OUR LADY OF THE AUDIENCE
Historical Information
The marble statue of Our Lady of the Audience, attributed to A. Gaggini, was carried by the will of the people from the Tower of Cellaro to Sambuca, Argrento, Sicily during the plague of 1575.
Pope Pius IX proclaimed Our Lady of the Audience as the Patron of Sambuca in the year 1847. In 1902 Leo the XIII granted the privilege of a special Mass and a proper office of honor of Our Lady of the Audience. Archbishop Peruzzo of Agregento declared the church a shrine and a parish.
OUR LADY OF THE AUDIENCE
The feast in honor of Our Lady of the Audience has been celebrated at Holy Rosary for over seventy years. At present the celebration is pretty humble compared to the feast in the town of Sambuca where it originated.
Who is Our Lady of
the Lady of the Audience?
According to tradition, in 1575 a terrible plague threatened the lives of the people in the village of Sambuca, Sicily. Medical science was unable to find a cure and people were dying daily. People gave up hope in medical science and the whole town gathered in prayer before the statue of Our Lady. The statue was in a church before the statue of Our Lady of the Audience asking her to save their village; their prayers were answered, the plague ended and the statue of Our Lady of the Audience was brought in procession along the streets of the village with great devotion and joy. It became an annual celebration. The feast was preceded by a novena of prayers and on the day of the feast there was a solemn mass, procession with prayer and music through the streets of Sambuca and it concluded with a festival of food, music, games and fireworks with the participation of people from the neighboring towns.
When the Sicilians migrated to Kansas City the family of Tony and Sara Molle, the grandparents of Frank & Joann Molle brought a replica of the statue of Our Lady of the Audience to Holy Rosary. They initiated the feast in our parish which became an annual celebration with Mass, processions, festival and great joy.
Historical Information
The marble statue of Our Lady of the Audience, attributed to A. Gaggini, was carried by the will of the people from the Tower of Cellaro to Sambuca, Argrento, Sicily during the plague of 1575.
Pope Pius IX proclaimed Our Lady of the Audience as the Patron of Sambuca in the year 1847. In 1902 Leo the XIII granted the privilege of a special Mass and a proper office of honor of Our Lady of the Audience. Archbishop Peruzzo of Agregento declared the church a shrine and a parish.
OUR LADY OF THE AUDIENCE
The feast in honor of Our Lady of the Audience has been celebrated at Holy Rosary for over seventy years. At present the celebration is pretty humble compared to the feast in the town of Sambuca where it originated.
Who is Our Lady of
the Lady of the Audience?
According to tradition, in 1575 a terrible plague threatened the lives of the people in the village of Sambuca, Sicily. Medical science was unable to find a cure and people were dying daily. People gave up hope in medical science and the whole town gathered in prayer before the statue of Our Lady. The statue was in a church before the statue of Our Lady of the Audience asking her to save their village; their prayers were answered, the plague ended and the statue of Our Lady of the Audience was brought in procession along the streets of the village with great devotion and joy. It became an annual celebration. The feast was preceded by a novena of prayers and on the day of the feast there was a solemn mass, procession with prayer and music through the streets of Sambuca and it concluded with a festival of food, music, games and fireworks with the participation of people from the neighboring towns.
When the Sicilians migrated to Kansas City the family of Tony and Sara Molle, the grandparents of Frank & Joann Molle brought a replica of the statue of Our Lady of the Audience to Holy Rosary. They initiated the feast in our parish which became an annual celebration with Mass, processions, festival and great joy.