Our Lady of the New Advent

Denver, Colorado, USA (1991)

As the Archdiocese of Denver, Colorado began preparing for the Jubilee Year 2000, Archbishop Francis Stafford decided to hold a nine-year novena to Mary leading up to the new millennium. In 1991 he commissioned an icon representing Our Lady of the New Advent. In the “sign” style, it became the official icon of the Archdiocese. In 1992, in response to Stafford’s request for a liturgical feast day to honor of Our Lady of the New Advent, the Vatican designated December 16. At the opening of 1993 World Youth Day in Denver, John Paul II prayed, “O Mary, Our Lady of the new Advent, who kept all these things, pondering them in your heart, teach these young people to be good listeners to your Son, the Word of Life.”

 

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Source: "365 Days with Mary" by Michael O'Neill

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