St. Mary - Royal Oak, MI
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N 42° 30.062 W 083° 08.671
17T E 323792 N 4707636
St. Mary in St. Mary Catholic Cemetery
Waymark Code: WM6KTJ
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 06/17/2009
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This statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary was once located atop Saint Mary High School in 1925. When the school closed, the statue was moved here in 1992. It is fitting as this is St. Mary Catholic Cemetery.
Mary is referred to by Christians as the Virgin Mary or Saint Mary. She was a Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee, identified in the New Testament as the mother of Jesus of Nazareth. Muslims also refer to her as the Virgin Mary or Sitna Mariam which means Our Lady Mary. In Islam she is the mother of the Prophet Jesus.The New Testament describes her as a virgin. Christians and Muslims believe that she conceived her son miraculously by the agency of the Holy Spirit. The angel Gabriel announced to her that she was to be the mother of the promised Messiah by conceiving him through the Holy Spirit. This took place when she was already the betrothed wife of Joseph and was awaiting the concluding rite of Jewish marriage, the formal home-taking ceremony. A decree of the Roman emperor Augustus required that Joseph and his betrothed should proceed to Bethlehem for an enrollment for the census. While they were there, Mary gave birth to Jesus; but because there was no place for them in the inn, she had to use a manger as a cradle.
Associated Religion(s): Catholic
Statue Location: St. Mary Catholic Cemetery
Entrance Fee: free
Artist: Not listed
Website: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
Take a picture of the statue. A waymarker and/or GPSr is not required to be in the image but it doesn't hurt.