Shrines, Statues and Chapels

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Our Lady Help of Christians Chapel

Marian Valley has been blessed with many chapels, shrines and outdoor statues built through the generous donation of various cultural or ethnic groups. They have become one of the main attractions of the shrine.

Blessed Jacques Laval (Mauritian Chapel)

Blessed Jacques Laval (Mauritian Chapel)

Blessed Jacques Laval is known as the "Apostle of Mauritius" for his tireless missionary work on the island. BLESSED JACQUES DÉSIRÉ LAVAL Blessed Jacques Laval
  • Feast day 9 September.
  • Born in Normandy, France, on the 18 September 1803
  • He was known to be of a docile, timid and humble nature. However, his spiritually gifted mother was instrumental in the flourishing of his priestly vocation.
  • A one-time country doctor, after a conversion experience following an accident, he found his overwhelming longing to bring souls to Christ grew stronger, and his prayers were graciously answered when he was ordained a priest on 22 December 1838.
  • Assigned ...
Our Lady of Good Health, Vailankanni (Indian Chapel)

Our Lady of Good Health, Vailankanni (Indian Chapel)

Since the Sixteenth century, the Shrine of Vailankanni, in Madras (Chennai), Southern India, has been the place of great pilgrimage and devotion to Our Lady. Our Lady of Vailankanni especially intercedes for the sick, leading to the Shrine being called the "Lourdes of the East". Our Lady of Vailankanni, Good Health Our Lady of Good Health, Vailankanni Vailankanni in Madras (Chennai), South India, is a spiritual place of Marian devotion. The miracles and pilgrimages commenced during the 16th century when Our Lady first appeared to a crippled milk vendor requesting a drink for the Baby Jesus. The boy obliged but ...
Our Lady of Graces (Eritrean Chapel)

Our Lady of Graces (Eritrean Chapel)

Under the shade and enfolded in the spreading limbs of the giant Lillipilly Australis, you will find Our Lady of Grace. The immaculate Conception invites all to pause and rest here, savouring her gentle and motherly care for us. Eritrea Eritrea Eritrea, located on the western coast of the Red Sea, won its independence as recently as 1993. Its history pans back to the 4th century as the gate for Christianity to the African continent and later (7th century "Hegira") as a refuge for the first disciples of the founder of Islam, the Prophet Mohammed. This Red Sea nation of ...
Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Filipino Chapel)

Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Filipino Chapel)

The Filipino community has erected this Chapel. Our Lady of Perpetual Help (or Succor) reminds us of our Heavenly Mother’s maternal care for us, her children. Our Lady is always there to nurture us with the Grace of Her Son. Our Mother of Perpetual Help Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Filipino Chapel) According to the legend, the Evangelist Luke painted a picture of the Blessed Mother while she was still living in Jerusalem. And when St. Luke presented her with the picture, she said, “my grace will go with it everywhere”. That picture was placed by St. Pulcheria at the ...
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Our Lady of the Southern Cross

Marian Valley's rain forest hides a treasure - the only one of its kind - a statue of Our Lady of the Southern Cross. Here one can identify with the beauty and spirituality of Australia in the great silence. Our Lady of the Southern Cross Our Lady of the Southern Cross This Statue sculpted by Father Dominic Cremasco, SVD (Divine Word Missionary) of Brisbane, Queensland, was dedicated by him on the 1st of May 1999. The Statue has seven symbolic meanings.
  • The five stars in the constellation are in our southern sky. The seven points of each of the four ...
St. Barbara

St. Barbara

St. Barbara was an early Christian Martyr. Her father so hated that she had chosen to become Christian that legend tells us that he carried out her death sentence himself. St Barbara Virgin and Martyr St. Barbara Saint Barbara is usually pictured with a tower and ciborium with a host above it. She was probably from Asia Minor and martyred in the 3rd or 4th century. By the 9th century, however, her veneration was widespread in both the Eastern and Western churches, and she has remained an immensely popular saint down through the ages. She was the daughter of a ...
St Lucy Virgin and Martyr

St. Lucy

St. Lucy was an early Christian martyr condemned after refusing to marry a pagan. St Lucy, Virgin and Martyr St Lucy Virgin and Martyr St Lucy is one of the seven women martyrs mentioned in the Roman Canon (First Eucharistic Prayer) of the Mass, indicating that she was held in great respect and widely venerated in the early Church. This love and veneration has endured down through the centuries. Lucy was born into a wealthy family in Syracuse on the island of Sicily around 283. Her father, who died when Lucy was only an infant, was thought to have been ...
Shrine to St. Mary Mackillop

St. Mary Mackillop

Near the entrance is a memorial to Blessed Mary MacKillop — Australia's first saint. She bids all pilgrims welcome to the Shrine, and as they leave, she sends them off with a blessing of peace. Saint Mary MacKillop (Born 1842 - Died 1909) Icon of St. Mary Mary MacKillop with Relic of her Coffin Mary MacKillop was born to Scottish parents in Melbourne on January 15th 1842, the first of eight children. Due to impoverished circumstances, she was educated at home by her father. He nurtured Mary's keen intelligence with theology, philosophy and languages and imbued her with a profound ...
St. Padre Pio (Italian Chapel)

St. Padre Pio (Italian Chapel)

St. Padre Pio Statue The greatest mystic of our time and the first stigmatised priest hears the prayers of pilgrims at a beautiful chapel. His life-sized bronze statue overlooks those who come to Marian Valley and encourages them to pray "because the whole world needs prayers" (Padre Pio) ...
St. Pius X Chapel

St. Pius X

St. Pius X was a much-loved pope. He was raised in a poor family as the second of ten children. As Pope, he is known for opposing modernism and promoting traditional devotional practices and orthodox theology. St. Pius X, Pope (1835-1914) St. Pius X Giuseppe Sarto was born in Riese (Treviso, Italy) in 1835, the second of ten children. His father died when Giuseppe was sixteen, leaving the family in financial straits. Still, the mother insisted that the boy continue his education to fulfil his boyhood desire to become a priest. At the age of twenty-three, he was ordained Priest ...
St. Therese of the Child Jesus

St. Therese of the Child Jesus

St. Therese of the Child Jesus of the Child Jesus has a special chapel in the cloister-like natural surroundings. Saint Therese of the Child Jesus
(Born 1873 - Died 1897)
St. Therese of the Child Jesus A Carmelite cloistered nun, popularly known as the Little Flower, Therese was devoutly religious from childhood. After a conversion, shortly before her 14th birthday, she strongly desired to enter the Carmelite convent in Lisieux, France. Therese applied for admission, but because of her age, there was a year’s delay before she was finally permitted to enter. St. Therese’s life as a  cloistered nun was marked ...