Lady of Providence Medals

Shop for Our Lady of Providence medals in sterling silver and yellow gold. Our Lady of Providence is the patroness of Indiana and Puerto Rico. The feast day is November 19. Nuns and lay people pray at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Providence, located in the town of Saint Mary-Of the Woods, Indiana. Devotion to Our Lady of the Divine Providence started in Italy in the early 13th century. Hundres of years later in 1848, Bishop Gil Esteve Tomas, a Catalan, was named bishop of Puerto Rico. He and brought his devotion to Our Lady of the Divine Providence with him.