the rustling of a silk dress. Glancing in that direction, I perceived the Blessed Virgin standing near St Joseph's picture. Her height was medium and her countenance, indescribably beautiful. She was dressed

October 27 – Our Lady of Charity (Cuba) He chose Mary. Long live Mary! Near my home, in Italy, there is a church dedicated to Our Lady of Mercy. I am a religious of the Holy Family, and we know the determining

number of pilgrims who made the trip sometimes from a great distance. Located in Niaprahio, a town near Guiberoua, the shrine houses a replica of the statue of the Virgin of Lourdes, made in Lourdes itself

postulant with the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul, in the convent of Blangy-sur-Bresle, near Versailles. The Virgin asked her to love her "Immaculate Heart." On February 8, 1840, the Virgin gave

of the Parish (Italy, 1829) So that we may do whatever He tells us I was born in Malta, an island near Italy, in a devout Catholic family where we prayed the Rosary together as a family every day. That

Jesus announced when he inaugurated his mission: "The times are fulfilled and the kingdom of God is near" (Mk 1:15). lafoichretienne.com

of three men, Felipe Pedroso, João Alves and Domingos Garcia, who were fishing in the Paraíba River near the town of Guaratinguetá, in the Province of São Paulo, Brazil. They first found the body of the

Children of the Light, in just the small number that you are; because the time has come, the end is near.

district in Europe. The hundred or so faithful present for the occasion prayed fervently for the nearly 180,000 people who work in the skyscrapers above. Afterwards, they attended Mass, right next to the

defend their Christian civilization against Turkish invasion. Its fleets sailed to confront the Turks near the west coast of Greece on October 7, 1571. Pope Saint Pius V attributed the victory to the intercession