocese of Brooklyn, New York.[5]In the Philippines where the Chinese and Chinese-Filipinos comprise the biggest ethnic community, the Santa Maria Parish of the Jesuit Fathers, located at the old Ateneo campus in Iloilo City, is the only church in the country dedicated to Our Lady of China that is duly recognized by the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). The Archdiocesan Shrine of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in D. Jakosalem, Cebu City, still by the Jesuits, also houses an image of Our Lady of China. It used to be dedicated to this title of Our Lady until the patronage was changed to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Although Binondo in Manila is the country's Chinese capital, both the Minor Basilica of Saint Lorenzo Ruiz (Filipino Parish) and the Binondo Chinese Parish does not house an image of the Chinese Madonna (as clarified by representatives of both parishes). As of October 2020, images of Our Lady of China (sometimes referred to as Our Lady of Sheshan) can be found at the following Chinese-Filipino Catholic communities: Santa Maria- Our Lady of China Parish, Iloilo City;National Shrine of Saint Jude Thaddeus), Manila; St. Jude Thaddeus Parish, Legazpi City; Queen of Peace Parish, Bacolod City; Resurrection of the Lord Parish, Iligan City; and Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Butuan City (P. Burgos Street).