August 15 – The Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Solemnity for the universal Church) The dogma of the Assumption of Mary and All Saints' Day On November 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII issued the Apostolic Constitution [...] dogma of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. This happened on All Saints' Day (November 1), which gave great significance to the destiny of all the elect. The year was 1950, shortly after the end of World [...] the horrible track record of Auschwitz and the many other Nazi camps where the human body had been so severely demeaned and desacralized. “The dogma of the Assumption of Mary proclaims the supernatural
June 17 - Revelations of the Sacred Heart to St Margaret Mary Alacoque (Paray-le-Monial, France, 1689) The Heart of Jesus in the apparitions of Mary In June 1675, during the octave of Corpus Christi, Jesus [...] Claude Colin, founder of the Marists, Fr. Libermann, renovator of the Spiritans, Fr. Desgenettes, initiator in 1836 of the devotion to the "Holy and Immaculate Heart of Mary, refuge of sinners" at Notre Dame [...] Victoires, Bishop Eugene de Mazenod, founder of the Oblate Sisters of Mary Immaculate, etc. It was also the time of the great Marian apparitions. The symbolism of the two hearts is present from the beginning
Feast of the Holy Trinity - Mary proclaimed Queen of China in Zikawei (Shanghai) in 1924) China was consecrated to Mary at the Shrine of Our Lady of Sheshan The Shrine of Mary Help of Christians of Sheshan [...] the Virgin Mary. The present shrine, inaugurated in 1935, was declared a minor basilica by Pius XII in 1942. in 1946, the bronze statue of Mary lifting up the baby Jesus, known as Our Lady of Zo-sé, was [...] located in the heart of Catholic China, on a hill a few miles from Shanghai, is one of national significance. In 1844, a jesuit missionary, noticing a dilapidated Buddhist temple, thought of building a shrine
Schoéré, the messenger of the Virgin, joyfully returned to his own village. Story of the apparitions of Notre-Dame-des-Trois-Epis (Alsace, France) Archives of the village of Orbey - Museum of Colmar [...] May 4 – Pius XII established the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1944) The apparition of Our Lady of Trois Epis (II) The miraculous vision disappeared, Thierry Schoéré went back on his way, but [...] symbolism of the piece of ice and the three ears of wheat. Astonished, the people listened respectfully to the story. They were deeply moved and no one doubted the sincerity of the honest blacksmith of Orbey
Byzantine Church: Holy Mary of the Spring – Holy Virgin Empress (Russia) The origin of the Akathist hymn to the Mother of God There are many varied stories as to the origins of the Standing Praises to [...] to agree that it began in the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius, in 626 AD. The city of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire was unusually free of defense that year. The emperor had [...] not expecting a miracle, only hoping to bolster the spirits of the people. However, before the eyes of the City, a miracle occurred. In the bay of the Golden Horn, filled with enemy ships, a tornado appeared
December 14 –Saint John of the Cross, Doctor of the Church (d. 1591) –Last apparition of Mary at L'Île-Bouchard (France, 1947) Saint John of the Cross, a great lover of Mary A young John de Yepes y Álvarez [...] said he was under the protection of the Virgin Mary. He chose the order of the Carmelites, out of love for Mary. The Carmelite brothers helped him to attend the University of Salamanca, where he received a [...] the protection of His most Blessed Mother.” Chosen by Saint Teresa of Avila and sent by the apostolic vicar, John of the Cross became the confessor of the Carmel of Avila and the reformer of the order. After
Feast of the Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Why converts from Islam visit Mary at the shrine of Our Lady of Liesse The first pilgrimage to the French shrine of Our Lady of Liesse (diocese of Soissons [...] bishop of Laon and took the name of Mary. The Virgin of Liesse became famous through her numerous miracles. The people built her a chapel, then a basilica. This shrine was a well-known site of pilgrimage [...] beliefs and also asked to see an image of the Virgin Mary. One of the knights said he would sculpt one for her. The knights began to pray fervently, asking the Mother of God to help them. When they woke up
to the Hungarian ideal of becoming a kingdom of Mary. In the aftermath of the Second World War in Hungary, entire cities chose to entrust themselves to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on August 15, 1947. A [...] October 8 – Mary, Mother of Hungary At the end of WWII, war-torn Hungary turned to Mary, the "Great Lady of Hungary" Hungary was evangelized in the 10th century and since then it has been customary to [...] to call Mary the "Great Lady of Hungary". The country was entrusted to the Mother of God by King Stephen (968-1038). After being under the Ottoman rule from 1541 to 1699, the Marian congregations gave new
Greatness of Mary (La Flèche, France) Our Lady of Virtues dates from the Christianization of Gaul Tucked away from the road in a grove of trees, the Notre-Dame des Vertus chapel has stood in the middle of a garden [...] department of Sarthe, in the Loire Valley) according to Jean Petit, president of the Association of Friends of Notre-Dame des Vertus. It was built at a crossroads during the Christianization of Gaul. In [...] In the 11th century, the lord of La Flèche built a Roman-style entrance, made of tufa and roussard stones, of brick color. The entrance door is the oldest listed movable object in La Flèche, dating from
Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits (d. 1556) - Ethiopian Church: Feast of the Densata (Conception of Mary) Mary, a personal figure of the Church-Mediatrix of all grace For Ignatius of Loyola, the [...] the fruits of the Redemption. In other words, Christ makes her a personal figure of the Church-mediatrix of all grace. The Lord, in fact, wants to do nothing without the help and mediation of his Bride [...] the Risen Christ appeared to Mary in her quality as the figure and personal embodiment of the Church. It is important to remember that Mary offered Jesus a virginal and immaculate space where his glorious
