Wood Plaque - Our Lady of Walsingham by B. Nippert

In 1601, during Saxon times, in Walsingham England, a young widow wanted to do something special for Our Lady and she expressed her wish in her prayers. She was taken in spirit to Nazareth and shown the Holy House where the annunciation took place. Our Lady asked the widow to build a replica of the house in England. Mary promised “whoever seeks my help there will not go away empty-handed.” The replica house she built soon became a special place of devotion and was later encased in stone to protect it.