(15 Nov 2024)
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Paris, France – 15 November 2024
1. Various of a copy of Virgin Mary statue leaving Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois Church surrounded by faithful chanting and holding candles
2. Wide of procession passing by the Louvre
3. Members of procession marching and chanting
4. Wide of copy of Virgin Mary statue passing by Eiffel Tower
5. Pan of procession arriving at Notre Dame square
6. Various of restored Virgin Mary statue being unloaded from truck
7. Various of procession ahead of blessing ceremony
8. SOUNDBITE (French) Jing Jing Hu, member of procession:
“I see the statue and the tears fall all by themselves. It’s like that, you can’t explain it. Then I followed the path to get here and on the way, it’s very moving too: people sing along, with the candles. It’s really a feeling… I don’t know how to explain it, but it’s really very moving."
9. SOUNDBITE (French) Francois Flechy, member of procession:
“Lots of sacredness, beautiful emotion. A whitewashed, immaculate Virgin Mary whom we followed closely throughout the procession. We were really at her feet. Those were beautiful images that I think will leave a lasting impression on the kid too. When we’ll go to see it in the cathedral, I think she’ll remember it, and for a long time.”
10. Various of Notre Dame bells ringing during ceremony
11. UPSOUND (French) Archbishop Laurent Ulrich of Paris leading a blessing ceremony: “Brothers and sisters, you were right to come this evening. It’s an immense joy that we all carry in our hearts, and we’ll meet again in a few days’ time to open the door, the door that is Christ, the door that Christ opens for us.”
12. Virgin Mary statue
13. Crowd listening during ceremony
14. Archbishop Laurent Ulrich of Paris blessing the statue with incense
15. Various of crowd listening and praying
16. UPSOUND (French) Archbishop Laurent Ulrich of Paris leading a blessing ceremony: “Tonight, Notre Dame (our lady in French) returns to her cathedral. She enters first. She marches forward to show the way to men and women of good will, from France and all over the world, who are waiting to return to the cathedral, their cathedral, Notre Dame de Paris, Notre Dame of the world.”
17. Various of procession leaving the ceremony
18. Crowd taking pictures of Virgin Mary statue being loaded in a truck
19. Various of truck entering reconstruction site
20. Truck parked in front of cathedral’s entrance
STORYLINE:
A medieval statue of the Virgin Mary and Child, known as “The Virgin of Paris,” returned to Notre Dame cathedral Friday evening, five years after surviving the devastating 2019 fire that engulfed the landmark.
The nearly six-foot-tall stone sculpture, a symbol of hope and faith for Catholics in Paris and beyond, was relocated after the blaze on April 15, 2019.
Miraculously intact, it earned the nickname “Stabat Mater” — the standing Virgin — as a sign of resilience amid the destruction.
“I see the statue and the tears fall all by themselves," a member of the procession, Jing Jing Hu, told The Associated Press. “On the way, it’s very moving too: people sing along, with the candles," she added.
The statue’s return began with a torchlit procession from the forecourt of Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois Church. Hundreds of faithful and residents accompanied the statue along the Seine river to the cathedral’s square, where a blessing ceremony took place.
Archbishop Laurent Ulrich of Paris then led a ceremony followed by a vigil concluding a nine-day prayer cycle that began Nov. 7.
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