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National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows
The
National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows
is a
Catholic
shrine
to the
Blessed Virgin Mary
in
Belleville, Illinois
, nine miles southeast of
St. Louis, Missouri
. The Shrine's director is the Reverend Father Tom Ovalle,
OMI
. The shrine is in the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Belleville
, but is not part of that diocese; rather, it is beholden to the United States Province of the
Oblates of Mary Immaculate
, and operated by the
Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
. The Shrine name refers to the
Basilica of Saint Mary Major
in
Rome
, where legend says snow fell in the summertime.
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