Hellos, Darlings,
Some of you might be wondering why I chose the African city of Malawi as the name for the mother on the statue of the “Global Mother and Child Fountain” in my sunroom, (Sunroom Complete … Maybe). Some years ago, while attending mass, I was given a missionary card of the statue that was used as a dedication for the consecration of Malawi to the Mother of God by Catholic Missionaries in 1901, Pope John Paul II in 1989 and again by the Malawi Conference of Catholic Bishops in 2024.
I have always liked the name Malawi as well as the sound of it, and I thought back then that if I were still of the childbearing age, I would have named a daughter (a second daughter) after the city; but, alas, that never came to pass.
Below is a scanned of that missionary card and its inscription, it is quite old and a little hard to see from being in my wallet for so many years. However, I found another image of it online as well as the website of its historical origins.
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| FRONT OF CARD |
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| BACK OF CARD |
The scription: Question: "Who consecrated Malawi to The Mother of God?" Andswer: Catholic Missionaries and Pope John Paul II?
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| Our Lady of Africa |
Related: Our Lady of Africa, or Madame l’Afrique, Our Lady of Algiers
Until next time,
Keep growing.