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Our Lady of Loreto and the Continual Graces of the Annunciation, by  Donald Jacob Uitvlugt  – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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Marble screen around the Holy House (Santa Casa) in Loreto, Italy. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.. Wikimedia.

By Donald Jacob Uitvlugt, Catholic World Report, December 10, 2025

Donald Jacob Uitvlugt writes from Little Rock, Arkansas. You can find some of his theological musings at “Drops of Mercy”.

(Dec. 10th, the) feast of Our Lady of Loreto reminds us of the why of the Immaculate Conception, reminds us why we honor Mary in the first place.

(Dec. 10th)  marks an important Marian feast arising from the devotional life of the Church and especially of the lay faithful, the feast of Our Lady of Loreto. Traditional accounts report that, on December 10, 1394, the small house in which the Virgin Mary had lived was transported by angels to the small town of Loreto (in central Italy, not too far from the Adriatic).

Much ink has been spilled, especially in modern times, over whether the stone structure housed in the Basilica della Santa Casa is or is not the structure in which the Annunciation occurred. One is not required to believe that the walls within the basilica were transported by angels, or indeed was the house of the Annunciation at all (though I think there is stronger evidence for the truth of the story than some would admit). …

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