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Day 24 intention: For all those who provide essential services
For today's Rosary Relay, we turn to Our Lady of Lourdes, but not in France. Rather, we go to suffering country of Myanmar.
The National Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in Nyaunglaybin, Yangon Diocese, was opened in the early 1900s. In this small town, the French Missionary Fathers (MEP) opened a Mission in 1902.
The shrine is 145 km (90 mi) north of Yangon, and getting there requires a rather arduous journey. Many, however, make the sacrifice, in a spirit of pilgrimage, to honor Our Lady.
The Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes is celebrated here every year with a Novena and Masses and special Marian Devotions.
The 103rd anniversary of the shrine, together with the National Eucharistic Congress, was celebrated here in February 2005.
