the age of five or six. I liked to "play" mass with my cousins, but at the age of 15 or 16, that call faded. Curiously however, at the same age, I often went to pray at the grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes [...] diocese of Bordeaux, France, and of course I am Vietnamese! Marcel Van (1) was unknown to me until I arrived in France in 2002 to enroll in a School of Evangelization in Paray-le-Monial, the city of the Sacred [...] July 2 - Our Lady of Piat (Philippines) "My first mass will be said in honor of the Immaculate Heart" My name is Pierre Nguyen and I have been a priest for almost 13 years, a member of the Emmanuel community
Aug 28 - Our Lady of Kiev (Russia, 1240) - Saint Augustine Mary is Free of Sin We must not refer to the Blessed Virgin, for Christ's sake, when we are speaking about sins. We know indeed that an immense [...] immense grace was granted her to overcome all sin. For this reason she deserved to conceive and give birth to the One who it is sure had no sin.
May 12 – Our Lady of Mercy (Rimini, Italy, 1850) The three doves of the Madonna In 1946, the statue of Our Lady of Fatima was carried in procession from Bombarral to Lisbon, Portugal. Two friends who were [...] they stayed, perching close to each other. Shouts of joy, celebratory gunfire and throws of flower petals, none of these perturbed the birds that cooed and snuggled closer to the statue, staying there for [...] allowing themselves to be fed by the crowd, without leaving their places. On December 6, 1946, during the solemn Mass, a dove went to perch on the crown of the Madonna, like a symbol of the Holy Spirit. During
February 14 - Our Lady Wreathed with Roses (Pellevoisin, France, 1876) - 2nd apparition of Lourdes (1858) The tallest statue of the Madonna and Child in Europe A monumental statue of the Madonna and Child [...] Conception. The story of this statue began in 1930 when the parish priest, Father Thomas, prayed to the Virgin Mary to be healed of tuberculosis. His prayer was answered, and in thanksgiving to Mary, he commissioned [...] historical monument. To project a little hope and joy in the region during the pandemic, the city council decided to illuminate it with sparkling lights on December 8th, feast of the Immaculate Conception
Word of God... According to the flesh there is only one Mother of Christ; according to faith, Christ is the fruit of all… When this soul begins to convert to Christ, it is called Mary: that is to say, it [...] her womb. This birth of the Word by faith announced the birth of Jesus in the souls of those who believe in Him as the messenger of the Father. This is why Saint Ambrose of Milan (d. 397) gave the faithful [...] July 8 - Our Lady of Kazan (Russia) The Christian name of each soul is "Mary" Saint Augustine (354-430) said that Mary first conceived the Word in her heart through faith, before she conceived Him in her
July 22 – Our Lady of Hermits (Switzerland) – Saint Mary Magdalena Fruits of grace in Medjugorje Pope Francis has decided to authorize pilgrimages to Medjugorje, which can now be officially organized by [...] "Considering the considerable flow of people who go to Medjugorje and the abundant fruits of grace that have sprung from it," continued Gisotti, "this authorization is part of the particular pastoral attention [...] responding to journalists' questions about the announcement, specified that the papal authorization must be taken to prevent these pilgrimages from being interpreted as an authentication of known events
May 16 – Our Lady of Miracles (Saronno, Italy, 1925) The whole pontificate of Pope Francis is Marian After Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa announced to Pope Francis that he would attend the [...] the heads of state of Sao Tome, Cape Verde and Guinea Bissau. The Pope landed at 4 pm at the Monte Real airport, north of Lisbon, and arrived two hours later in Fatima. He went to the shrine of Fatima in [...] entrusted to the Virgin of Fatima in May 2013, is "Marian" in nature, as this first gesture made clear. This recent trip to Fatima, Portugal, on May 12-13, 2017, for the centenary of the apparitions to the Cova
India, to attend the first Mass of the Mary Matha festival held in Our Lady’s honor. Many Hindus joined the procession. According to the diocese of Vijayawada, in the east of India, only 60% of the participants [...] April 10 – Our Lady of Laval (France) Have you heard of Gunadala? From last February 9-11, a large number of Christians and Hindus went to St Mary’s Gunadala Matha Shrine, in the heart of southern India [...] Foreign Missions, it is in keeping with the great Marian shrines of Lourdes or Fatima. The memory of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to Bernadette Soubirous, February 11, 1858, is celebrated in great
May 15 – Our Lady of La Luz (Mexico) The Lovely Month of May A familiar thought comes back to me: The most beautiful month is the month of Mary And the only way up for our humble prayers Is by the same [...] way that God came down to us. An olden thought comes back to me: The sprightliest month is the month of Mary When winter has rolled away the irksome cold To reveal the springtime of a rejuvenated world. [...] thought comes to me: The newest month is the month of Mary When life is reborn with the scent of spring Giving back to mankind what was robbed by Eve. Then a decisive and final thought comes to me: Prayer
base of the statue to behead it. He managed to do it, to the delight of his friends, who gave vent to their hatred of religion around the mutilated statue. A few weeks later, the anarchist went to the doctor [...] trying to "cleanse" a city of all its religious objects. They attempted to tip over a statue of the Virgin Mary, but couldn’t do it! It looked like a mysterious power kept her in place. Then one of them [...] January 24 – Our Lady of prayer (Toledo, Spain) - Saint Francis de Sales The day he desecrated the statue of the Madonna "Let the modern iconoclasts meditate the following fact that happened during the
