Our Lady of Light - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 24 Apr 2016 23:40:14 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Our Lady of Light - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Statue of Our Lady untouched by huge Equador quake https://cathnews.co.nz/2016/04/26/statue-lady-untouched-huge-equador-quake/ Mon, 25 Apr 2016 17:09:47 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=82151 A statue of Our Lady and the glass case in which it was housed remained intact amidst the devastation of Equador's huge earthquake this month. The statue of Our Lady of Light was housed in a school that collapsed and was reduced to rubble in the April 16 quake, which left at least 600 people Read more

Statue of Our Lady untouched by huge Equador quake... Read more]]> A statue of Our Lady and the glass case in which it was housed remained intact amidst the devastation of Equador's huge earthquake this month.

The statue of Our Lady of Light was housed in a school that collapsed and was reduced to rubble in the April 16 quake, which left at least 600 people dead.

The sisters who run the school in Marta Canton are amazed at the statue's fate.

The occurrence has reportedly given hope to the local community and consolation to Equador's people.

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