forgetting to pray. This is the meaning of the apparitions of Our Lady of the Wicker Tree (Notre Dame de l'Osier) in 1649, La Salette in 1846 (Isère department), and even more explicitly of Saint Bauzille [...] for instance the importance of observing Sunday as a day of rest, the sanctification of the Lord’s day and of holy feast days. On several occasions Mary came to remind us of this obligation, reproaching [...] middle of the Franco-Prussian war, to six witnesses. The next day, the Prussians withdrew from the gates of Laval where they were preparing to enter. Mary has since been invoked under the name of Our Lady
October 24 – Our Lady Consoler of the Afflicted (Russia) – Our Lady of La Regla (Cuba) – Saint Anthony Mary Claret, founder of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (d. 1870) "Make yourself [...] decided to answer this call. She went to her father's workshop and found a chain to wear around her waist as a sign of her personal consecration to Mary. She prayed: "Holy Virgin, since you deign to want [...] want me to be yours, from this moment I offer you all that I am and I promise to serve you all my life as a slave.” Shortly thereafter, Agnes made a vow of virginity before Our Lady of Le Puy. Saint Louis
pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Montserrat, he began to display his charitable virtue. His concern for captive Christians began to build, and he decided to establish a religious order dedicated to helping [...] September 24 - Our Lady of Mercy - Our Lady of Walsingham (England) Mary is the foundation of freedom and mercy Peter Nolasco was born in Castelnaudary (located in southern France) in 1189. His well-to-do parents [...] 1203. In 1218, Raymond of Penafort started a lay organization for the purpose of ransoming slaves. Peter, who was an advocate for this, decided to start an organization made up of religious members under
August 10 – Our Lady of Graces (Cotignac, France, 1519) – Our Lady of Mercy All because the hermit prayed before the image of the Virgin Mary In the late 17 th century, a good hermit in the north of France [...] demon said to him: “The torments that I am causing you are nothing in comparison with what you make me suffer. Swear to me that you won’t talk, and I will tell you what you must stop doing for me to leave you [...] you alone.” The good hermit agreed, so Satan said to him: “I want you to stop looking at the image that you have in your cell!” This was the image of the Virgin Mary, before whom the hermit prayed. From
January 14 – Our Lady of Bergemont (France) – Our Lady of the Lamp (Rome, Italy) The Everest of the Seas On October 31, 2016, at 4:00 pm, the statue of Our Lady of Rocamadour docked at the Sables d'Olonne [...] town in western France) before being carried in solemn procession to Our Lady of Safe Arrival Church, where it was exposed to the devotion of the faithful throughout the 8th annual Vendée Globe, the most famous [...] sailors to thank the Virgin for saving them from shipwreck. It was a way to give a Christian dimension to this race and to show the skippers of the Vendée Globe that the Catholic community thinks of them
Feast of Our Lady of the Angels of Portiuncula (Italy) - Our Lady of the Kneeling (France) The imprints of the Virgin’s knees are still visible at this shrine Around the year 456, the Shrine of Our Lady [...] Agde to Our Lady of Grau, each representing a Mystery of the Passion of Christ. This added to the popularity of the pilgrimage. The French Revolution destroyed all the chapels, and pilgrimages to Our Lady [...] the marks of her knees still visible on the rock. From then on, Our Lady of the Kneeling ( Agenouillade ) also known as Our Lady of Grau, became an important site of pilgrimage, believed to have served
July 9 - Our Lady of Itati (Argentina) - Our Lady of Chiquinquira (Colombia) Colombia, a country of Marian devotion The Spanish colonizers arrived in the region of Colombia around 1500. The indigenous [...] National Shrine of Colombia is the Basilica of Our Lady of Las Lajas, located in southern Colombia, near the small town of Ipiales. But it is the Basilica of Chiquinquirá, which houses the image of the Virgen [...] attachment to Mary. During the reign of Pope Pius XII, the president of Colombia recited the Little Office of Our Lady every Saturday, the deputies placed themselves under the protection of Mary and promised
April 27 – Our Lady of Montserrat (Spain) – Our Lady of Vilnius (Lithuania) A statue of Mary still standing after the tragic wildfire in Colorado On Dec. 30, a fast-moving wildfire destroyed approximately [...] Among those who lost their homes are Kat and Tom Greany of Louisville. When the couple returned to what was left of their home, they found their statue of Mary still standing. Tom Greany wrote the following [...] strong despite everything they have lost. Hail Full of Grace! When we arrived at our home, it was completely destroyed. All but five of 55 homes in our neighborhood were. Those that were not were completely
March 15 – 3rd Sunday of Lent – Our Lady of Under-the-Earth (Chartres, France) – Our Lady of Fossolovara (Italy) In Chartres, Mary was venerated before the birth of Jesus! In Notre Dame of Chartres Cathedral [...] rebuilding of different churches, the original Druid grotto, called Our Lady Underground, was kept in the underground crypt of the Cathedral of Chartres. The crypt is a beautiful shrine to Our Lady venerated [...] a new statue carved of stone placed in it. So, Our Lady is still Our Lady Underground and the shrine was built on what is probably the oldest shrine dedicated to Our Blessed Lady anywhere in the world
October 12 - Our Lady of the Pillar (Spain) - Our Lady of Aparecida (Brazil) The Rosary is a powerful weapon against all the powers of hell "We must be aware of a great truth which is not sufficiently [...] all the powers of hell. The Mother of God, who in the past has given proofs of her maternal goodness, always responds to our needs. She will not disappoint us! Leaning on the Mother of God, you may feel [...] without any harm; the spirit of strength, piety, wisdom and intelligence will be given to you, and the more fervent you will be in the recitation of the sublime prayer of the Hail Mary, the more the Holy
