The venerated statue of Our Lady of Walsingham was solemnly and canonically crowned in the name of Pope Pius XII, by the Papal Nuncio – Archbishop O’Hara,

during the National Pilgrimage of the solemnity of the Assumption, August 15th 1954. (A Marian Year)

Tune into this remarkable pathe film footage – where you will witness the solemn Crowning, amidst 15 thousand fervent pilgrims, and most remarkable of all, how two white doves descended on Our Blessed Mother as she was processed along the Holy Mile, and into the Slipper Chapel.