The history of this shrine began in 1927, when the archbishop of St. Louis requested a group of Franciscans to come from Poland to set up a nursing home in the countryside…

A copy of Our Lady of Loreto (Italy) located in Our Lady of Loretto Catholic Church in Los Angeles in Historic Filipinotown, at 250 N. Union Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90026.

This Black Madonna is a copy of Our Lady of Regla in Havana, Cuba and in Chipiona, Spain. The original is said to have been carved in the 5th century by St. Augustin following instructions from angels.

It is ironic that the only “real” Black Madonna (not just a copy) in the USA isn’t actually a Black Madonna in the strict sense.

The Cistertian abbey in Vina is a beautiful monastery for Trappist contemplative monks that welcomes lay people for retreats. It was founded in 1955 by Thomas Merton’s monastic community…

The Black Madonna of Austin, Texas was comissioned around 2005 by an African priest of the predominantely black Holy Cross Catholic parish with strong black activist roots in that city. She was sculpted by the white artist Jim Thomas.

According to Raylene Abbott this statue of Our Lady of Consolation in the Brigittine Monastery of Amity Oregon is a Black Madonna. The distaff in her hand represents feminine wisdom and power. She exudes peace and strength in the beautiful garden of teh Brigittine monks at the Priory of Our Lady of Consolation. The oldest image of Our Lady of Consolation is a 5th century icon in Turin, attributed, like many other Black Madonnas, to St. Luke the Evangelist.