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After having prayed the Holy Spirit and having asked the Madonna to be better able to serve her, he wrote a letter - dated December 8, 1995 - to the Holy Father John Paul II. As marian preparation for to the great Jubilee year 2000, he proposed a “Peregrinatio” of the Madonna through the Christian nations.
Seeking the involvement of various groups
in the Cattolic Church he informed them of his plan, particularly the group
known as Renewal in the Holy Spirit. On September 26, 1997, the Rev.mo Padre Custodian of Holy Land P. Joseph Nazzaro, gave his full
consent to the plan and entrusted it to the
same P. Giovanni Maria, who proceeded to set in motion his “Peregrinatio”.
Consequenly, the cooperation of the
World Sanctuary
of the Holy House of Loreto and that of
the Capuchins of the
Marche was obtained.
A new statue, of exceptional beauty, was
soon created, by the artist
Gregor Mussner of Ortisei who followed precise instructions. The “Peregrinatio” began March 8 1998 from the Basilica of the Incarnation in Nazareth. It reached Loreto, on the Solemnity of the Annunciation (25 March). Then, on April 15,the statue“Maria of Nazareth” was crowned by His Holiness John Paul II in Plaza of St. Peter in Rome. From that moment, until Christmas 1999, when it was returned to Bethlehem,“Maria of Nazareth" visited in her “Peregrinatio” 35 nations, meeting large crowds of her children and welcoming them through the consecration into her Immaculate Heart. Now
“Maria of Nazareth” it is again in
her…native city
. We fervently ask her to resume
her visits as Mother and Queen, bringing to all Jesus, the Prince of the Peace. For this we commit ourselves again to a A
book ( 21x30 cm) of 470 pp, with 550 photos all
in color,
documents the
extraordinary “Peregrinatio Mariae "
Worldwide. |
