1866 – Our Lady Help of Christians

Fun Facts

Mary Magdalene was contemplating the image of Our Lady of Sorrows while suffering in illness and bedridden, which led to the appearance of Mary by her bedside.

Who did Our Lady appear to?

Mary Magdalene Cade, a 31 year old orphan

How did the witness describe Mary?

Our Lady was dressed in white with a golden tiara in her hair.

What was Our Lady’s message?

God heals those who are obedient to His Blessed Mother’s requests:  to pray for her help while meditating on the suffering of Jesus and His Blessed Mother..(exactly what we do when we honor her request to pray the rosary!)

Who recognized the apparition?

Pope Leo XIII dedicated the basilica to “Mary, Help of Christians”

Miracles

January 13, 1866:  *Mary Magdalene is miraculously healed by Our Lady Help of Christians

September 13, 1866: *At Kathenhof, a mother sadly wrapped the legs of her child for amputation in the linen cloth that was laid at the feet of Our Lady in Philipsdorp. The child felt a strong sensation of heat and after three days he was completely cured. This child became a missionary priest in the Congregation of Divine Word in the Netherlands

*The chaplain Father Francis Storch said he recorded eleven sets of miraculous healings in the community surrounding the apparition site.