Our Lady of Trà Kiệu (Vietnamese:Đức Mẹ Trà Kiệu is the name given byVietnamese Catholics to aMarian apparition in a shrine built in 1898 on Bửu Châu hill east ofTrà Kiệu village inDuy Sơn commune,Duy Xuyên district,Quảng Nam province,Vietnam. The shrine was dedicated toOur Lady Help of Christians in remembrance of the Virgin Mary's help in the Catholic resistance to theCần Vương movement at this location in 1885.[1] On May 31, 1971, BishopPhêrô Maria Phạm Ngọc Chi selected Trà Kiệu as the location of the Marian Center of theRoman Catholic Diocese of Đà Nẵng. The diocese organizes an annual Our Lady of Trà Kiệu Festival on May 31.[2]
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