Marian Advocations of Burkina Faso
In Burkina Faso, a land of simple and rooted faith, Marian devotion beats in diocesan shrines spread throughout the country, where the Christian people entrust their crops, their peace and the protection of their families to the Virgin.
- Marvel and Marian anecdotes of Burkina Faso
- The national sanctuary of Our Lady of Yagma, on the outskirts of Ouagadougou, is the great centre of pilgrimages in the country and the seat of the National Youth Day in Burundi.
- In the south-west, marked by tensions and violence, the Diocese of Diébougou venerates Our Lady of Peace, a title of deep pastoral significance for a region that cries for reconciliation.
- Several diocesan Marian places - Dingasso, Kaya, Koupela, Loud - jalonate the Burkinese ecclesiastical geography as beacon of Marian prayer in the midst of the Sahel's insecurity.
Diocese of Ouahigouya
Our Lady of Lake Bam
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.
"Our Lady of Lake Bam, pray for us."
Diocese of Bobo-Dioulasso (Hauts-Bassins Region)
Our Lady of Dingasso
Dingasso, near Bobo-Dioulasso, is one of the significant Marian places in Burkina Faso in the lists of Marian shrines in Africa, within the diocese of Bobo-Dioulasso.
"Our Lady of Dingasso, pray for us."
Kaya Diocese (Centre-Nord Region)
Our Lady of Kaya
In Kaya, the seat of its diocese in the Centre-Nord region of Burkina Faso, it venerates Our Lady of Kaya, included among the Marian places of the country in the lists of Marian shrines in Africa.
"Our Lady of Kaya, pray for us.
Archdiocese of Koupéla (Central-East Region)
Our Lady of Koupela
In Koupéla, the metropolitan seat of its archdiocese, it venerates Our Lady of Koupéla, cited as one of the Marian places of Burkina Faso in the lists of Marian shrines of Africa.
"Our Lady of Koupella, pray for us.
Diocese of Diébougou (Southwest Region)
Our Lady of Peace
In the Diocese of Diébougou, in the south-west of Burkina Faso, we venerate Our Lady of Peace, cited among the Marian places of the country in the lists of Marian shrines of Africa.
"Our Lady of Peace, pray for us.
Diocese of Koudougou
Our Lady of Reconciliation
It is a Marian sanctuary or centre of the Diocese of Koudougou (Burkina Faso), dedicated to Our Lady of Reconciliation.
"Our Lady of Reconciliation, pray for us.
Diocese of Ouahigouya (Northern Region)
Our Lady of Louda
In Louda, within the diocese of Ouahigouya, north of Burkina Faso, we venerate Our Lady of Louda, specifically cited among the Marian places of the country in the lists of Marian shrines in Africa.
"Our Lady of Louda, pray for us."
Burkina Faso
Our Lady of Yagma
The local tradition places the origin of the sanctuary in 1967, when the construction of a Lourdes grotto on Yagma hill, about 13 km from Ouagadougou, was started, driving a Marian prayer place in the Kadiogo area of Burkina Faso.
"Our Lady of Yagma, pray for us."
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