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Miraculous Image of Our Lady of Lajas in a Cave

ByPatti Maguire Armstrong April 16, 2019February 14, 2024

Our Lady of Las Lajas is a story of a miraculous event with an image left behind in a cave. In 1754, in South America, on the border between Colombia and Ecuador, is an image known as Our Lady of Las Lajas on a cave wall.

Russian Babushka’s Rebuild Church

ByPatti Maguire Armstrong August 18, 2012February 14, 2024

St. Francis heard God’s call from a crucifix and the faithful Russian grandmothers heard God’s call from a cell phone. When St. Francis, knelt before the crucifix in the broken down church of San Damiano in the Italian town of Assisi, it was a moment that changed the world. “Francis, go rebuild my…