OUR LADY OF CHINA
At the time of the Boxer Rebellion (around 1900), soldiers attacked the village of Donglu, Hebei, which had a small community of Christians. This had been founded by the Vincentian Fathers.
THE APPARITION
The Virgin Mary appeared in dazzling white, and a fiery horseman - believed to be St Michael the Archangel - chased away the soldiers.
THE IMAGE
The pastor, Fr Wu, commissioned a painting of Mary with Christ child - the image of Our Lady, Queen of China. The image was blessed and promulgated by Pope Pius XI in 1928. Donglu is a place of pilgrimage since 1924.
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