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  Kevelaer, Our Lady, Consoler of the Afflicted, Marian Shrine in Kwazulu Natal
Kevelaer in South Africa is situated near the village of Donnybrook which lies alongside the road leading from Ixopo to the Drakensberg.
It was carved for Kevelaer by the Swiss sculptor A. Payer.
Kevelaer is by now known far beyond the boundaries of the Diocese of Mariannhill and Natal.
www.icon.co.za /~host/shrines/kevelaer/index.htm   (1900 words)

  
 Kevelaer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kevelaer is a town in the district of Cleves (Kleve) in Germany with 27,624 inhabitants.
More than 800,000 pilgrims, mostly from Germany and the Netherlands, visit Kevelaer every year to honor the Virgin Mary.
The town participates in international town twinning and it has twinned with Bury St. Edmunds, in the United Kingdom.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kevelaer   (108 words)

  
 Kevelaer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Kevelaer was turned into a place of Pilgrimage.
In Kevelaer there is also a park called "the park of Mary".
Kevelaer is a place of pilgrimage visited by thousands of pilgrims every year.
bedevaartweb.com /kevelaere.htm   (794 words)

  
 Kevelaer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
On his journey from Weeze to Geldern he stopped at a Cross on the heath of Kevelaer and, as was his custom, prayed there for a few minutes.
The stories of the miracles at Kevelaer persuaded her to go there.
A lamp, located to the left of the altar, contains a dish carried by three doves and contains the light of Peace that was brought to Kevelaer from Lourdes, via Altottin, in 1949.
www.marypages.com /KevelaerEng.htm   (1031 words)

  
 Kevelaer
As the itinerant salesman passed a wayside cross in what is now Kevelaer — then in Holland, now in Germany — he heard a voice saying, “At this place shalt thou build me a chapel.” Seeing no one, he went on his way, perhaps a little confused.
A week later he is said to have heard the voice again, and this time was sure it was coming from the cross.
From May to October a visit to Kevelaer will be shared with crowds of pilgrims, sometimes arriving on foot or bicycle, another group coming on motorcycles.
www.watertravel.com /kevelaer.htm   (184 words)

  
 Goethe-Institut - Religion - Topics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
According to the chronicles, Bonners have been undertaking pilgrimages to the Consoler of the Afflicted, as the Mother of God in Kevelaer is known, for 305 years.
Besides Altötting in Bavaria and Telgte in Westphalia, Kevelaer on the Lower Rhine is one of the best known and largest of the more than one thousand pilgrimage sites in Germany.
The streets of Kevelaer are lined with cafés and restaurants that take care of the physical needs of the pilgrims.
www.goethe.de /ges/rel/thm/en175895.htm   (849 words)

  
 El Mision de Nuestra Senora de Kevelaer, Aguacalientes, Mexico
Kevelaer es una de la Marian más importante que la peregrinación centra de Europa del noroeste.
Kevelaer is one of the most important Marian pilgrimage centers of northwestern Europe.
This chapel was originally built over the original roadside shrine in 1654 and the interior decorations are in the Neo-Renaissance style and these were added between 1888 and 1892.
www.angelfire.com /alt/scm/AC.html   (1521 words)

  
 Official website of the XX WYD 2005: Map of Archdioceses and Dioceses / Information / Pilgrimage Sites
A characteristic feature of the diocese is its landscape: the lower Rhine valley, the parklands of the Münsterland, the northern reaches of the Ruhr industrial region, the Oldenburg part of the Münsterland and the North Sea coast with the island of Wangerooge.
Besides Altötting in the south of Germany, Kevelaer is the largest and most important pilgrimage place in Germany.
The season begins with the opening of the pilgrims' gate of the basilica on 1 May and ends on 1 November, The unassuming pilgrimage image, entitled ‘Consoler of the Sorrowful’, has attracted pilgrims for centuries.
www.wjt2005.de /index.php@id=372&si=1.htm   (401 words)

  
 IV European Congress on Pilgrimages and Shrines - Final Document
Greetings from H.E. Msgr Reinhard Lettmann, Bishop of the diocese of Münster (to which the Kevelaer shrine belongs) were conveyed by the Auxiliary Bishop, H.E. Msgr Friedrich Ostermann.
In his welcoming speech, the Rector of the shrine of Kevelaer, Msgr Richard Schulte Staade, also emphasised the appropriateness of the chosen venue - which is at the centre of Europe - for the theme to be dealt with.
Msgr Richard Schulte Staade, Rector of the shrine of Kevelaer, outlined the history of the place and the welcome given to various pilgrims, and talked about the means made available to pilgrims from different Christian denominations.
www.vatican.va /roman_curia/pontifical_councils/migrants/documents/rc_pc_migrants_doc_20040730_Kevelaer_finaldoc_en_20_23_04.html   (2190 words)

  
 Catholic Culture : Document Library : Kevalaer
The most important North German shrine to Mary, Kevelaer, was founded by a peddler and two simple foot soldiers, who marched homeward to the Rhineland in 1642.
The image of Our Lady and her Child in the Kevelaer sanctuary is neither an original nor even a carefully executed work of art.
During the last three hundred years, Kevelaer from its humble beginnings has become as great as Altotting, which grew in the shadow of powerful rulers and great personalities.
www.catholicculture.org /docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=3055   (659 words)

  
 Miracles of Mary: Our Lady of Kevelaer
he village of Kevelaer, Germany was destroyed by fire in the 1500's, many people lost interest in the place where it had once stood.  But one day a wonderful event took place that would make the village a popular point of interest for thousands of people.
Schink, the parish priest of Kevelaer, and he placed the holy image in the newly built shrine.
The priest found that he was unable to minister to the huge crowds of pilgrims who came to visit the shrine.
www.sspx.ca /EucharisticCrusade/2004_May/Lady_Kevelaer.htm   (799 words)

  
 Deutsche Wappen (Gemeindewappen Kreiswappen) - KEVELAER
Kevelaer belonged until the 17th century to Wetten.
In the 17th century the pilgimage to Kevelaer started and the town was separated from Wetten.
The first and only known seal of Kevelaer (1687) shows St. Anthony, the patron saint of the town.
www.ngw.nl /int/dld/k/kevelaer.htm   (328 words)

  
 Pilgrim's Progress in Germany | Culture & Lifestyle | Deutsche Welle | 01.05.2006
For six months of the year, Kevelaer is a quiet little village on the Dutch border.
An annual 800,000 religious devotes come to pray at a shrine for the Virgin Mary, “the comforter of the grieved." Young and old come to Kevelaer, said Karl Hagemann from the Catholic Diocese of Münster.
For the past 45 years, he has marched with the Kevelaer Bruderschaft Bonn, a 307-year-old brotherhood dedicated to the pilgrimage.
www.dw-world.de /popups/popup_printcontent/0,,1984748,00.html   (836 words)

  
 Zenit News Agency - The World Seen From Rome
KEVELAER, Germany, SEPT. 28, 2004 (Zenit.org).- Directors of pilgrimages and rectors of shrines in Europe see a need for a new pastoral program to communicate the faith to pilgrims from very diverse cultural and religious backgrounds.
The officials also said the growing interest of young people in pilgrimages to holy places, and the peculiarities of specific ethnic groups, call for new areas of commitment in the pastoral program.
These prospects for the future were discussed at the Kevelaer Shrine, in the Diocese of Mainz, during the 4th European Congress of Directors of Pilgrimages and Rectors of Shrines.
www.zenit.org /english/visualizza.phtml?sid=59555   (455 words)

  
 Janson Media: Video and DVD: Pilgrimages of Europe: Kevelaer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The little chapel was built in May 1642 and the image of mercy placed inside.
An annual tradition, said to date from the year 1733, is the walk from Bocholt to Kevelaer.
Please visit their website for more information on how to join them on a pilgrimage of a lifetime.
www.janson.com /videos/spiritual/kevelaer.html   (628 words)

  
 Your Questions Answered   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
A basilica and facilities for pilgrims were later built, but the Chapel of Mercy with its image of Mary is the heart of this shrine.
In 1948, Bishop Pierre- Marie Theas of Lourdes, one of the founders of Pax Christi meeting, came as pilgrim of peace and reconciliation to Kevelaer.
The pillars of the Pax Christi chapel are inscribed with the names of the places of pilgrimage to Mary--a reminder that all pilgrims are with Mary in a unity which transcends the characteristics of each Marian shrine.
www.udayton.edu /mary/questions/yq/yq185.html   (346 words)

  
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The Priests house, the oldest stone building in Kevelaer, houses the pilgrimage offices.
It is also the parish house of St.-Marien.
Therefore, because of the rising numbers of pilgrims the bishop of Roermond in 1645 invited the fathers Oratorians of Scherpenheuvel in Belgium to Kevelaer.
www.wallfahrt-kevelaer.de /english/ecarus.php?id=164793&flag=0&wg=1401&username=12172301091741470848450403f1cef37370&passwort=   (45 words)

  
 Our Lady of Kevelaer Orthodox Mission - Aguascalientes,Aguascalientes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
La Mision de N.S. de Kevelaer es parte de la jurisdiccion independiente de la Iglesia Ortodoxa Catolica, ubicado en la ciudad de Aguascalientes, Mexico.
The Mission of Our Lady of Kevelaer is located in the city of Aguascalientes, Mexico.
Kevelaer is an important Marian shrine located in Kevelaer, Germany.
netministries.org /see/churches.exe/ch27766   (277 words)

  
 Mary Page News
The rector of the shrine at that time, Wilhelm Holtmann, was afraid that the 300 year old Kevelaer picture of grace could be destroyed by bombing or confiscated by the Nazi.
He secretly removed the tiny image from its shrine and buried it under the tower of the marian basilica.
Once again, seven men from seven generations, representing the citizens of Kevelaer, undertook the responsibility to protect and to revitalize the shrine.
campus.udayton.edu /mary/news00/20000721.html   (1895 words)

  
 Kevelaer Shopping - Reviews, Tips, Photos - VirtualTourist.com
A possible souvenir for family or friends could be a small statue of Kevelaer Madonna.
All around the Basilica there are a lot of shops selling small souvenirs, from rosaries to statues, icons or pictures with John Paul II or Benedict IX.
The prices tend to be higher than in other places, but a gift from Kevelaer will always be appreciated.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Germany/Land_Nordrhein_Westfalen/Kevelaer-47916/Shopping-Kevelaer-BR-1.html   (145 words)

  
 Ecumenism for Shrines and Pilgrimages
On September 20-23, 2004, the Fourth European Conference of Directors of Pilgrimages and Rectors was held at the Marian Shrine in Kevelaer, Germany.
The Marian Shrine at Kevelaer in Germany was the site of a Vatican-sponsored Congress in autumn 2004 that called for the incorporation of ecumenism into pilgrimages and shrine programs.
At the Kevelaer Congress various speakers were nonetheless eager to promote this alleged “gift of the Spirit”, and spoke of how they incorporate ecumenism into Shrine programs.
www.cfnews.org /ecushrine.htm   (3800 words)

  
 Kevelaer Travel Deals - Hotels, Flights, Vacations - VirtualTourist.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Countless people come to Kevelaer every year for prayer and contemplation.
The annual pilgrimage season begins with the opening of the pilgrimage portals of the basilica on May 1st, and it ends on November 1st.
Click above to learn more about why Kevelaer has attracted pilgrims throughout the centuries.
www.visits-to-germany.com /pages/983_879.htm   (89 words)

  
 Bike Tours Direct -- Europe Bicycle Tours
As all the other towns and villages, Kevelaer looks like a Dutch town with its typical gothic architecture.
You will ride on little roads and pathes along the Rhine and the Maas, but also on pathes along other little rivers like the Nette and Niers on the last day, when you return to Kevelaer.
About 190-230 km, mainly on flat and quiet roads and pathes that anybody can do.
www.biketoursdirect.com /?location=tourdetail&tid=156&cid=7   (551 words)

  
 Kevelaer, Nordrhein-westfalen Photographers - Wedding, Portrait, Commercial, Event and Other Photography Services   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
If you run a photography service, please submit your free listing.
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THE best place to find a Kevelaer photographer for weddings, parties, advertising campaigns, public relations campaigns and marketing initiatives.
www.marketingtool.com /channel/photo/b.465.g.21461.html   (96 words)

  
 Janson Media: DVD: Pilgrimages of Europe VI: Medjugorje & Kevelaer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Janson Media: DVD: Pilgrimages of Europe VI: Medjugorje and Kevelaer
However, the people, the pilgrims themselves, are at the heart of these stories – their purposes and desires, their motivations, and the great sense of the holy and the sacred which they find on their journeys of faith.
Hendrik Busman, a merchant, knelt in prayer one day beside the wayside shrine just outside of Kevelaer.
www.janson.com /videos/spiritual/pilgrimagesdvd6.html   (980 words)

  
 BUG backpackers hostel reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The new system is expected to replace the existing system by May 2006.
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 bury st edmunds art gallery - more information
To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the friendship between Kevelaer, in northern Germany, and Bury St Edmunds, the Gallery mounted an exhibition of work by artists from the two areas.
The exhibition provided the opportunity for the British and German artists to form professional links and friendships.
The artist from Kevelaer stayed in Suffolk for the opening of the exhibition in Bury St Edmunds, and when the exhibition moves on to Kevelaer the artists from this area will make a return visit.
www.burystedmundsartgallery.org /site/exh/crossc/crossc.html   (138 words)

  
 Kevelaer Travel Forum - VirtualTourist.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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 Skaters and Bladers, Inline Skating and Blading Meetups, events, clubs and groups near Kevelaer
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van Kevelaer, Karl H. Streeck, W., Hilbert, J., van Kevelaer, K.H., Maier, F. & Weber, H. Steuerung und Regulierung der beruflichen Bildung.
Bastian, J., Hinrichs, K. & van Kevelaer, K.-H. Problems of Employment-Effective Working Time Policies.
van Kevelaer, K.H. Bastian, J., Hinrichs, K. & van Kevelaer, K. Rationality Problems of Employment-related Working Time Policies - Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Findings in a Few West European Countries.
www2.hu-berlin.de /gesint/wlit/VERFASSE/K1-01301.HTM   (721 words)

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