The 3-day event celebrating the Black Madonna painting is Friday through Sunday, when Rev. Wendell Anthony, head of the Detroit chapter of the NAACP, delivers the Sunday sermon.

This development comes as little surprise. In 2023, registration closed by mid-May after hitting the 16,000-participant cap. For 2024, the limit was raised to 18,000, but even so, registration had ...

Madonna’s jacket sure looks familiar! On Saturday, March 29, the Queen of Pop, 66, wore the jacket from her 1985 movie Desperately Seeking Susan at a Mother, Daughter, Holy Spirit fashion show ...

And when I looked out, there was the black Madonna -- the vitrine, the window, of the black Madonna -- and that was where he lived. Now, there was a man living in a meditation. A constant meditation.

The crypt of Notre Dame de Chartres, also known as the Lower Cathedral, remains the longest in France and among the longest in the world, stretching over 720 feet. It consists of two parallel ...

Honoring an Age-Old Tradition. Although the pilgrimage is inspired by French Catholic poet Charles Péguy, who on June 14-17, 1912, undertook a 4-day pilgrimage from Paris to Chartres to ask the ...

Sometimes two events come together to remind us of a very special moment in history. A few days ago the 2024 edition of the “Paris-Chartres Pilgrimage” ...

The Black Madonna emerges as a transcendent symbol, weaving together threads of spirituality, mysticism and cultural significance that traverse religious. Skip to content. News; ...

For the first time in 40 years, the organizers of the famous Catholic route linking Notre Dame of Paris to Chartres Cathedral will have to turn away pilgrims due to an overflow of registrations.