Why pilgrims come
Understand the Marian devotion rooted in Quito
The Conceptionist monastery preserves the centuries-old apparition tradition associated with Mother Mariana de Jesús Torres and the original image of Our Lady of Good Success. In 1991 the Archbishop of Quito declared the church an archdiocesan Marian shrine and authorized the image’s canonical coronation—clear approval of public devotion, but not by itself authentication of every later prophecy or message claim.
Visit Quito’s oldest women’s monastery for a Marian devotion rooted in the reported mystical experiences of Mother Mariana de Jesús Torres. The strongest documented ecclesiastical facts are the devotion’s long public life, the 1991 designation of the church as an archdiocesan Marian shrine, and the canonical coronation of the image. Catholic Tourist distinguishes those facts from broader claims attached to later retellings of the prophecies.
What to notice
Look closely at the place and its story
The original venerated image
Pray before the image connected with the monastery’s seventeenth-century apparition tradition and centuries of public devotion.
An archdiocesan Marian shrine
The Archbishop of Quito formally designated the monastery church as a Marian shrine in 1991.
Canonical coronation
The image was canonically crowned on February 2, 1991, recognizing the established devotion of Quito’s faithful.
Devotion with careful discernment
Separate the Church’s approval of public devotion from claims that every circulated prophecy has received formal authentication.
Feasts, anniversaries & celebrations
Apparition timeline
1 recorded apparition dates
Reported apparitions of Our Lady of Good Success
How to read this page
Sources, tradition, and what is verified
No verification date is listed, so current visitor details should be confirmed directly.
This page records the site’s tradition as “Catholic.” That wording describes the nature of the claim and keeps devotional tradition distinct from independently verified history.