people at the Shrine of Maipu – the national Marian shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The shrine was originally erected in 1818 by O’Higgins. He had promised Our Lady he would erect a shrine [...] he crowned two statues of Mary, venerate a third, and took part in a Marian prayer service. In Chile, Pope Francis crowned a statue of Our Lady of Mount Carmel — the patroness of Chile — during a Mass at [...] celebration during which he venerated Our Lady and a special litany was sung in her honor. The litany was composed by Turibius of Mogrovejo, who was archbishop of Lima from 1579 to 1606. Adapted from Aleteia January
Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, led a “Renewal of the Consecration of the United States of America to the Blessed Virgin Mary” on May 1st. The [...] States. “The first missionaries came to this country under the mantle of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Later, the bishops consecrated her as patroness of the United States of America,” he said. “The Blessed Virgin [...] reconsecrated the country to Mary as the nation continues to struggle in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Bishops in Canada also used May 1st to rededicate their country to the Blessed Virgin. Archbishop
world fell to the iron grip of atheistic Communism. On Oct. 16, 1978, aware of the spread of Communism, the College of Cardinals chose the Archbishop of Krakow, Karol Wojtyla, as the next Pontiff. Of the new [...] devotion: from the devotion to Mother of Perpetual Help in his parish church in Wadowice, to his pilgrimages to the shrine of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska and ultimately to the Black Madonna icon in Czestochowa. In [...] of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima, Mehmet Ali Agca, a Turkish terrorist, shot the Pope from a distance of less than twenty feet. In great pain, the Holy Father kept repeating, “Mary, my Mother!
messages of Fatima and Akita are essentially the same." Like that of Fatima, the message of Akita warns of a punishment for the whole world, if it does not convert. The third message of Our Lady of Akita [...] apparitions of Akita as "reliable and trustworthy." Ten years later, he had an opportunity to evoke Akita with the Philippine Ambassador to the Vatican, who remembers: "The Cardinal personally confirmed to me that [...] Akita delivered on October 13, 1973, occurred on the anniversary of the last vision and the miracle of Fatima. On that day Our Lady said: "If men do not repent and better themselves, the Father will inflict
missionary to Lebanon, wrote, “Lebanon is the only country in the world to have deserved, by merit of its beauty and charm, this comparison to Mary, the most radiant of creatures.” Our Lady, or Adra (Virgin) [...] September 3 - Saint Gregory the Great, Pope, Doctor of the Church (d. 604) - Consecration of Germany to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1954) A strong devotion to the Virgin Mary is stamped on each Maronite soul [...] three days, Charbel chose to dwell in the house of God to do his Father’s work. Mary would become his mother, as he promised to leave all things behind—even his own family—to serve God. As a monk and hermit
Fatima: the Miracle of the Sun (Portugal, 1917) "Mary came to save us from a fundamental ideological error" On the occasion of Pope Francis' brief visit to the shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal on [...] First of all, Our Lady wanted to put an end to the First World War, which she did thanks to the means she provided, and which was used by the Church and the shepherds. Secondly, she wanted to prevent [...] secret would Our Lady of Fatima have for us today? "We must have the courage to say that Mary's great suffering is the fear of seeing souls go to hell. The young shepherds saw the reality of hell. We shouldn't
barefoot in gratitude to the Shrine of Our Lady in Manila. The Blessed Mother was given the name of La Naval and from then on was known as Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary of La Naval of Manila. Aleteia [...] devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary. They find countless ways to honor her in their daily lives. Among these is a grand celebration held every year on the second Sunday of October, to honor Our Lady of the [...] features of Our Lady’s face and the Child Jesus’ face reflect the sculptor’s ethnicity. Governor Dasmarinas loved the statue and dedicated it to his late father. The statue was called Our Lady of the Most
power to the prayer of the Rosary, to such an extent that there is not a single problem, even the most difficult, whether temporal or especially spiritual, affecting us in our personal lives or in our families [...] Mother of God (Bistrica, Croatia) - Third apparition at Fatima: the vision of Hell To those who think the Rosary is monotonous When lovers are together, they spend hours repeating the same thing to each [...] difficult one, that cannot be solved by praying the Holy Rosary. Sister Lucia of Fatima, one of the three visionaries visited by Our Lady in Fatima, Portugal Jésus en premier
issue was to a large extent answered by the Fathers of Ephesus when they declared Our Lady to be the Theotokos, or Mother of God, 'in order to protect the doctrine of the Incarnation, and to preserve the [...] the honors paid to Our Lady, which have grown out of devotion to her Son, do not in fact tend to weaken that devotion to Christ. A related question also presented itself: was it possible to so exalt a creature [...] August 11 - Saint Clare of Assisi (d. 1253) - Death of Cardinal Saint John Henry Newman (d. 1890) - Inauguration of Constantinople (Byzantium), a city dedicated to the Mother of God St John Henry Newman:
July 9 - Our Lady of Itati (Argentina) - Our Lady of Chiquinquira (Colombia) The Virgin of the Rosary of Chiquinquira Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquira is the patron of Colombia, as well as of the city [...] city of Maracaibo, of the Zulia State in Venezuela, and of the city of Caraz, Peru. In 2019, Colombia celebrated the centenary of the coronation of the Virgin of the Rosary of Chiquinquira, their Queen [...] the Shrine of Chiquinquira, in the department of Boyaca (a region of the Andes located more than 2,000 meters above sea level). Spanish artist Alonso de Narváez painted the image of Our Lady of the Rosary
