നിഷ്കലങ്ക ഗർഭധാരണ

🙏 എന്തിന് ആഘോഷിക്കുന്നു

On 8 December Catholics celebrate the belief that Mary, from the first moment of her life, was preserved from original sin to be the mother of Jesus. It was declared a dogma by Pope Pius IX in 1854.

📖 ഇതിന് പിന്നിലെ കഥ

Four years after the declaration, in 1858, a young girl, Bernadette, saw a lady at the grotto of Lourdes in France who said, “I am the Immaculate Conception.” Lourdes became one of the world’s great pilgrimage places, and Lourdes grottoes stand in many Indian parishes.

🪔 എങ്ങനെ ആഘോഷിക്കാം

• Attend Mass
• Pray the Rosary or visit a Lourdes grotto
• Light a candle for someone in need
• Prepare the crib during Advent