neck and copy down Saint Bernard's The Memorare, since he refused to recite it. On January 20, 1842, he accompanied the Baron de Bussieres on an errand that ended up in the Church of Saint Andrew of the Thickets

Serpent’s Head In 580 Pope Gregory the Great gave the statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe as a gift to Saint Leander, Bishop of Seville. Later, in the 8th century, due to Muslim invasions, this great religious [...] Estremadura Mountains. This much-venerated statue of the Madonna and Child is said to have been carved by Saint Luke himself. After the overthrow of Moorish occupation, the image was uncovered in the year 1326

perfect union of these two hearts, that of Jesus and that of Mary, lost in one love and one life. - Saint Peter Julian Eymard (1811-1868), missionary of the Most Holy Eucharist Mary is the original root cause [...] prayers to the branch that bears it, and seek Jesus Eucharist only upon the virginal breast of Mary. - Saint Bonaventure Adoperp

celebrated by Bishop Centène of Vannes. The parish priest, Father Jean-François Audrain, priest of Saint Philip Neri, explains: "Our church was already attracting many passers-by to the foot of Our Lady [...] Our Lady of Victory. Consequently, in 1867 Pope Pius IX proclaimed Our Lady of Victory the patron saint of Lorient. The second miracle happened in 1943, during the Second World War. After the bombing of

of Charity (Rumilly, France, 1856) I came to the king from the Blessed Virgin Mary French heroine Saint Joan of Arc (1412-1431) led a war of liberation to free her country from the English invader in the [...] Lorraine: On January 6, 1412, the inhabitants of Domrémy, the small village of eastern France where Saint Joan of Arc grew up, were returning home after attending Mass for the beautiful feast of the Epiphany

empty." Adapted from: The Mystery of Joseph (Editions Saint-Paul, Paris, 1997) by Fr. Marie-Dominique Philippe, founder of the Community of Saint John

of Guadalupe is with child! December 12th marks the anniversary of the apparition of Our Lady to Saint Juan Diego in Mexico, in 1531. The number of pilgrims flocking to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe [...] child! Our Lady of Guadalupe was declared Patroness of the Americas and Star of Evangelization by Saint John Paul II. The Marie de Nazareth Team

Miraculous Medal (Paris, France, 1830) Traveling with Mother Mary I am a student, from the town of Sainte Anne d'Auray, France. This summer I toured Europe’s Marian shrines, hitch-hiking and on foot. Without [...] so that I would find strength in God alone. Finally, Mary took me back to her mother's house, at Sainte Anne d'Auray, protecting me from many dangers along the way. Swann Cimbe-Brianceau Pilgrim of the

October 8 – Mary Mother of Hungary He threw the last thing he possessed to the crowd Saint John Ogilvie (1579-1615) was a Jesuit martyr who was executed in Glasgow, Scotland, by Anglican Protestants on [...] the head of the Church in the British realms… Just before they tied his hands on the scaffold the saint quickly pulled out his rosary and tossed it to the crowd as a token of farewell. There was a Protestant

devotion to the two Hearts was already very dear to Saint John Eudes (who will certainly be declared "Doctor of the Church" soon) before the apparitions to Saint Margaret Mary. Notre Histoire avec Marie