July 12 - Apparitions of Myriam, Immaculate Mother of Jesus, to Sebastian Fausto de Faria (Natividade, Brazil, 1968, approved) Prayers to Mary, Undoer of Knots, started in the 17th century The tradition

XII consecrates Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1952) The first fruits of the consecration of Russia to the Heart of Mary The "Consecration of Russia to her Immaculate Heart" is a votive prayer requested [...] dates from May 29, 1929. And in 1952, Pope Pius XII consecrated "the peoples of Russia" to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in his papal bull Sacro vergente anno. But as Sister Lucia herself pointed out (1) [...] His Holiness, were united with the People of God, the Mystical Body of Christ; he made it to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of Christ and of his Mystical Body, so that with her and through her, with

February 7 - Blessed Pius IX, Pope of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception (d. 1878) "From now on, I don't want to live without Mary!" We had planned to go on pilgrimage to Medjugorje (1) (Bosnia He

December 8 - Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mary, "the dawn before the day of Christ" Instinctively, like the apostles in the Upper Room, we place Mary at the heart of the Church. She

December 7 - Saint Ambrose, Doctor of the Church (d. 397) - Vigil of the Immaculate Conception When we pray the Rosary, we receive the gift of strength In the car on the way back from Rome, where I had

ovember 20 - Cardinal Spellman consecrates the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington (United States, 1959) Vatican II: "An incomparable hymn of praise in honor to Mary" In promulgating

October 20 - Consecration of Portugal to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception (Portugal, 1646) The wedding feast at Cana: trusting in Mary Today is Thursday, the day in which we pray the Luminous Mysteries

Oct. 17 - St. Maximilian Kolbe founds the Knights of the Immaculate (Rome, 1917) “No prayer is more pleasing to God” By the Rosary, you can obtain everything. To use a graceful comparison, it is like a

- 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 Fr Godard [...] heart. He consoled the sick and dying, reassuring them, “Are you not then the beloved child of the immaculate mother?” We see a similar devotion in the life of the holy nun, St Rafqa. Losing her mother at

of Immaculate Conception.” Bear in mind that the apparitions in Gietrzwałd took place a mere 20 years after those of Lourdes, where the Mother of God told Bernadette Soubirous “I am the Immaculate Conception [...] Church (d. 444) - Our Lady of Perpetual Help (1866) - Anniversary of the 160 apparitions of the Immaculate Queen of the Rosary to Justina Szafrynska and Barbara Samulowska in Gietrzwald (Poland, 187 The [...] Conception,” and barely 23 years after Pope Pius IX announced the dogma of Our Lady’s Immaculate Conception. During July, Szafryńska and Samulowska were daily visited by Our Lady during the evening Rosary