Shrines of Our Lady: A Guide to the World's Most Famous Shrines

by Peter Mullen

An exploration of the cult of Mary and the most famous Marian shrines from around the world. Shrines featured in the text include Walsingham, Knock, Lourdes, Medjugorge, Mount Carmel, Fatima, Monserrat and Candelaria. There are also paintings, poems, hymns and extracts from literature about Mary.

Genres: Nonfiction

Hardcover

First published November 1, 1998

Reviews

[Kathleen]

This was a very interesting book. It contains short details of special places of worship to The Blessed Mother throughout the world. They were not necessarily places of apparitions but places for quiet devotion. I agree with other reviewers that there were too few pictures but also the descriptions and revelations were not always adequate. This was really informative and also will serve a good starting point to learn more...for instance what prayer is depicted on the Prayer Card of Evesham.

[Paul Schultz]

Wherein legitimate and bogus Marian apparitions are all lumped together with no differentiation.

[Brooklyn]

Nice coffee table book. Descriptions are well written but wished there was pictures of each shrine.

[Loretta Gonzalez]

As a catholic who battles with my faith and religion
in on a daily basis, I found this to be quite
interesting.
The devotion of a few have created these wide range
shrines, which all have the same thing in common,
they were all built on the foundation of absolute
and unwaverying gratitude. For whatever miracles
were offered, real or imagined.
They all share a certain peacefulness and reverence.
I was lucky to have visited one, Our Lady of Knock,
County Mayo, Ireland.
There was a certain peace when walking on the
grounds, knowing that real people from a fairly
recent (1879) time had undergone their amazing moment
in this exact spot. It was a moving experience.
I do wish I could visit more sites mentioned in the
book. Just to visit some of the countries mentioned
sounds exciting.

[Stephanie]

I found a pretty big mistake in which visitors who want to see the Basilica of our Lady of Guadalupe are mistakenly directed to the town of Guadalupe outside of Mexico City. The Basilica is in fact located on the north side of Mexico City.

[Jenny Byers]

This was at my library. A sampling of currently existing shrines around the world. I was hoping for more pictures, but it was interesting reading the various stories of visitations/apparitions of the virgin to many people, the similarities and some variance.

[Juicy_Groot]

A very good book with lots of pictures and prayers.

[Anne Roat]

Love this book