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Mary, Mediatrix of All Grace
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Mary, the Mediatrix of All Grace (Spanish: María, Mediadora de Toda-Gracia; Tagalog: María, Tagapamagitan ng Lahat ng Biyaya), also known as the Our Lady of Lipa,[2] is an alleged Marian apparition that occurred within the Carmelite Monastery of Lipa, Batangas, Philippines. The event occurred to a former Carmelite postulant, Teresita Castillo.[3] The original statue associated with the apparition is currently enshrined at the monastery.
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![]() The original image based on the 1948 Marian apparition, enshrined today in Lipa, Batangas. | |
Location | Carmelite Monastery, Lipa City, Batangas |
Date | November 12, 1948 |
Witness | Ms. Teresita Castillo |
Type | Marian apparition |
Approval | Dismissed — 11 December 2015[1] Approved (Local) — 12 September 2015 Re-investigated — 1991 Suppressed — 11 April 1951 |
Shrine | Our Lady, Mary Mediatrix of All Grace Parish |
The apparitions were declared as Non-supernatural after an investigation by six Filipino bishops headed by the former Archbishop of Manila, Cardinal Rufino Santos on 11 April 1951. The case was reopened again in 1991 by the local bishop. On 12 September 2015, the Archbishop of Lipa, Ramon Arguelles, against explicit direction from the Holy See and the Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, formally declared approval of the apparitions, citing them as supernatural and worthy of belief.
Pope Pius XII declared the apparitions as fraudulent in 1951. On 11 December 2015, the Vatican re-declared the apparition as Non-Supernatural.[1][4] A finalized copy of the verdict was received on May 31. Ultimately, Archbishop Arguelles retracted his declaration of supernaturality on 1 June 2016, citing to the original decision by the Holy Office as Non-Supernatural.