On April 20, 1906. thirty-six boys attending the boarding school of
the Jesuit Fathers at Quito, Ecuador , together with Father Andrew
Roesch. witnessed the first miracle of this famous picture. While in
the refectory they saw the Blessed Mother slowly open and shut her
eyes. The same miracle occurred several times after this. once more in
favour of the boys at the school, but this time in the chapel to which
the picture had been taken. Subsequently, the Canonical process of
examination was carried out by the ecclesiastical authorities . The
Vicar General ordered the picture to be transferred in procession from
the College to the church of the Jesuit Fathers. At the church, the
prodigy was repeated several times before the crowds gathered there
and many conversions took place. And again the wonder repeated itself,
at one time for three consecutive days. At Riobamba, the same wonder
was witnessed before a reproduction of the picture by more than twenty
persons, among whom was the president of the municipality . In Quito,
this picture is known as Dolorosa del Colegio
