When the very croyant locals heard that I was in search of grottos to the Virgin Mary, I was invited to a old manor house called the Maison de Saint Joseph. The owner excused the grotto because it was not to the Virgin, but to Joan of Arc. Even better, I told her! Jeanne d'Arc is the patron saint of our dear cousin Aubrey Joan, who was named also after my grandmother, Barbara Joan. The grotto was actually a double grotto, with statues to the Virgin, Saint Joseph, and Ste Thérèse, and was maybe two hundred years old...
La Maison de Saint Joseph
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| The Grottos |
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| I love a headless Mary (and Joseph...) |
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| Saint Therese, The Child of Prague, Sacred Heart of Jesus, Maybe Saint Peter, Joan of Arc and a few more... |
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| Joan of Arc! |
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