BASILICA OF THE NATIVITY OF OUR LADY

MARIAZELL

AUSTRIA

The Austrian national shrine where the miraculous image of Our Lady is preserved.

"For 850 years pilgrims have been travelling here from different peoples and nations; they come to pray for the intentions of their hearts and their homelands, bringing their deepest hopes and concerns.”

- Pope Benedict XVI

I visited it twice in the same year. First, alone on my way through the north of Austria, and then with my family a few weeks later. During my first visit, the sound of bells ringing the noon welcomed me in the square of the city where the basilica stands. It was visibly a very vivid place and the center of Austrian spiritual life.

LINKS

Website (German, English, French, etc.): https://www.basilika-mariazell.at/

Wikipedia (English): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariazell_Basilica

Gcatholic: http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/europe/0292.htm

VISITS

June 11, 2018

July 29, 2018

MATERIALS

Minor basilica since November 27, 1907. Visited by pope John Paul II on September 13, 1983 (homily and prayer in German) and pope Benedict XVI on September 8, 2007 (homily and address to priests in English).