– Our Lady of Bocciola (Italy, 1543) – The Great Return of Our Lady of Boulogne (France, 1938) 2018: A Year of the Rosary for the Diocese of Mangalore Most Rev Aloysius Paul Dsouza, Bishop of Mangalore [...] thousands of faithful of Mangalore Diocese publicly adored. Rev Fr Antony Sera, parish priest of Bendur preached the homily on the theme 'Mary, the Eucharistic Woman's highlighting the role of Mary in Christian [...] this year is declared as the year of Rosary with two specific motives. Firstly, that Rosario Cathedral, the oldest church in the Mangalore Diocese has completed 450 years of it's existence. This Church began

national Act of Trust in Mary. Three years after that act of consecration to Mary, in 1696, the miracle of Máriapócs occurred… and just one year later, in 1697, the Turks were definitively driven out of the A [...] 4 - Saint Charles Borromeo, Cardinal, Bishop of Milan (d. 1584) - Our Lady of Pötsch (Máriapócs, Hungary) The tears of the Madonna of Máriapócs The shrine of Máriapócs in Hungary is a Greek-Catholic church [...] Ukraine. An object of veneration inside is an ancient icon of the Madonna and Child, of the Hodigitria type (The one who shows the Way) bearing the signature from its author: "I, a servant of God, had this

Virgin of the French (Nagasaki, Japan) – Our Lady of Blaj (Romania) The miraculous icon of Our Lady of Blaj Blaj, located in central Romania, is a city of Roman origin and the historic capital of Transylvania [...] cultural center of the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church in that region. Its cathedral, built in 1749, contains a Madonna and Child Hodegetria icon (1), one of the most widespread and popular types of Marian icons [...] the icon, hung in the iconostasis (2), wept at the funeral of Saint Peter-Paul Aron, a bishop devoted to the Virgin Mary and a staunch defender of unity with Rome. After this miracle, the cathedral became

August 5 - Dedication of Santa Maria Maggiore: Miracle of the Snow The Sign of Our Lady of the Snows According to tradition, the Blessed Virgin herself inspired the building of the Basilica Santa Maria [...] Council of Ephesus (431), which recognized the title of Theotokos, "Mother of God" for the Blessed Virgin. The Basilica Saint Mary Major, the first Marian basilica in the West and the most important of all [...] venerated there, and the "Miracle of the Snow" is recalled each year on the 5th of August by a solemn celebration, during which a rain of white petals is dropped from the ceiling of the church on the assembly

February 28 - Our Lady of Tears (Italy, 1522) - 11th apparition in Lourdes (France, 1858) The Mercy of Deathbed and the Power of the Rosary Some of Father Sebastian Walshe’s greatest experiences as a priest [...] moment of our death. That is a moment of supreme importance and that is when our lady is most present to every soul, literally at the hour of their death.” St. Faustina talked about the miracles of Divine [...] saving of souls and people in heaven,” she wrote in her book, Devotion for the Dying: Mary’s Call to her Loving Children. Potter recommended offering sacrifices and putting sinners into the heart of Our Blessed

November 3 – Our Lady of Coromoto (Venezuela) The Jubilee Year of Our Lady of La Vang in Vietnam Thousands of faithful gathered at the Shrine of Our Lady of La Vang (Central Vietnam) on August 14 and 15 [...] the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Four bishops and hundreds of priests concelebrated the different masses organized during this annual celebration. Bishop Pierre Nguyen Van De, bishop of Thai Bingh, told [...] faithful that the Virgin Mary and their own ancestors had lived the divine mercy and put it into action. The martyrs of Vietnam have borne witness to God's mercy with courage, at the cost of their own lives, so

Heart of Mary, made by Pope Pius XII on October 31, 1942, the bishops of France consecrated all French parishes to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on March 28, 1943, and inaugurated the return of Our Lady [...] Lady of Hope (Italy, 1755) The Great Return of Our Lady of Boulogne (II) Four copies of the statue were made to replace the miraculous original. The new statues have been lovingly called "Our Lady of the [...] August 1938, one of the four copies of the Virgin of the Sea travelled across France on a great pilgrimage, arriving in Lourdes on September 8, 1942. After the act of Consecration of the world to the

Lady of the Pillar (Spain) – Our Lady of Aparecida (Brazil) Our Lady of Aparecida in Brazil and the meaning of the “Immaculate Conception” for our times The tiny clay image of the Blessed Virgin of Aparecida [...] image, and a series of churches were built in her honor, culminating in the huge basilica that now houses the statue. […] The posture of the Virgin of Aparecida is typical of images of Mary portraying the [...] interrupted the flow of human history by a special act and preserved Mary from the stain of original sin from the first moment of her conception. This action of God reminds us of two important truths –

December 11 – Our Lady of Consolation (Italy) The many protections of Our Lady of Consolation The devotion to Our Lady of Consolation in Reggio Calabria (southern Italy) dates back to the late 1400s to [...] Reggio was always protected by Mary, who was invoked with faith, and whose image, in times of danger, was brought from her hermitage to the city. In 1577, the sacred image of Mary spoke to a humble friar to [...] to announce the end of the terrible plague that affected the city of Reggio at that time. The fervent popular festival in honor of the Virgin particularly celebrated by the people of Reggio was born after

to some disciples, men and women, gathered in the garden of the house of Nazareth: "I wanted you to be here to meet Mary. Many of you know Mary as the "mother"—some as "the spouse." But no one knows her [...] August 26 – Our Lady of Czestochowa (Poland) The soul of my Mother has always been thought of by God In this excerpt (348.9 /12) of “The Gospel as Revealed to Me” by Maria Valtorta, Jesus speaks to the [...] exists from the moment God thinks it. It is the thought of God that creates it. The soul of my Mother has always been thought of by God. Because of this, it is eternal in its beauty, to which God has given