Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Taipei
The cathedral of the archdiocese of Yaipéi is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of Mary, the oldest Catholic church in the city, founded by Spanish Dominicans in 1889. In Taiwan, devotion to Our Lady of China, an advocation born of the protection of the Virgin over the village of Donglü (Hebei) during the raising of the Boxers in 1900, which today has its national sanctuary in Meishan (Chiayi).
🌹 Wonders and anecdotes
- The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Taipei was founded in 1889 by Spanish Dominican missionaries; the current building began in 1959 and was completed in May 1961 in the district of Datong.
- Our Lady of China, also called Our Lady of Donglü, is venerated from the protection attributed to the Virgin over the Catholic village of Donglü (Qingyuan County, Hebei) during the siege of the Boxers in 1900.
- Pope Pius XI blessed the image of Our Lady of China in 1928, and in 1924 the Synod of Shanghai consecrated China to the Virgin; in 1941 Pius XII established his feast, set by Chinese bishops on the second Sunday of May.
- The National Sanctuary of Our Lady of China is located in Meishan (Chiayi County): it keeps an image brought from mainland China in 1976 and received the canonical coronation decreed by Pope Francis on 19 February 2021, held on 14 August 2022.
- In the metropolitan area there is the parish of Our Lady of China in Xindian district, New Taipei, which brings together Taiwanese, Aboriginal and Vietnamese faithful.
- The city of Tainan also houses the Cathedral of Our Lady of China, dedicated on March 19, 1964, of Chinese palaciego style architecture.
Immaculate Conception (with devotion to Our Lady of China)
Taipei, the heart of the Catholic Church in Taiwan, has as its cathedral the temple of the Immaculate Conception, a Dominican seed of 1889. Around the island the devotion to Our Lady of China, memory of Marian protection in Donglü and a sign of hope for Chinese Catholics, with his national sanctuary crowned by Pope Francis, beats with strength.
"Our Lady of China, Immaculate Mother, who you protected your people at the time of the trial, protects the Church in Taiwan and throughout China, and take us to your Son Jesus.
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