Our Lady of Zion

Marian title of Port Howe (Cat Island)
Recognized by the Church

The church of Our Lady of Zion is located in Port Howe, a small town of Cat Island (Cat Island), Bahamas. He is mentioned in a missionary chronicle about the Catholic presence in Bahamas as one of the places where the Eucharist is celebrated on the island. It does not contain the year of foundation, founders or notable historical events.

Main data

Origin and history

The church of Our Lady of Zion is located in Port Howe, a small town of Cat Island (Cat Island), Bahamas. He is mentioned in a missionary chronicle about the Catholic presence in Bahamas as one of the places where the Eucharist is celebrated on the island. It does not contain the year of foundation, founders or notable historical events.

The image and the sanctuary

The temple is dedicated to Our Lady of Zion. It does not know whether it is a parish built canonically, a dependent chapel or a mass station, nor is there information about a specific image venerated in the place.

Sponsorship and coronation

There is no record of specific civil patronage or canonical coronation of the image.

Party and devotion

It doesn't record the date of the patron party. The context of the chronicle suggests a modest and scattered Catholic presence on Cat Island, with small communities attended by the diocese and a simple and humble Marian devotion.

Link to the Rosary

The title of Our Lady of Zion evokes Mary as the daughter of Zion and mother of the people of God, devotion that the Rosary feeds by meditating on the mysteries of Christ with her Mother. The small community of Port Howe expresses its confidence in the Virgin in its Marian church.