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Our Lady of Good Health - Vailankanni Oratory

Our Mother of Good Health Vailankanni Feast Mass 2015 Final (2)“I have chosen this place to favor my people.“,

Our Blessed Mother made her apparitions in Vailankanni, India more than once and that has transformed the place into a Marian Shrine of international repute, it is popularly known as the ‘Lourdes of the East’. The main events to mark the apparition of Our Lady at Nagapattinam  near Vailankanni, took place on September 8, the feast of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary. during the 6th –7th century.

Our Lady’s Vision to a Shepherd Boy – It is an indisputable fact that God has always been eager to intervene in human history, IMG_0415especially during turbulent times, in a motherly way and so He comes to us through Mary. Mary is not only the Mother of Jesus, she is the Mother of all us, and it is the distinctive mark of a mother to be solicitous for the wellbeing of her children. Even in her glory in heaven, she is still profoundly concerned about the welfare of her children, and that is why she leaves her eternal throne to come down to man to alert him to the dangers to which he is rushing headlong.

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On 5th July 2006, the construction of the third chapel began at The All Nations Marian Centre. This time it was to be dedicated to Our Lady of Good Health-Vailankanni. It was completed on the 8th September 2006 and inaugurated on 24th September 2006  by Fr Satur and the Statue of Our Lady was also enthroned. In 2013, the Feast of Our Lady of Good Health –Vailankanni was concelebrated by Bishop Lawrence Pious from Dharmapuri District India and Fr Fabian Smith.

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