Saturday, August 28, 2010

Patroness of Chile

Praying for the 33 trapped miners.  Did you know Our Lady of Mt. Carmel is patroness of Chile?

2 comments:

  1. Beautiful image!
    Praying for the miners; our Lady help and comfort them!

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  2. No...but St Barbara is the patron saint of miners:

    "Mine names frequently indicated wishes and hopes, in both Freiberg and Marienberg there was a mine named "St. Barbara Bonanza". There is also the "St. Barbara Good Hope Vein" in the Harz Mountains on the German-Austrian border.:

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