January 10 - Our Lady of Sorrows ( Italy, 1546) - Saint Gregory of Nyssa Mary spoke to me on the hill of apparitions at Medjugorje It all happened in Medjugorje during Holy Week 2010. I am 39 years old [...] rosary on the bus and I thought to myself: "What the heck am I doing here with these crazy people?" Then…I had the enormous surprise to hear Mary speak to me on the hill of apparitions! She told me that [...] was, and that I was precious to them! I broke down in tears, overwhelmed by a torrent of Love, a feeling of floating between Heaven and Earth, a total Reconciliation! I began to pray, I relearned my prayers
October 7 - Our Lady of the Rosary The Victory of Lepanto and the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary In the 15th century, the expanding Ottoman Empire continued to threaten all Christianity in the West. Pope [...] revelation. In memory of this triumph Pope Pius V instituted for the first Sunday of October the Feast of the Rosary, and added to the Litany of Loreto the supplication "Help of Christians." Among the [...] than a third of the Turkish fleet was able to set out again, dealing the Turkish power a blow from which it never recovered. On the evening of the battle, Pope Pius V went to the window of his office and
March 10 – Our Lady of Miracles (Bari, Italy, 1576) 2018 is the year of the seer Benedicta at the Shrine of Our Lady of Laus Nestled in the heart of the Hautes-Alpes region (France), 900m above sea level [...] the Shrine of Our Lady of Laus is a hidden gem. The beautiful natural setting and serenity of the place aren’t the only attractions of this Marian shrine: After 54 years of apparitions of the Virgin Mary [...] Shrine of Our Lady of Laus: the 300 years of the end of the apparitions; the 300 years since the death of Benedicta Rencurel (quite logically, since she was favored with apparitions until the end of her life);
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 [...] whose mission is to defend and promote freedom of conscience, of choice and of practice of the Christian religion for those who want to become or remain Christians and are subject to pressure, threats [...] Ismeria (1) to try to convert them. Ismeria inquired about their 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
August 17 – Our Lady of Town Squares (Crozant, France, 1664) The Shrine of Our Lady of Healing overlooks three countries At the foot of the Alps, the tiny region of Valle d’Aosta is home to 11 mountain [...] installation of a cross on top of Ferret Pass (Col Ferret, elevation of 2540 m.), as an homage to Jesus who gave His life for us and who since then has walked with us every day to show us the way of salvation [...] Courmayeur, is the dramatically situated Shrine of Our Lady of Healing. This location was once the site of a small Christian oratory before becoming a hermitage and shrine in the 18th Century. Although the hermits
May 25 – Our Lady of the Sea (Aix-en-Provence, France) The wonders of Our Lady of Bargemon In 1635, Elisabeth Caille, a resident of the village of Bargemon (diocese of Fréjus-Toulon, southern France) had [...] cured of her illness! The miracle was attested by doctors and by the local bishop. It was the first of a multitude of miracles for all those who have since come to honor and pray to Our Lady of Bargemon [...] carrying a statuette of Our Lady in a box covered with green taffeta. They wanted to ask her husband, who knew the master glassmaker of the region, to provide them with an encasement to house the statuette
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 [...] forced to retire. This unbelievable victory was ascribed 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 [...] to be Queen of the Kingdom of Poland. Since that time, the sanctuary in 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
December 28 - Holy Innocents - Our Lady of Pontoise ( France, 1484) - Death of French visionary Benoîte Rencurel of the Laus apparition (1647) Our Lady of Laus, a Marian site of apparitions, has witnessed [...] the shrine of Our Lady of Laus is the refuge of sinners, where God inspires them to make good confessions, lifts the shame of those who do not dare to tell their sins, assisted by the guidance of Benoîte [...] with the anointing of the sick with the oil of the sanctuary lamp: "The good Mother said to Benoîte, at the beginning of the devotion, that if one would take some of the the oil of the chapel lamp and
26 - Our Lady of Graces (Ancona, Italy, 1836) - Saint Therese Couderc, foundress of the Congregation of Our Lady of the Cenacle (Cenacle Sisters, France, 1805-1885) The rich heritage of Our Lady of the [...] spite of the lack of means. Exhausted, Therese Couderc fell ill and had to go away to rest. On the feast of the Assumption of Mary, renewing the gesture of Father Terme, she handed over everything to Mary [...] Mary and resigned herself into Our Lady’s hands. In 1844, a community was established in Lyons: Therese was appointed assistant. The congregation took the name of Our Lady of the Cenacle. Therese died on
month of the Rosary (1883) The remarkable and solemn title of Our Lady of the Rosary It has always been the habit of Catholics in danger and in troublous times to fly for refuge to Mary, and to seek for [...] in the Mother of God. … This devotion, so great and so confident, to the august Queen of Heaven, has never shone forth with such brilliancy as when the militant Church of God has seemed to be endangered [...] supplications addressed to the Mother of God, to the help she has granted in return, and to the peace and tranquility which she had obtained from God. Hence her illustrious titles of helper, consoler, mighty
