07-07-2007
Laying of the First Renovation Stone of The International Center Mary Of Nazareth
Located Just Steps from the Basilica of the Annunciation (former Saint Joseph School) Nazareth March 25, 2007 at 4:00 PM Laying of the First Renovation Stone of THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER MARY OF NAZARETH By the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Bis ...
04-20-2007
A Work of Charity Under the Protection of Saint Joseph
As the result of a prayer to St Joseph, Providence allowed a truly perfect site to be placed at the disposal of the "Mary of Nazareth" project: four ideally placed buildings, with terraces overlooking the town and right opposite the Basil ...
03-16-2007
Program for March 22-25, 2007
Thursday, March 22nd
6:00 PM: Press conference at Our Lady of Jerusalem Center (former Centre ND de France) in Jerusalem, followed by a reception (across the street from the New Gate)
With Olivier Bonnassies and Jacques de la Bastide (M ...
02-23-2007
4700 m² Opposite the Basilica of the Annunciation
When the Mayor of Nazareth entrusted the Association "Notre-Dame de France" (Our Lady of France) with the task of setting up the International Marian Center in&nbs ...
11-29-2006
Yes, I wish to contribute to this project !
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11-29-2006
Thanks
Thanks for your interest in the "Mary of Nazareth" Association. We will treat your request as soon as possible.
Best regards,
MdN Team ...
09-23-2006
The "Marie de Nazareth" Association and Professionals united in the same project
The project is coordinated by the "Marie de Nazareth" Association (AMDN), which is made up of 10 members:
President: Jacques de la Bastide
Vice-president: Edmond Fricoteaux
Bruno Rivière de Précourt
Marie-Christi ...
02-06-2006
Our First Production: "Ave Maria"
MDN Productions, filial of the “Marie de Nazareth” Association has created a spectacular film show based on the mysteries of the Rosary and the Christian faith.
This film depicts the Mother of God is an original way, by discovering th ...
01-19-2006
The First International Marian Center
To discover Van Gogh, Napoleon or other historical figures you can visit museums or well-known information centers.
But, as curious as it may seem, there is currently no place nor any means to discover the mystery of Mary in a broad, large and ...
11-21-2005
Purchase a stone for the building now!
Our forefathers built cathedrals in honor of the Virgin Mary and her Son with the help of all of God's followers, today we seek the help of all those who want to show their love for Jesus and Mary. We need all of you in order to give the Mot ...
11-16-2005
The Standard Visit of a Future Marian Center
The International Marian Center of Nazareth and the twelve other Associated Marian Centers will take you on a tour through different rooms, allowing you to discover fundamental aspects of the mystery of the Mother of God that opens the way to the ...
09-19-2005
International Community and Business Leaders
International Leaders
Mr. Ramiz Jaraisy, Mayor of Nazareth
Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, former Secretary-General of the U.N.
Mr Jean-Luc Allavena, General Director Lagardère Media
Mr Claude Bébéar, Pdt BOD Axa ; Pdt Montaigne Insti ...
09-19-2005
Twelve Sister Marian Centers
Each sister Marian Center will be run by a partner community who will translate common texts into their own language, adapting and presenting them, in order to give everyone the same rich and deep vision of Mary of Nazareth and the ...
08-04-2005
Mission Statement
The "Mary of Nazareth" Project
The essential mission of the "Marie de Nazareth" Association is to offer the possibility of making a personal encounter with the Blessed Mother, who leads us to Jesus Christ.
The "Mary of ...
08-01-2005
The International Marian Center of Nazareth
The International Marian Center of Nazareth (IMCN) will present to the general public, with the help of all the Christian churches in the Holy Land and thanks to the best Marian specialists in the world, the entire mystery of the Ho ...
06-27-2005
We need your help!
The "Mary of Nazareth" project is an ambitious one. Its goal is to make the Virgin Mary known and loved because she is the one who leads us to Christ. The project has the potential to make it all happen, but we wi ...
06-22-2005
Our Website
We created an associated Website to provide in-depth texts for the visitors to an IMC or simply those who visit maryofnazarth.com on the Internet.
The Website is divided in 10 topics compiling different questio ...
06-20-2005
International bank transfer:
Association "Marie de Nazareth"
French Bank Account (RIB)
- Bank Code: 30488
- Bank Teller Code: 00102
- Account n°: 66025620010
- I.D. Code: 83
Location: FORTIS BANQUE - PARIS MARCEAU (00073)
IBAN (International Ban ...
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06-20-2005
Purchase a stone for the building now!
A thousand contributors are needed for each room in the Marian Center, and they will be discreetly recognized on a list engraved at the entrance.
The sum needed for each room is different, and you may choose to contribute to one or several rooms.. ...
06-20-2005
Yes, I wish to contribute to this project !
From January 1st 2005, tax deductions in France have been increased:
For a private individual, a donation made in 2005 entitles you to a tax deduction of 66% on the amount donated up to a limit of 20% of taxable income (art. 200 of the C ...
06-20-2005
Help to build the International Marian Center of Nazareth
"All generations will call me blessed" (Lk 1: 48)
The Virgin Mary, who leads us to Christ, is loved, prayed for, celebrated, praised and honored by peoples the world over, but there is nowhere in the world where large numbers of people can ...
06-20-2005
suite descriptif plan centre Nazareth (EN)
Close to 4,000 m² have been set aside for the project.
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04-25-2005
Interview with Bishop Marcuzzo, Bishop in Nazareth
Rome (October 11, 2002)
Bishop Marcuzzo was delegated by the AOCTS (Assembly of Catholic Bishops in the Holy Land) to accompany the "Mary of Nazareth" Project. He is also Bishop in Nazareth and Latin Patriarchal Vicaria ...
04-22-2005
Thank you for your help !
Thank you for your help !
God bless you.
the MdN Team
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04-20-2005
Father Fabre Commends the Project
January 25th 2005
Opening an ecumenical Marian Center in Nazareth is one of the most inspiried ideas of the beginning of the 21st century!
Our world thirsts for peace. Peace between men, peace between nations and peace between people ...
04-18-2005
Interview of His Excellency Bishop Sambi (Jerusalem, Nov. 26 2004)
How do you see the task ahead in Nazareth?
The mystery of God become Man, who enters History and becomes the companion of each human being, begins in Nazareth. In Nazareth the dialogue between God and humanity, the latter represented by Mary, inte ...
04-18-2005
Mary of Nazareth's Supporters
The project is backed by the 12 important traditional Christian Churches in the Holy Land (5 Catholic, 5 Orthodox and 2 Protestant). Many bishops from great Marian shrines (Guadalupe, Loreto, Lourdes,...) and 8 cardinals support the project ...
03-23-2005
Committee of Experts
The “Mary of Nazareth” Project has assembled employees and volunteers, who all bring skills to achieve our common goal. objectives.
Employees:
Christian Danis, webmaster of the Internet site
Geneviève Esquier, c ...
03-07-2005
A TV documentary about the Marian devotion in the world
Mary is the most depicted and the most sculpted figure in all human history. The cult and devotion to Mary is found in all religions, philosophies and ideological trends. What other woman&nbs ...
03-03-2005
Help us finance this historical project
The total financial needs of the project will exceed several million dollars.
Of course if everyone becomes conscient of the importance of participating all together in this project, it could be a great gift from God's People to His Mother.
Bu ...
03-03-2005
Contributions
The beauty of the Mary of Nazareth project comes from the fact that 1,000 different authors, from all Christian Churches and all the countries, will be contributing to the Marian Center and the Website.
Anybody can help, in two different ways:
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03-03-2005
Translations
We are looking for approximately 15 volunteer translators for each language, who have access to the Internet, to translate the whole of the contents in 12 languages:
Hebrew
Arabic
Greek
English
Spanish
Portuguese
Italian
Ge ...
03-02-2005
Sister Associations
In order to develop our project, we need to create sister Associations of Friends of "Marie de Nazareth" in countries all over the world.
Therefore we are looking for qualified people willing and capable to take charge of this mission, b ...
02-25-2005
7 - The Virgin in Art
Within this topic, we are seeking authors on the following subjects:
Beauty indispensable to the Gospels;
“Fallen from Heaven” icons;
Icons of the “Hodigitra” type; She who shows the way;
Icons depicting tenderness: with her cheek to ...
02-25-2005
4 - Marian Doctrine
Within this topic, we are seeking authors on the following subjects:
Mary and the angel of consolation on Thursday in Holy Week;
On Good Friday, two pierced hearts become one;
The fulfilment of Simeon’s prophecy;
Mary on the Satu ...
02-25-2005
6 - In Judaism and Islam
Within this topic, we are seeking authors on the following subjects:
The principal discrepancies between Christianity and Judaism;
Is contemporary Judaism the same as that practised before the destruction of Jerusalem?
Faith in God the creator ...
02-25-2005
5 - Praying to Mary
Within this topic, we are seeking authors on the following subjects:
Liturgy: the list of the 46 special masses in Mary’s honor;
Marian spirituality in Franciscan practice;
Marian spirituality in Dominican practice;
Marian spirituality in C ...
02-25-2005
3 - Mary in Holy Scriptures
Within this topic, we are seeking authors on the following subjects:
The literal meaning of the Scriptures;
The moral meaning of the Scriptures;
The spiritual meaning of the Scriptures;
What does gnosis mean?
The historical basis o ...
02-25-2005
2 - Overview of Mary's Life
Within this topic, we are seeking authors on the following subjects:
References that point to Mary in the Book of Joel
Map showing where the Holy Family stayed in Egypt, according to Coptic tradition.
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02-25-2005
Aperçu du centre marial de Nazareth
The International Marian Center of Nazareth will be located opposite the Basilica of the Annunciation, in 5 large buildings which we were able to obtain by God's providence, during the past 3 years. ...
02-25-2005
Architectural Project
Plans and Model ...
02-25-2005
fin descriptif (EN)
The sketches, plans and documentation presented here give a basic idea of the Center's planned disposition.
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02-25-2005
Working to Foster Unity and Peace
With the current situation in the Holy Land, this ambitious Marian initiative appears as a true project of unity, of hope and of peace.
Of unity, because all the Christians, Catholics (Roman, Melkites, Maronites, Syria ...
02-25-2005
An Opera of Images Presentation
In France, Jean-Michel Mahenc and the Barbizon Audiovisual Studio created an 18-minute “opera of images” on Mary’s mystery.
The Church St. Honoré of Eylau in Paris was full to the brim on December 9, 2002 for the opening of the first show, ...
02-24-2005
10 - A Mother's Pleas
Our Lady has appeared to many different saints, in many places, to show us the way to heaven and to guide us to Christ. But her pressing pleas to pray, to do penance, to convert and to come back to God are heard about too little, known and ...
02-24-2005
9 - Mary Fills the World
The world is filled with countless places of Marian devotion. Popular sanctuaries such as Guadalupe, Lourdes, Fatima, Czestochowa, Loreto, Aparecida, Altotting, Walsingham, Zeitoun, etc. go hand in hand with smaller, less frequented roadside shrines. ...
02-24-2005
7 - The Virgin in Art
Art and literature have celebrated the Virgin more than anything. First of all using icons as a medium of course, but also at an early time in the art of the Catacombs, ivories and ampullae, then with illuminated manuscripts, sculptures, st ...
02-24-2005
5 - Praying to Mary
"All the generations will call me blessed", foretold the young wife of a Galilean carpenter about herself. And this did come to pass in the subsequent centuries:
all the traditional Churches celebrate her in their litur ...
02-24-2005
3 - Mary in Holy Scriptures
The Lord's Virgin is by His side at each critical stage of the history of salvation. At the Annunciation or on Christmas day (the Incarnation of the Savior), at Cana, during the Public Life, and at the foot of the Cross for the Redemption of the worl ...
02-24-2005
1 - Life in Nazareth in the Year 0
This section examines historical and archeological questions a visitor may have about Jesus, Mary and Joseph. What do we know of Nazareth in the year 0? Where does our knowledge of the subject stem from?
The principal discoveries in Galilee, Nazare ...
02-24-2005
2 - Overview of Mary's Life
Mary was present in the thought of God from the beginning, she was announced in the Old Testament; she led a very simple life in Nazareth, Israel until the Annunciation which made of her the Mother of God. She then became perfectly united to her Divi ...
02-17-2005
4700 m² Opposite the Basilica of the Annunciation (suite)
The following morning, at the first Mass in the Basilica, Olivier met Sr. Anthony who was prolonging her prayer on the feast day of her patron Saint - St. Anthony of Padua - and he explained his problem.
The sister, stupefied, as ...
02-17-2005
Criteria for publishing articles on the Website www.maryofnazareth.com
In response to many who have asked us about our criteria for publishing new articles on the Website www.maryofnazareth.com, here is a short explanation of what we are looking for.
Formal Criteria
1) Length:
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02-17-2005
CONCLUSION (Bishop Marcuzzo's Speech at the 21st International Mariological-Marian Congress)
Of course I must skip some pages, like the others before me, and come to a conclusion.
This Center is something important fro the Bible and for the Holy Land, to show the modern character of the Bible and of the holy sites. And we do need that.
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02-17-2005
The International Marian Center in Nazareth (Bishop Marcuzzo's Speech at the 21st International Mariological-Marian Congress)
We needed to find a proper location. God's providence did open up some doors.
On the cover of the booklet that you were given is a picture where you can see the Basilica of the Annunciation, and opposite the Basilica next to the monastery of the F ...
02-17-2005
PRESENTATION (Bishop Marcuzzo's Speech at the 21st International Mariological-Marian Congress)
I am going to talk to you today about a project whose goal is to point out the role of Mary in History, beginning in Nazareth. Nazareth in the History of mankind. In Church History, in the History of Thought, Culture, Christian Art - Iconography and ...
02-17-2005
The Project's Background (Bishop Marcuzzo's Speech at the 21st International Mariological-Marian Congress)
Let me give you a little bit of the Project's background.
The years 1194, 1995, 1996 and 1997 were years full of euphoria about peace and peace in the Holy Land. I personally experienced them. Those were wonderful years, right af ...
02-17-2005
INTRODUCTION (Bishop Marcuzzo's Speech at the 21st International Mariological-Marian Congress)
Hello everyone.
I cannot come here to the University of Latran without remembering the late lamented Fr Salvatore Meo, a wonderful, remarkable Mariologist in my opinion, because he assisted me in my discovery of the Virgin Mary. I had been a priest ...
02-14-2005
Multi-media Productions
The Project "Mary of Nazareth" begins with the creation of Marian Centers in various countries, but also - and this is one of its main aspects - with the production of multi-media contents to convey the beauty of the Gospel in the wor ...
02-14-2005
Marian World Map
The purpose of the Marian World Map is to bring together at different levels the largest shrines and the tiniest sanctuaries.
Produced on different scales, the map will allow you to discover and explore, the numerous sanctuaries and shrines devote ...
02-14-2005
The Auditorium: Ave Maria
After Pentecost, the Gospel was spread throughout the world, to the ends of the earth.
The auditorium will feature an exceptional show, in the form of a "visual opera" on a 180° screen, showing the extent to which the prophecy Mary made ...
02-14-2005
Room 8: Interactive Consultation
This room will be reserved for those who wish to do personal research and seek precise answers to their questions about the Christian faith, on the Mary of Nazareth Website and through the contents of the Marian Center which will produced the "M ...
02-14-2005
Nazareth, the town where everything began
My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
My spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
For He has looked upon His handmaid's lowliness,
behold, from now on will all ages call me blessed,
the Mighty One has ...
02-09-2005
Area 3: The Mystery of Salvation
Mary lived her life solely for Christ and she was intimately close to Jesus, His mission and His work.
This room was conceived to show the main episodes of Jesus' life seen through Mary's eyes: His predication in Israel when He first left Nazaret ...
02-09-2005
Area 2 : Nazareth
After the flight to Egypt, Joseph, Mary and the Child come back to live in Nazareth, a town where the Lord will spend the 30 years of his hidden life.
The general atmosphere of this room will give an impression of the tranquil and the simple life o ...
02-09-2005
The Project's Background
The initial idea came from the Mayor of Nazareth who wanted a museum in his town for the Virgin Mary. The feasibility of the project was studied in collaboration with UNESCO, but the affair of the mosque came to cause a general paralysis of ...
01-31-2005
Liste International Ecclesiastical V.I.P.
International Ecclesiastical members
Patriarch Gregory III, Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate
Cardinal Moussa Daoud, Prefect of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches
Cardinal Medina, former Pr ...
01-31-2005
Ecclesiastical Members in the Holy Land
Ecclesiastic members in the Holy Land
Greek Orthodox Patriarchate: Metropolite of Nazareth Kyriakos
Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Patriarchate: Patriarch Torkom II and Archbishop Aris
Syrian Orthodox Patriarc ...
12-01-2004
Room 7: Marian Map of the World
Returning to the ground floor, after visiting the Panoramic Gardens and the Chapel, visitors will pass in front of a large, interactive wall map, with different possibilities for exploration on various scales the many Marian shrines and sanctuaries i ...
12-01-2004
The Chapel: To Jesus through Mary
The chapel, built out of stones from the region, filled with light and devoted to adoration, will be a place for personal prayer, away from the outside noise and agitation.
The Basilica will be visible from the inside of the chapel as a remainder o ...
12-01-2004
Terraces: Panoramic Gardens
The flat roofs of the different buildings will be transformed into panoramic gardens.
These open-air terraces and gardens will be a privileged place, at any time, for prayer and meditation.
Above the modern buildings of Nazareth, they will put th ...
12-01-2004
Room 1: The Old Testament
The visit will begin with a large fresco retracing the centuries preceding the coming of Christ, since the origins.
It will show how the expectation of the Messiah grew in Israel and how, at the heart of this unique period of waiting, the figure ...
12-01-2004
8 - The Great Witnesses
The knowledge of the Virgin has gradually increased through the centuries thanks to the love and the meditation of great saints who made their mark on the thought of the Western and the Eastern Church. Christ's greatest friends have also been Mary's ...
12-01-2004
6 -In Judaism and Islam
The Virgin Mary is the perfect expression of the Daughter of Zion, whom many Jews are discovering today with a sense of surprise.
She is also deeply venerated in Islam since the Muslims consider her as a Virgin, the miraculous Mother of the Messiah ...
12-01-2004
4 - Marian Doctrine
Who is Mary? She is the only woman who is the Daughter, the Spouse and the Mother of God at the same time. She spent more time with Christ than all the others put together. Mary was the first to believe and she became the "New Eve", the tru ...
12-01-2004
A documentary to discover and to understand
A documentary to discover and to understand
The goal of this documentary is to discover and to understand how wonderfully alive this cult is, and to see how it affects all the social classes without being affected by religious divisions.&a ...
12-01-2004
Media Coverage
It is important to give the project publicity in the media whenever possible:
articles, interviews, TV shows on public or Catholic networks,
flyers or publicity in well-targeted media,
distribution of information to proposed or hired mailing ...
12-01-2004
Supporters
The project already has a large supporting committee, but it is always important to increase our supporters by asking others to join us.
We would especially like to propose the project to:
Patriarchs, cardinals, bishops from all Christia ...
09-20-2004
We Need Your Help
The "Mary of Nazareth" project is an ambitious one. Its goal is to make known and loved the Woman who leads to Christ and who holds the most winning cards to make it all happen, but we will succeed only with the help and assistance of many ...
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