TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Bishop Declares Marian Site in Wisconsin, On par Fatima, Lourdes

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Bishop Declares Marian Site in Wisconsin, On par Fatima, Lourdes

I was delighted to read in yesterday's Los Angeles Times that there is a church-recognized Marian site in the U.S. Here are relevant links:
Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help <
http://shrineofourladyofgoodhelp.com/>
The Bishop's Declaration

Information re Our Lady of Good Help

Article re Our Lady of Good Help Shrine

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard is the award-winning author of 10 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Vigan and Other Stories, and Out of Cebu: Essays and Personal Prose. She edited four books, co-edited six books, and co-authored a novel, Angelica's Daughters. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized. Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has received several travel grants from the USIS. She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She teaches creative writing at the Writers Program at UCLA-Extension.