Pilgrim Statue of Mary's Assumption in Lancaster County
This image of the Assumption will be crowned at the Diocesan Pilgrimage to the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., on October 24. The statute will then travel to parishes, schools and institutions of the diocese for Marian celebrations throughout the Diocesan Marian Year. The 4-foot-tall statue, painted in traditional colors and decorated in gold and silver leaf, was crafted by Demetz Studio in Ortesi, Italy. It is inspired by the painting "Assumption of the Virgin" by Bartolome Esteban Murillo, painted in 1678 and now housed at the Museo del Prado in Madrid.
Gate of Heaven, hear our prayer.
Blessed Mother, lead us to your Son.
Draw us, Mary, to your heart.
Lead us home to God.
(Refrain from "Gate of Heaven," the hymn for the Diocesan Marian Year by Martin Doman)
Church Schedule:
Jan. 31 - Feb. 4 - St. Peter's, Columbia
Feb. 5 - 7 - Holy Trinity, Columbia
Feb. 8 - St. Peter, Elizabethtown
Feb. 24 - Our Lady of Lourdes, New Holland
March 1 - 3 - St. Anne, Lancaster
March 5 - 8 - St. Catherine of Sienna, Quarryville
March 13 - 14 - Sacred Heart, Lancaster
March 18 - 21 - St. Leo the Great, Lancaster
March 25 - 27 - Assumption of the BVM, Lancaster
