August 27 – Our Lady of Quézac (Quézac, France) The Lourdes of Corsica The Shrine of Our Lady of the Graces, situated in a cove of Lavasina not far from Bastia, in the French island of Corsica, has sometimes [...] pilgrimage to Our Lady of Graces in Lavasina. She was transported there, and healed, to the great surprise of all. The shrine’s feast day in on September 8th. The Marie de Nazareth team [...] decided to use this miraculous sum to build a small chapel dedicated to the Virgin, in which the painting was installed—in the foreground of the painting is the Virgin on her knees, giving a kiss to the Child
March 18 – Our Lady of Mercy (Italy, 1586) Mary of Heaven One summer evening in 1859, near the Picheloup Woods in Arnaud-Guilhem (France), four girls aged 8 to 9, met a little girl between the age of 4 or 5 [...] girls entered the convent. Several miracles were recognized, some by the priest of Arnaud-Guilhem. The apparitions of Our Lady of Arnaud-Guilhem are more numerous and more documented than any other apparition [...] someone to carry the torch. Today, the Friends of Notre Dame de Picheloup Association continues to make this place live. "All who want to join us are welcome," says Marie-Claude Gilard, coordinator of the
August 2 - Our Lady of the Angels (Costa Rica) The Black Madonna of Mount Irazú In 1635 a young black girl found a small black stone statue of Our Lady and the Holy Child in the woods near Cartago. She [...] little chapel to house their treasured Mother and Child on the spot that she herself had chosen to stay. In time it became a famous place of pilgrimage for all of Costa Rica. The image of the black Madonna [...] her but it returned by itself to where she had found it. After several futile attempts to keep it, she took the statue to the village priest, who tried hiding it, but to no avail. It was always found back
August 18 – Our Lady of Liesse (France) Place your building under the protection of Mary! The Madonnas of Lyon Association (Les Madones de Lyon) brings to life the Marian tradition of this French city [...] Its mission is to invite homeowners and housing authorities to reinstall statues of the Virgin Mary in the many niches built for that purpose, most of the time empty, in the facades of buildings. The [...] association has counted 200 niches to date. Some niches already have a statue, others are waiting for a Madonna to be reinstalled! Each re-installation of a statue of Mary in a niche is a small heritage
Innocents - Death of Benoite Rencurel (Our Lady of the Laus, France, 1647) The First Moment of Christian Tradition Began in Mary's Heart (II) According to the recent findings of qualified exegetes of Saint John [...] that John had to say, everything that Mary had told him. Moreover, this is why the Gospel of Luke is so similar to John's. Good exegetes are well aware of this dependence of Luke with respect to John. [...] "Gospel of John". (...) Saint John was in no hurry to write. I think he didn't even want to write - and that is understandable. When we experience certain things, when we have had such close ties to someone
Basilica of Our Lady of Cléry, in a small book written in honor of this shrine built in 1280 after the miraculous discovery of a statue of the Blessed Virgin by peasants. The author devotes a large part [...] 258) - Our Lady of Graces (Cotignac, France, 1519) The Blessed Virgin wept over the scandals of the French Court A touching miracle took place on Pentecost Monday, 26th May 1670, at the Basilica of Our Lady [...] certainty of the fact may be better established, God allowed a skeptic to express his unbelief publicly: "This man was a squire, chief of the guards of the Duke of Orleans. He was trying to explain the
Innocents - Death of Benoite Rencurel (Our Lady of the Laus, France, 1647) The First Moment of Christian Tradition Began in Mary's Heart (II) According to the recent findings of qualified exegetes of Saint John [...] that John had to say, everything that Mary had told him. Moreover, this is why the Gospel of Luke is so similar to John's. Good exegetes are well aware of this dependence of Luke with respect to John. [...] "Gospel of John". (...) Saint John was in no hurry to write. I think he didn't even want to write - and that is understandable. When we experience certain things, when we have had such close ties to someone
Our Lady of Walsingham. The “Dowry Painting,” created by Amanda de Pulford, depicts the founder of the Walsingham Shrine, Richeldis, presenting the site’s famous “holy house” to Our lady and the infant Christ [...] Sunday – Our Lady of the Countryside (Italy, 1559) The Rededication of England as ”Mary’s Dowry” On February 12, 2020, after his weekly audience, Pope Francis blessed a specially commissioned painting of Our [...] Archbishop of Westminster, Monsignor John Armitage, Rector of the Walsingham National Shrine. Cardinal Nichols called the blessing “a great encouragement to us all as we prepare for our act of Rededication
he says, for you to be my servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and restore the survivors of Israel; I will make you a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth" (Is [...] December 16 – Our Lady of Good Deliverance Mary in the heart of Israel’s longing for the Messiah The longing for the Messiah in Mary’s prayer was the longing of all nations as the prophet Isaiah strongly [...] throb and overflow. For the riches of the sea shall be poured out before you, the wealth of nations shall come to you. Caravans of camels shall cover you, dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; All from Sheba
apparitions of Mary, who identified herself as "Our Lady of the Rosary." Mary urged people to pray the rosary, do penance for the conversion of sinners, and asked the Supreme Pontiff to consecrate Russia to her [...] February 27 - Our Lady of the Route (Italy, 1617) - 10th apparition in Lourdes Marian Apparitions of the Past (III) 1879, Knock, County Mayo, Ireland - During a pouring rain, the figures of Mary, Joseph [...] her Immaculate Heart. 1932-33, Beauraing, Belgium - Mary is believed to have come 33 times to the playground of a convent school to five children (ages 9-15), Andree and Gilberte Degeimbre, and Albert, Fernande
