Fathers to pray to Mary, Mother of God: “The entire body of the faithful pours forth instant supplications to the Mother of God and Mother of men that she, who aided the beginnings of the Church by her prayers [...] October 20 – Consecration of Portugal to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception (1646) The entire body of the faithful pours forth instant supplications to the Mother of God The dogmatic constitution on [...] Lumen Gentium ("Light of Nations"), published on November 21, 1964, is one of the four conciliar constitutions drafted by the Second Vatican Council. We find this short exhortation of the council Fathers

to Our Lady, whose famous icon of the Black Virgin looked down upon the monastery of Yasna Gora. King John Casimir proclaimed the Mother of God to be Queen of the Kingdom of Poland. Since that time, the [...] Yasna Gora is where the whole of Polish history has been summed up: "You need to listen to the pulse of this place to feel how the heart of the nation beats in the heart of Mary" (John Paul II, June 4, 1979) [...] Aug 26 - Our Lady of Czestochowa (Poland) Our Lady of Czestochowa Queen of Poland At the time of the major Swedish invasions in Poland (1655) (...) when all seemed lost and the king and his army had been

January 15 – 1st apparition of Our Lady of the Poor in Banneux (Belgium, 1933) – Our Lady of the Seeds (Chaldean rite) Our Lady of Banneux: "I am the Virgin of the Poor" Mariette Beco was born on March [...] the outskirts of the village of Banneux, near a large pine forest. On the evening of January 15, 1933, Our Lady appeared for the first time in the family yard. She called Mariette by a sign of the hand, but [...] for the last time, on Thursday, March 2. She delivered the message given by Mary: "I am the Mother of the Savior, Mother of God. Pray very much." Father Joseph Schmetz

September 6 – Our Lady of Tears (Italy, 1553) Tallest statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe is in the United States Standing 33 feet tall, this statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Windsor, Ohio is not only stunning [...] tallest in the world! The statue began with Deacon Ed Heinz of the Servants of Mary Center of Peace, who purchased a farm for the sole purpose of its construction. After much prayer over how he would fund [...] Richard Hyslin, an art professor at The University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley, agreed to build it for free. On August 5, 1995, the completed statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe was dedicated. She stands a top an

April 23 – Our Lady of Penha (Brazil) Jubilee of the first pilgrimage to Our Lady of Yagma On March 10, 1966, Cardinal Paul Zoungrana, then Archbishop of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), offered this challenge [...] hill called Yagma. This site, now the Shrine of Our Lady of Yagma, is an important place of God’s presence. Sunday, February 4th, marked the 50 th anniversary of the first Marian pilgrimage there. For this [...] this jubilee, on February 4th, thousands of pilgrims came to gather at the foot of the Virgin of Yagma to express their gratitude to God and to show their attachment to Our Lady. The Eucharistic celebration

April 7 – Our Lady of Zyrovic (Lithuania, 1432) – 17th apparition in Lourdes An icon of the Mother of God in Bulgaria Orthodox pilgrims from all over the world may see the miraculous icon of the Blessed Virgin [...] Virgin Mary at the “Uspenie Bogorodichno” Cathedral in Varna, Bulgaria. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church has sent a miraculous icon of Our Lady of Nazareth to Varna, Bulgaria where it will be publicly exhibited [...] official reception of the holy relic has been appointed for January 27, 2018 at the “Uspenie Bogorodichno” Cathedral in Varna. The presence of the icon in the temple will be paired with series of celebratory

Our Lady of Guadalupe, patron saint of the Americas, have remained strong, and she said she’ll go to court if she has to. She does not plan to remove her painting. The painting of the Virgin Mary was done [...] March 14 – Virgin of Saint Theodore (Russia) Florida woman refuses to remove an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe from her trailer: “They’ll have to kill me first!” Millie Francis almost died once. She’s [...] her mobile home, on which she has painted an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. But from the sound of it, they will have a hard time getting her to comply. “They’ll have to kill me first,” Francis, 85, told

June 22 - Our Lady of the Cape (Canada) The Birth of Our Lady of the Cape (I) In 1878-1879, the Church at Cap-de-la-Madeleine had become too small and the population wanted to build a bigger one. In order [...] her if they managed to transport the stones across. On the night of March 16, an ice crossing two kilometers wide formed from one bank of the river to the other. From March 19 to 25, a hundred carts pulled [...] order to transport the stones from the opposite bank of the river, the Saint Lawrence needed to be frozen, yet the winter was too mild and the ice did not form. The parishioners prayed, but the months passed

March 28 - Departure of Our Lady of the Great Return (Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, 1938) The Great Return of Our Lady of Boulogne (I) Towards the end of the reign of Dagobert, about the year 633, an unmanned [...] unmanned ship entered the mouth of the Liane River and docked where the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer is now located. On board was found a luminous statue of the Virgin Mary. A St Jerome version, manuscript Bible [...] Child on her left arm. Unfortunately the statue no longer exists today. The popularity of Our Lady of Boulogne or Virgin of the Sea continued to increase until the year 1544, when the church was pillaged and

June 26 – Our Lady of Tikhvin (Russia) – The Third Secret of Fatima is made public (2000) Medjugorje is one of the leading places of conversion in the world Beginning on June 25, 1981, six children claimed [...] claimed to have daily visions of the Virgin Mary, who gave her name as the "Queen of Peace" in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Her initial message was surprising: "Make peace, be reconciled!" What did she [...] graces and spiritual fruits coming from Medjugorje, which has unquestionably become one of the leading places of conversion in the world. Many vocations to the priesthood and the religious life have been