Our Lady of the Way

The title “Our Lady of the Way” (Madonna della Strada) comes from a beautiful shrine kept in one of the streets of Rome, where a picture painted in the fifth century was venerated. This lovely picture, to which Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus, was so devoted — and before which he and his early companions used to assemble when first they came to the Eternal City — is now kept in the Church of the Gesù, in Rome, a church of the Society of Jesus. Pilgrims visit it there every day and keep constantly telling of the favors they receive from the Mother of God after kneeling and praying before it.

Our Lady of the Way, Church of the Gesù, Rome

Our Lady of the Way, Church of the Gesù, Rome (source)