4.2 The Chapel of Beato John Paul II
A monument is built in front of the chapel of Mary Annai Velangkanni. This monument is dedicated to Pope John Paul II – a pope who very
loved Mother Mary. This chapel is still in process of constructing and it will be finished by this year 2013 on September. And before, it was The Mini Garden of
St. Il Papa Giovanni Paolo II. Appendix page 45 in Picture 31.
Furthermore, the reason why this monument is built is that Pope John Paul II had ever visited Tuntungan, Medan in 1989 when he did official visit to
Indonesia.
4.3 The Chapel of Mary Annai Velangkanni
The original construction of Marian Shrine of Annai Velangkanni is the chapel of this Mary Annai Velangkanni that had been built in 2001 as a place for
devotion to Mother Mary. From this chapel, the construction license was gotten. The chapel is officially opened and blessed on 8 September 2001 in the
celebration of Mother Mary’s born day and in that day, the laying of the cornerstone for Marian Shrine was held too. Even though, Marian Shrine of Annai
Velangkanni had been finished built on 1 October 2005, the chapel are still kept using for daily pray, and also Novena pray.
The picture of Mary’s chapel is in Appendix page 46 in Picture 32. 4.4 The Miracle in Marian Shrine of Annai Velangkanni – Holy Water
Not so long after the blessing of Marian Shrine of Annai Velangkanni, a miracle was happened in Mary Chapel, a wellspring spouted out from the foot of
Mary’s statue in the altar of Mary Chapel. Started from the first week of October
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2005, the chapel floor was often flooded by water. In that year, rain often came and the chapel’s floor was just 1.5 m lower than the floor of Shrine, so Father
James Bharataputra guessed that the rain water flooded the chapel’s floor. Therefore, the chapel’s floor was dig up and piled the soil up until 50 cm, and put
the ceramics floor. However, the new floor was still kept wet. Thus, two experts of
searching water were called. Obviously, the two men find a water source under the altar of Mary’s chapel. Because of Father James did not want to break the
altar, so 1.2 m from the water source, they tried to drill a well. Even though, they got clean water but it was not good to drink. Thus, the well was closed.
On 2 November 2005, on the same date and month when the first miracle happened – 2 November 2002, the water source was found under the altar of
Mary’s chapel. Before that, in the evening 1 November 2005, Father James could not
sleep in peace. He thought about the flood in the chapel. When lie on his bed, he suddenly heard voice: “scratch the ground under the feet of Mother’s Mary on
chapel’s altar”. Because of the pressure of that voice, after getting up in the morning, Father James called the gardener to break the chapel’s floor and dig the
soil up under the feet of Mother Mary’s statue to look for the water. Amazingly, it was just 50 cm when it was dig up, but the water spouted
out. Although, it was not swift, but the water was kept flowing. And even the water was sucked by pump, the water was still flown. The water was so clear like
Aqua water, without any smell and it was good to drink. Thus, the water was sent
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to PAM Tirtanadi to be examined in laboratory. The results showed that the water had no contamination and it was nice to drink without boiling.
This miracle was spread to many people, thus there were so many people came here to see and drink this water. Then, a report was accepted that the water
was the healing water. Therefore, so many people come to this place. It is indeed true that Mary Annai Velangkanni is familiarly called as Mary the Healing
Mother Our Lady of Good Health. The picture of Holy water is in Appendix page 46 in Picture 33, 34.
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