Marian devotion

Santa María (St. Mary’s, Dubái)

Marian vocation of Dubai (Dubai)
Recognized by the Church

St. Mary’s Catholic Church es una de las parroquias católicas más antiguas y emblemáticas de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos, situada en Dubái. La prensa y los materiales divulgativos la sitúan entre los primeros templos católicos del país, en el contexto del crecimiento de la comunidad cristiana migrante a partir de la apertura de iglesias desde 1965. Es uno de los principales puntos de reunión de católicos filipinos, indios y árabes en Dubái.

Main data

Place: Dubai (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)

Origin and history

St. Mary’s Catholic Church es una de las parroquias católicas más antiguas y emblemáticas de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos, situada en Dubái. La prensa y los materiales divulgativos la sitúan entre los primeros templos católicos del país, en el contexto del crecimiento de la comunidad cristiana migrante a partir de la apertura de iglesias desde 1965. Es uno de los principales puntos de reunión de católicos filipinos, indios y árabes en Dubái.

The image and the sanctuary

The headline is Santa Maria. Devotional practice revolves around the great Marian parties of the universal Catholic calendar. The sources do not contain an image with a miraculous history of their own, or exvotes or verifiable local legends of the temple.

Sponsorship and coronation

Its title is Marian, under the name of Santa Maria. Specific local patronage other than universal Marian parties, or canonical coronation: not recorded.

Party and devotion

There is no specific local patron party other than the universal Marian solemnities. During the great solemnities of the Virgin there is often a high influx of faithful of many nationalities. The associated Marian devotion is fully ecclesial, expressed above all by the migrant communities.

Link to the Rosary

The Rosary is part of the Marian piety of the Filipino and Indian communities that attend the temple, especially in May and October. They do not contain, in the sources provided, practices of the Rosary documented as their own and exclusive of this parish beyond the common devotion of the Church.

A flower for the Virgin

It offers a simple prayer to this advocation. Pray a Hail Mary for United Arab Emirates and for the peace of the world.

Pray Hail Mary
Sources: tradition of the sanctuary, diocesan information and Wikipedia in Spanish. The distinction between popular piety and documented ecclesial history is specific to this fact sheet; extraordinary accounts are presented as devotion and not as doctrinal pronunciation.

Is the advocation of the Virgin Mary of your people missing?

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.

Propose an apvocation →
🌹 Pensamiento

Read →
🌹 Thoughts

Reina de la Paz · Medjugorje

Wait for the meditar

An invitation to stop, pray and look back to Jesus Christ.

Fragment of an alleged message, presented with caution in accordance with the Vatican Note of 2024.

🌹Marian anecdoteDiscover them