The Miraculous Picture of Our Lady of Quito

On April 20, 1906, thirty-six boys attending the boarding school of the Jesuit Fathers at Quito, Ecuador, together with Father Andrew Roesch, witnessed the first miracle of this famous picture: while in the refectory they saw the Blessed Mother slowly open and shut her eyes.

The same miracle occurred several times after this, once more in favor of the boys at the school, but this time in the chapel, to which the picture had been taken. Subsequently the canonical process of examination was carried out by the ecclesiastical authorities, and the Vicar General ordered the .picture to be transferred in procession from the College to the Church of the Jesuit Fathers.

At the church the prodigy was repeated several times before the crowds gathered there, and many conversions took place. Again and again the wonder repeated itself, at one time for three consecutive days. At Riobomba, the same wonder was witnessed before a re­production of the picture by more than twenty persons, among whom was the president of the municipality.

In Quito this picture is known as the Dolorosa del Colegio.
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Prayer To Our Lady Of Sorrows

O Mary, Mother of Sorrows, I beseech Thee, by the bitter agony thou didst endure at the foot of the Cross, offer to the Eternal Father in my name, Thy Beloved Son, Jesus, all covered with blood and wounds in satisfaction for my sins, for the needs of Holy Church, the conversion of sinners, the relief of the souls in Purgatory and for the special grace I now implore. Amen.
Our Father,
Hail Mary,
Glory be to the Father.

CUM PERMISSU SUPERIORUM
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This information was take from the back of the Holy Card which bears this picture.