Our Lady of Camarin
Hagatna, Guam (1825)
Also known as: Santa Marian Kamalen.
Legend says that a Chamorro fisherman named Babang noticed lights in the sea, which turned out to be two crabs carrying an illuminated statue of the Virgin. Babang put the 29” ironwood statue in the garrison of the local militia. After an earthquake, Nuestra Senora del Camarin was credited with their survival and people then would light candles on the eve in commemoration. In 1826, the image moved to the Cathedral of the Sweet Name of Mary. On March 25, 1985, Pope John Paul II designated the church a Basilica Minor. On December 8, a national holiday, the statue comes down from its niche and processes through the capital.
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Source: "365 Days with Mary" by Michael O'Neill
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