August 31 – Orthodox feast of the Placing of the Virgin’s Sash in Calcoprateia (942) Five roses in bloom came out of the mouth of the wrongdoer In Chartres (France), there lived a proud and wicked clerk [...] appeared to an ecclesiastic of the town, asking him why such shame had been inflicted on her friend. Since the priest did not understand, Mary revealed to him the devotion of the deceased, his attitude [...] and sinned at every turn, forgetful of both Easter and Christmas! This unhappy man, however, had one merit: his great love for Our Lady. As soon as he saw one of her images, he would stop, kneel down

autonomous community of Extremadura. The peasant was walking through a forest when the Virgin Mary appeared to him from the height of a tree, hence the name of “Lady of Altagracia” or “Virgin of Altagracia from [...] priests, the official feast of Our Lady of Altagracia falls on January 21 because, on that day in 1691, the Battle of the Sabana Real took place in the eastern part of the island of Santo Domingo, where the [...] from the grace of the Lord.” In the last trips of Christopher Columbus, a group of Spaniards brought the image of the Virgin to the island, to the Higüey region. Since then, the attachment of Dominican Christians

Lady of Itati (Argentina) - Our Lady of Chiquinquira (Colombia) The Virgin of the Rosary of Chiquinquira Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquira is the patron of Colombia, as well as of the city of Maracaibo [...] Maracaibo, of the Zulia State in Venezuela, and of the city of Caraz, Peru. In 2019, Colombia celebrated the centenary of the coronation of the Virgin of the Rosary of Chiquinquira, their Queen and patron [...] in its entirety—Bishop Oscar Urbina. "The message of this centenary of the Virgin of Chiquinquira is the renewal of faith, reconciliation and unity of the Colombian people," Bishop Urbina said. Pope Francis

Anthony of Padua and Sebastian. On May 16, 1888, a priest alleged an apparition of Christ bleeding, with his Mother. Healings were reported, including that of a child who was born mute. Thousands of people [...] Leo XIII and created a commission of inquiry. On February 23, 1889, he declared: "I experienced an apparition of the Virgin. She appeared to me in the guise of Our Lady of Sorrows." The prelate wished to [...] at the "holy place" of the apparitions. On September 28, 1890, he laid the foundation stone of the shrine, assisted by the bishops of Isernia, Trivento and Termoli, in the presence of 30,000 faithful. On

November 10 - Our Lady of Almudena (Madrid, Spain) The Virgin of Almudena is the patron saint of Madrid The Virgin of Almudena has been the patron saint of Madrid since 1623. This was confirmed in 1646 [...] diminutive of Medina, a city in Saudi Arabia. Another etymology would be from "almudith", wheat deposit, or "Almud", measure (of wheat). It should be noted that the ancient name of this shrine of Madrid, [...] Muslim conquest, was "Mary the Great" (Santa Maria la Mayor). There are several traditions about the origin of this shrine. The most famous one is that the statue of the Virgin of Almudena was hidden in

February 16 – Our Lady of the Pact of Mercy (Abyssinia*) I used to think of the Rosary as a boring repetition of prayers As a "good practicing Catholic girl", I had heard about Medjugorje (Bosnia-Herzegovina) [...] in my life of faith. I still realize how blessed I am every day. The strongest moments for me were the evenings of Adoration and the discovery of the Rosary. I was impressed by the fervor of the faithful [...] apparitions and all the stories of mysterious happenings only increased my sense of unease around alleged miracles. However, it was curiosity and the desire to know the Mother of the Church better that pushed

received an interior vision. The first image of this vision was the fresco in the Crypt of the Shrine of Our Lady of Myans in Savoy, France. This fresco tells of the miracle that took place in 1248, when [...] October 15 – St Teresa of Avila, Doctor of the Church (d. 1582) Jesus gives the vision of a perpetual rosary to get out of the current crisis Two friends and I felt sad and worried about the situation [...] before the statue of Our Lady of Myans. The fresco shows some demons trying to destroy the shrine with huge rocks, admitting their defeat and saying: "We can't, because the Virgin Mary won't let us." Then

heart of the Church and of that of the motherland in the heart of the Mother. Jasna Gora is, in fact, not only a place of pilgrimage for the Poles of the motherland and of the whole world but also the nation's [...] the laments of the historical sufferings of Poland, but also with the shouts of joy and victory! The history of Poland can be written in different ways; especially in the case of the history of the last centuries [...] its Queen. Before the Virgin of Czestochowa there was pronounced the consecration of Poland to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on 8 September 1946. Ten years later the vows of King Jan Kazimierz were renewed

July 08 - Our Lady of Kazan (Russia, 1579) Our Lady of Kazan: Liberator of Russia The miraculous icon of the Mother of God of Kazan has the sad face of the Russian Virgins, with the Baby Jesus held tightly [...] 2004, on the feast day of the Dormition of the Virgin, during a long ceremony in which the rich Orthodox liturgy was used in the imposing framework of the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Kremlin. [...] large fire destroyed a part of the town of Kazan in 1579. The icon was discovered that year under the debris of a burned house, by a ten year old girl, to whom the Virgin Mary had appeared several times

The icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help is given to the Roman church of the Redemptorists (Rome, Italy, 1886) Icon Our Lady of Perpetual Help’s entrusted to the Redemptorists with the mission of "making [...] Augustinian community moved to the church of St. Mary in Posterula in Rome, near the Tiber River. Since Our Lady of Grace was already venerated there, the image of Our Lady of Perpetual Help was placed in a secondary [...] "making it known throughout the world" The Roman icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help originated from the Mediterranean island of Crete, where it is believed to have been painted on wood after the year 1400. It