The image of the Immaculate Conception has been visiting various parishes in the northwest, and these past few days, it has been right here in our parish in Bend. This is a program started by the Knights of Columbus, and the image circles various parishes as people pray the Rosary and offer devotions in honor of Mary. This particular image is a replica of the image that hangs above the main altar of the Basilica-Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Quebec. It was painted by Sister Mary of the Eucharist in 1925, to replace another painting that was destroyed by fire in 1922. This is the 16th program of the Knights of Columbus to use a sacred image as its centerpiece. The first such program was held in 1979, and over these 35 years, the prayer programs have brought together more than 16 million people at some 140,000 prayer services conducted at local councils and parishes.
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