Marian worship
Our Lady of Lake Bam
Advocación mariana de Entorno del Lago de Bam (cerca de Kongoussi) (Diócesis de Ouahigouya)
Recognized by the Church
It is a Marian sanctuary or pilgrimage place of the Diocese of Ouahigouya (Burkina Faso), dedicated to Our Lady of Lake Bam, in the surroundings of Lake Bam, to the north of the country, near Kongoussi. Fides agency points it out as a Marian place in the diocese. The exact canonical category is not included.
Main data
Origin and history
It is a Marian sanctuary or pilgrimage place of the Diocese of Ouahigouya (Burkina Faso), dedicated to Our Lady of Lake Bam, in the surroundings of Lake Bam, to the north of the country, near Kongoussi. Fides agency points it out as a Marian place in the diocese. The exact canonical category is not included.
The image and the sanctuary
It is not available.
Sponsorship and coronation
It is not available.
Party and devotion
The link to a lake in a semisecal area underlines the dimension of Mary as an intercessor for the life and fertility of the earth. It does not contain a liturgical feast of its own; other details do not contain.
Link to the Rosary
A orillas del lago, el Rosario se eleva como oración por la vida y por la lluvia que sostiene a los pueblos. Con María se contemplan los misterios de Cristo, fuente de agua viva, en este santuario del norte burkinés.
A flower for the Virgin
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Si no encuentras la advocación mariana de tu ciudad o pueblo, cuéntanosla: la investigaremos para ubicarla y darla a conocer en este mapa del amor de la Madre por el mundo.
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