Our Lady of Lourdes de Rama

Marian Advocation of Rama (Saskatchewan)
Popular devotion (not officially recognized by the Church)

The shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes de Rama (Saskatchewan) it un Marian sanctuary rural fundado por Ukrainian and Polish Catholic immigrantswho carried with them devotion to the Virgin of Lourdes by establishing themselves in the Canadian meadows. The place has since been the seat of annual pilgrimages of the diocese.

Main data

Origin and history

The shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes de Rama (Saskatchewan) it un Marian sanctuary rural fundado por Ukrainian and Polish Catholic immigrantswho carried with them devotion to the Virgin of Lourdes by establishing themselves in the Canadian meadows. The place has since been the seat of annual pilgrimages of the diocese.

The image and the sanctuary

The sanctuary has a gruta marijuana Lourdes style and a cruz del camino (Way of the Cross)and processions. It is a centre of rural devotion that retains the seal of the immigrant communities that founded it.

Sponsorship and coronation

No consta a patronazgo civil ni a canonical coronation documented. Its relevance is that of a diocesan Marian sanctuary and annual pilgrimage place.

Party and devotion

La Marian pilgrimage main is celebrated days 14-15 August, around the Assumption of the Virginwith solemn masses and processions. Devotion keeps the communities of Ukrainian and Polish roots in the region together.

Link to the Rosary

Rama's pilgrimages include the prayer of Rosary to the grotto and the path of the crucis. Our Lady of Lourdes de Rama invites us to make the Rosary, as in the original grotto, the simple and constant prayer that Our Lady asked for: to pray for conversion and for peace.

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.