Belgium town to host Marian celebration ‘Virga Jesse’ again after 7 years — By: Catholic News Agency

Celebration of the Virga Jesse, Basilica of Hasselt, Belgium, August 2017. / Credit: Virgajessecomité Hasselt Paris, France, Aug 10, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). For the past 340 years in the town of Hasselt in northeastern Belgium, people have been celebrating a major Marian event every seven years — honoring the “Virga Jesse” through processions,…

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