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ST. MARY'S CHURCH--MANSION OF MOTHER
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St. Mary's Church is dedicated to the blessed Virgin Mary. |
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It is specially built to honour her as the Queen of Heaven
and Earth. This church is one among the |
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many magnificent mansions of Mother Mary in India. It has a remarkably beautiful statue
of the |
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Blessed Virgin Mary. This statue of the blessed Mother
has a solemn, yet a very tranquil appearance. |
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It embodies a
divine serenity and an aura of love around it. |
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Located in the heart
of Secunderabad, this church draws hundreds of devotees towards
our Blessed |
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Mother. An
imposing Gothic structure with exquisite architecture, St.
Mary's Church has an arresting |
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facade with its domineering tall tower crested by a
crucifix. Enshrined in the central niche of the tower |
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is the statue of OUR
LADY OF IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, serene with her eyes
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towards heaven, her hands joint in prayer,
her appearance
gentle and divine. |
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| At one time, St Mary's Church was a cathedral. |
| There is strange foreshadowing of India's
independence in the history of St. Mary's |
| Church. Its foundation was laid by the saintly Irish
Bishop Daniel Murphy on 15th of |
| August 1847. This Church was the venue of
Bishop Murphy's victory over the then |
| Viceroy Lord Dalhousie. The Bishop got the
Viceroy's order expelling him reversed. |
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| This Church was also the principle venue of the
stormy celebration at the time of the |
| visit of the pilgrim statue of Our Lady of Fatima in
1950, when some miracles took |
| place. Besides all these, St Mary's Church has
always been and will always be |
| transcendent, unique, spiritual center stage for the
spiritual upliftment of the people. |
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| People flock here for the Sunday masses from
different places. People of different |
| faiths call her
'Mother" who is given to us from the cross by her Son, Jesus
Christ. |
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