National Shrine Our Lady of the Taper
                Read  about the history of the
    Shrine by selecting one of the links on this page.
A Stone from Calvary. History of Our Lady of the Taper. Story of the Shrine. Our Lady of Cardigan in Nazareth.

   Trace the history of Our Lady of
 Cardigan back to the Middle Ages
 in this comprehensive article.

 Read the story of how the first statue always returned to its ooriginal place, and how devotion to Our Lady in Cardigan continues to this day.

Our Lady of  the Taper  is the only known  church in Britain to possess a genuine stone from Calvary - Read  the story of how the stone was acquired here.

  Read how the Welsh Bishops
 commissioned a plaque of Our Lady
 of Cardigan to be placed in the
 courtyard of the Basilica of the
  Annunciation in Nazareth.
  Many countries place images of
 their national shrines there in
 testimony to traditional Catholic

\|For those wishing to read  more about the history of the Shrine in Cardigan, than can be placed on these pages, , there is an excellent book available written by Canon  Seamus  Cunnane,  former Rector of the Shrine.   You  can order this book online today by  clicking  on the link below .

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