Mexican image of Mary to be displayed in state

A missionary image of Our Lady of Guadalupe will be displayed at several churches around Maine. Services and periods of meditation and devotion will be held at:

Bangor — St. John’s Catholic Church, Monday, June 13: presentation and private devotions, 6 p.m.; Marian Holy Hour, 7 p.m.

Caribou — Holy Rosary Church, Sunday, June 5, exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, 3-10 p.m.

Monday, June 6: Mass, 9 a.m.; confession, 9:30-11 a.m.; visitation, 6 a.m.-4 p.m.

East Millinocket — St. Peter’s Church, Tuesday, June 7: Mass, 6:30 p.m.

Millinocket — St. Martin of Tours Church, Wednesday, June 8: rosary, 6:30 p.m.; Mass, 7 p.m.

Presque Isle — St. Mary’s Church, Saturday, June 4: confession, 7 a.m., 2:30-3:30 and 5-5:30 p.m.; rosary, 7:30 a.m.; Mass, 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.; vespers, 8:30 p.m.; visitation, all day.

Sunday, June 5: rosary, 8:05 a.m.; Mass at 8:30, 10 and 11:30 a.m.; exposition after 11:30 a.m. Mass; benediction, 2 p.m.

Waterville — Notre Dame Church, Sunday, June 12: Mass, 6 p.m.

The image also will be displayed as a pro-life activity 11 a.m.-noon Saturday, June 11, outside Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, and 10-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 14, outside Sebasticook Valley Hospital, Pittsfield.

The vision of Mary, Our Lady of Guadalupe, appeared on Dec. 9, 10 and 12, 1531cq, to Juan Diego, an Aztec Indian, on a hill outside Mexico City. In a miracle accepted by the Roman Catholic Church, her image was left on his cactus-fiber cloak and is on display at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. The colors of the image are not paint, and are of unknown origin.

In 1991, the bishops of Mexico gave a 4-foot-by-6-foot photographic replica to the Catholics of the United States to be used in evangelism and pro-life activities.

The headquarters for the missionary image, which is being shared throughout the country, is in St. Albans, Vt.