October 23 – Our Lady of Frassino (Lake Garda, Italy) The indestructible image of Mary The small town of Ivrea in Piedmont, Italy, is home to a women’s religious community. Inside their convent is a painting [...] part of an estate sale held in Turin in the house of a Waldensian* named Albert Pizio, on December 8, 1859. On the day of the sale, friends of Pizio came to look at the furniture. One of them saw the religious [...] who advised him to bring the painting to the local nuns’ convent. It remained there until 1942, year of the bombing of Turin, when it was transferred to Ivrea. The holy painting continues to be visited and

chaplain of all the armies of Europe. He lifted the spirit of Vienna and managed to convince the King of Poland, John III Sobieski, to come to the rescue of the capital, with his small army of only 40,000 [...] September 11 – Our Lady of Coromoto (Venezuela, 1652) The image of the Virgin on all banners! More than a century after their defeat at Lepanto (1571), the Turks attempted to invade Western Europe by land [...] 150,000 to 300,000 men under his command. He pledged to take Belgrade (Serbia), Buda (in today’s Hungary), Vienna (Austria), then enter Italy and descend on Rome, "all the way to the altar of Saint Peter

you as our Patroness and our strength." This commitment is still valid and the Madagascans continue to faithfully pray, to the Virgin Mary in particular, in the numerous grottos of Our Lady of Lourdes [...] October 5 - Our Lady of Zapopan (Mexico) Mary Patroness of Madagascar In 1971 Madagascar celebrated the 100th anniversary of the arrival of the first Catholic priest in Fianarantsoa. Archbishop Gilbert [...] teaching hymns to the children and showed them how to pray the Rosary. His constant recourse to the Immaculate Virgin allowed Fr. Finaz, in spite of seemingly insurmountable difficulties, to obtain from the

world today. The renown of Our Lady of Good Health is based on three events which all took place in the sixteenth century. The first event was an apparition of Our Lady holding a lovely child in her arms [...] Aug 29 - Our Lady of Tears in Syracuse (Italy, 1953) The Vast Shrine of Vailankanni (I) The shrine of Vailankanni, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, is now perhaps the most frequented shrine in the world [...] the site of the apparition where the gentleman prostrated himself on the ground in awe, and others also began to believe in the Heavenly Lady. From that day on the pond came to be known as Our Lady's Pond

the arms of the ever Virgin of the whole of our life, of our ministry in its entirety. Mary Most Holy also leads us, like John, beneath the Cross of her Son and Our Lord in order to contemplate, with her [...] for our priestly life: let us entrust ourselves confidently to the prayer of the whole of Holy Mother Church, to the motherhood of the People, whose pastors we are but to whom are entrusted our custody [...] through the heart of a mother." This is true with regard to obvious biological motherhood but it is also true of the "birth" of every form of fidelity to the Vocation of Christ. We cannot do without a spiritual

the river to the ends of the earth" (Zech 9:10; cf. Mt 21:5). He will lead nations "with an iron scepter" (Ps 2:1-9). "His empire shall stretch from sea to sea, from the river to the limits of the earth" [...] December 14 - Our Lady of Alba Royale (Hungary, 1005) Mary in the Midst of Israel's Waiting (V) "His dominion is an everlasting dominion" (Dan 7:14) Israel's and the Blessed Virgin's exceptancy was for [...] from sea to sea and from the river to the ends of the earth" (Zech 9:9-10). God's small stone "became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth" (Dan 2:35) and his empire "will be from sea to sea, and

September 27 - Our Lady of Alcazar (Toledo, Spain) The Saving Grace of the Rosary Grandfather was a slate worker. He went to work every morning, on foot, reciting his rosary. At that time, there was no [...] What should he do? Continue on his way to work or go back home to get it? He made his decision quickly, turned around and ran back home. He returned in haste, but got to work 10 minutes late. His fellow workers [...] came home that evening and told me the news, I trembled from head to foot. Since this occurrence, the rosary has had the place of honor in our family. We will never forget that it preserved us from many a

jubilation ). We traveled by bus from Paris to Laon (Aisne department of France). The journey by bus helped us to know each other and, for those who wanted to, to share our conversion story for the group. The [...] The mission of Eleutheros is to defend and promote freedom of conscience, choice and practice of Catholic faith among those who want to become or remain Christians, and might be subject to pressure, threats [...] overwhelmed, and cried tears of joy, sadness and love. I loved this deep time of contemplation. At the end of the day, we returned to Paris by bus, happy, tired, but filled with the love of Christ! For my first

quick to give all the credit to God. “Icon? I really don’t think of myself in that way,” Carey said. “I started making music out of a necessity to survive and to express myself. I just wanted to create [...] March 8 – Our Lady of Graces (Italy, 1487) – Saint John of God Mariah Carey says that Mary, not she, is the true ‘Queen of Christmas’ In recent years pop sensation Mariah Carey has become known as the [...] and I just want to humbly say that I don’t consider myself that.” “I’m someone that loves Christmas, that happened to be blessed to write ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ and a lot of other Christmas

June 29 – Saints Peter and Paul – Our Lady of Laghet (France) – Immaculate Heart of Mary 2019: A jubilee year for the Shrine of Cotignac Our Lady of Graces Shrine in Cotignac (southern France) is celebrating [...] anniversary of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary in this blessed place. And from Saturday, August 10th, to Friday, August 16, 2019, there will be a Jubilee Festival to commemorate the apparitions of the Virgin [...] Saint Joseph also appeared to a thirsty shepherd to whom he said: "Lift this rock and you will drink," revealing a hidden source. The rock we are asked to remove is our heart of stone hardened by sin that