Our Lady of Africa – Mother of All Graces Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):8.5x11 Gold Frame The boys wanted a picture

The boys wanted a picture of Mary

This mosaic fresco was done in the 19th Century by Francesco Grandi (1831-1891)

a Roman doctor and Catholic priest

The business she founded went on to last 120 years

Our Lady of Africa – Mother of All Graces Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):8.5x11 Gold Frame The boys wanted a pictureThis beautiful holy card was printed in France at the turn of the last century. It is based on a statue of Our Lady of Africa in Algiers, Algeria, where a giant Basilica exists dedicated to her. Because Our Lady of Africa is not based on a particular apparition, but instead on the devotion of Catholics, she has many shrines in Africa. One of them is "Our Lady of Africa, Mother of All Graces," a Marian Shrine at Abidjan, in Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast).