The lovely and ancient feast of the birth of Our Blessed Lady on September 8 has become ever more dear to our hearts since the foundation of the Convent of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Wausau, Wisconsin.
The Sister Adorers in Wausau are blessed to have in their convent chapel an antique Italian wax figure of Maria Bambina, the infant Mary adorned in ornate swaddling clothes. For her feast day, she was brought to St Mary's Oratory for a High Mass and the public veneration of the faithful.
"I am the mother of fair love, and of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy hope."
Ecclesiasticus 24:18