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Conceptionist Church Whose Home of Our Lady of Good Success Is Its ConventConceptionist Church and Convent, Home of Our Lady of Good Success - whose full name reads Iglesia de La Limpia Concepcion - occupies the whole block on Garcia Moreno, Chile y Benalcazar and includes Mejia. This first monastery in Quito came to life in September of 1575.
Upon entering through the door across from the Presidential Palace on Chile, you will step into my second favorite gem in Quito. Our Lady of Good Success appeared here to Mariana de Jesus Torres around the same time as the time of the Lily of Quito, and her statue predominates as the treasure of the convent. The public shares in honoring and venerating her - displayed in all her glory above the main altar - only on months and days designated for her. She has been placed back in her place in the convent after the grand procession held for her in honor of her 400th anniversary... On the feast of her purification, February 2, at 5:00AM, the procession in her honor began from here. Petitions with the names on them were collected up until that day this anniversary year, placed at her feet, there to remain until February 2, 2012. If you attended this yearly pre-lenten pilgrimage, you got to participate and witness the fervor of the faith it elicits in the people of Quito, and people from all over the world. Blessed Mariana de Jesus (Torres) lived and died in this convent. She, too, voluntarily practiced austere penances with joy out of her intense love of God, as did Third Order Franciscan, St. Mariana de Jesus, the Lily (Azucena) of Quito. Her account of her visions have been kept intact for centuries at her request. The website with the same name as Our Lady of Good Success divulges all the details.
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