San Sebastián de Garabandal (commonly called just Garabandal), is a rural village in the Peña Sagra mountain range of Northern

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. Located in the autonomous community of

Cantabria Cantabria (, also , , Cantabrian: ) is an autonomous community in northern Spain with Santander as its capital city. It is called a ''comunidad histórica'', a historic community, in its current Statute of Autonomy. It is bordered on the east ...

, about 600 meters above sea level, Garabandal is about 35 miles (55 km) from the Cantabrian capital,

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, and roughly 250 miles (400 km) from the Spanish capital,

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.Pedro Arce Díez; ''Diccionario de Cantabria. Geográfico, histórico, artístico, estadístico y turístico''. Editorial Estudio, Santander 2006. It has a population of about 300.

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From 1961 to 1965, four young schoolgirls – Mari Loli Mazón, Jacinta Gonzalez, Mari Cruz Gonzalez and Conchita Gonzalez – said they had received several apparitions and messages from

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and the

Blessed Virgin Mary Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jews, Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Saint Joseph, Jose ...

under the title of

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. The apparitions numbered in the thousands, drew huge crowds, and featured supposed

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phenomena, much of it filmed or photographed, with thousands of witnesses. Today, the town is a place of pilgrimage for

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and members of other faiths. Catholics have since been reminded by the Roman Hierarchy that the Garabandal apparitions are in no way sanctioned or approved by the Church. However, the pilgrimages are now allowed by the local bishop. Capilla del Arcángel San Miguel

Because of the town's remote location and lack of easy accessibility, it has remained largely the same as it was in 1961.

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on Garabanda

* Workers of Our Lady of Garabanda

External links

Garabandal Apostolate
website in English about Garabandal apparitions. Official website of Garabandal Apostolate
The apparitions of Our Lady of Mount Carmel de Garabandal

Garabandal: Only God Knows
– The 2018 Movie
Workers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel de Garabandal
– Official Web site of the Workers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The organization was founded by Joey Lomangino in Lindenhurst, New York (1968).
Pilgrimage to Garabandal
– Web site of the Workers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Australia.
St. Joseph Publications
a non profit foundation, was incorporated in 1973 to foster devotion to Saint Joseph and the Virgin Mary and make known messages given through apparitions. Books and videos of Our Lady’s apparitions, especially Garabandal and Our Lady of Fátima, Fátima, are available on this site free for download.
Garabandal Videos
– Video Clips of the apparitions, with the letters from Bishop José Viliplana of Santander and Cardinal Seper.
Garabandal Apostolate
Pilgrimages to Garabandal {{DEFAULTSORT:San Sebastian De Garabandal Populated places in Cantabria Towns in Spain Catholic pilgrimage sites

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