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May 10, 2022Mary’s Travelers is a spiritual community dedicated to Mary and her special intercession. Community members invoke the protection of Christ's Mother on all their journeys and call on her to keep them, their loved ones, and all travelers under her divine protection.
In honor of the beautification of Our Lady of the Highways Shrine in Childs MD, Mary's Travelers program has been updated and redesigned and is available to anyone, anywhere! The original statue was 5 feet tall and made from cement. It now stands 12 feet and is made from pure marble.
After a tragic automobile accident on Interstate 95 in the late 1960s, the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales erected a shrine named Our Lady of the Highways. Thus began a spiritual movement that asks Mary, the Mother of Jesus, to intercede and protect travelers all over the country. This became known as Mary’s Travelers and is a way the Oblates and their supporters have helped people on the road of life for more than 50 years.
In the tradition of St. Francis de Sales, travelers make their journeys “holy” by doing it in a spirit of love, always being mindful of others. Special benefits of the program include:- Exclusive access to Mary's Travelers Facebook Group for prayers and to support fellow Travelers as a community;
- Membership card with travel prayer;
- Remembrance by Oblates in special Masses throughout the year;
- Invitation to the Annual Oblate Memorial Mass;
- Mary's Travelers Newsletter;
- Discounts on Salesian books and artwork;
- Mary’s Travelers car decal.
