Praying the Memorare saved his life On a cold February day of 1823, the founder of the Marist Brothers, Saint Marcellin Champagnat, decided to go visit a sick brother in Bourg-Argental (central France) with another [...] the next morning, Fr Champagnat and Br Stanislas went on their way. Translated and adapted from: Saint Marcellin Champagnat
from Judaism. Hermann received baptism on August 28, 1847, the feast of Saint Augustine, whom he had chosen as his patron saint. On September 8, he made his First Communion.
In 1974, the rector of the seminary of Saint Theresa of Issia, Father Paul Pageaud, wrote to a stigmatized sister, Sister Mary of the Cross, whom he had met in Saint Aignan in western France, asking for [...] consists of two chapels that host pilgrims. The chapel of Our Lady of Deliverance and the chapel of Saint Joseph. Sources: Marian Encyclopedia and www.la-cotellerie.com (1) Father Emiliano Tardif (1928-1999)
cause the Virgin Mary to lose her virginity, so his Resurrection did not break the seals of the tomb. Saint John Chrysostom (d. 407) Excerpt from his Thoughts
faith and love at the center of each "Hail Mary". Address of Pope Benedict XVI in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, May 3, 2008
hands effective instruments for the defeat of Satan and the spreading of God’s kingdom upon earth. Saint Maximilian Kolbe
May 7 - Feast of Our Lady of Monticino (Italy, 1776) Jesus Will Reign Through Mary (I) Saints have said wonderful things about Mary, the Holy City of God. As they themselves have admitted, they were never
as well as those special bonds which continue to unite me to the Mother of God in ever new ways. Saint John Paul II, Vittorio Messori. “Crossing the Threshold of Hope ” (1994) p.373
do we glorify God when to please him we submit ourselves to Mary, taking Jesus as our sole model.” Saint Louis de Montfort Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin §18
Grace "Full of grace" is the name Mary possesses in the eyes of God. Indeed the angel, according to Saint Luke's account, uses this expression even before he speaks the name "Mary" and thus emphasizes the
