SHRINE OF OUR LADY OF MERCY

[Photo: Shrine of Our Lady of Mercy at Penrose Park, NSW, Australia]

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The Shrine of Our Lady of Mercy at Penrose Park was established in 1984 on 75 acres of land near Berrima. Penrose Park with its various devotional areas in a setting of natural beauty, serves as a spiritual oasis open to all.

The Shrine is totally dependent on the goodwill and generous charity of visitors. The Pauline Fathers would like to thank all those people who have been, and are supporting them through their prayers, work and donations.

In 1984 the Shrine of Our Lady of Mercy at Penrose Park was founded. On 24 May 1997 the new Church was consecrated. This new Church, together with the new monastery is a lasting testimony to the faith and generosity of the pilgrims who support it. On 26 August 2001 the holy Icon of Our Lady of Jasna Gora was solemnly crowned with crowns blessed by Pope John Paul II.

[Photo: Chapel of San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila]

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About the International Chapels 

The Shrine of Our Lady of Mercy, Penrose Park, was purchased in 1984, with the support and financial assistance of a small but dedicated group of pilgrims, by the first of the Pauline Fathers to come to Australia. Back in those early days the dreams were many and varied but, as the numbers of pilgrims grew, there was one dream which was nourished and nurtured with such success that the remarkable phenomenon, now known as the INTERNATIONAL CHAPELS, became a reality. 

These chapels, which are almost as many and varied as the nationalities of the thousands of pilgrims who come to "Penrose Park", have become such a feature of the Shrine property that they are, in themselves, also subjects of pilgrimage. Having been built by individuals or groups of like-minded people, often at very substantial cost, the chapels are maintained by all those who built them. The land on which they are constructed is still owned by the Pauline Fathers, to whom the chapels will revert, should any group or individual fail to keep them in good order.