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

by Peter Mullen

Beautifully illustrated in full color, this book presents the first guide of recent years to explore the cult of Mary and the most famous Marian shrines from around the world.

Genres: Nonfiction

176 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1998

Reviews

[Kathleen · Rating 4 out of 5]

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 · Rating 2 out of 5]

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

[Brooklyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

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

[Loretta Gonzalez · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 · Rating 3 out of 5]

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 · Rating 2 out of 5]

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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very good book with lots of pictures and prayers.

[Anne Roat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this book