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In 1933 just 12 days after the apparition at Beauraing, there was a rumour that another apparition was taking place in Banneux. On Jan 15, Mariette Beco's younger brother Julien was late coming home for supper. Concerned, Mariette knelt on a bench by the front window to keep watch for him. Suddenly, she noticed a lady surrounded in light dressed in a dazzlingly white gown with a blue sash. Hung on her right arm was a rosary with a brilliance of diamonds with gold chain. Mariette thought her oil lamp was reflecting on the window causing the image, but upon moving the lamp the lady remained. Three days later the lady again appeared standing on a cloud. The lady lead Mariette till she fell on her knees on the side of a ditch, where a previously unknown spring was found. "Place your hand in the spring." Mariette did as she was instructed. Speaking aloud Mariette shouted, "This stream is reserved for me." After this the lady disappeared. The next apparition took place the follow night. During this apparition Mariette ask the lady, "Who are you?" The lady surrounded by light replied, "I am the Virgin of the Poor." Mariette asked why the spring was for her. The Virgin of the Poor told Mariette that the spring was to relieve the sick of all nations. Eleven visitations were to occur in all. On the visitation of Friday Jan 20th, Mariette asked, "What do you wish my beautiful Lady?" The reply received was, "I would like a small Chapel." The last visitation took place on the evening of March 2, 1933. The Lady exclaimed, "I am the Mother of the Savior, Mother of God. Pray much." After the process of investigation, the apparitions in Banneux were approved in 1942. A small chapel stands where the Virgin of the Poor requested.
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