Blessed Virgin Mary, and grandmother of Jesus our Redeemer. She was a Jewish woman who lived in Sephoris near Nazareth in Galilee and then in Jerusalem in Judea. The Bible tells us nothing about the parents of

invoking the Virgin Mary, many received special graces. Pilgrimages began, bringing pilgrims from near and far. In July 1930, by decree of Pope Pius XI, Our Lady of Aparecida was proclaimed Queen and Patroness

the 12th century, when a monastery of Augustinian nuns was built there. Today, Schoenstatt, located near Vallendar, has grown into a real, unique type of city: it houses the headquarters of various Catholic

had asked one of his spiritual daughters to bring a flower wreath to the statue of the Immaculate near the Spanish Steps of Rome on December 8th, solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, on his behalf and

gravity of people's sins was hindering the conversion of the Albigensians, withdrew into a forest near Toulouse, where he prayed continuously for three days and three nights. During this time he did nothing

Del Monte Berico (Italy, 1426) A source of water would come out of the rock! In the north of Italy, near Vicenza, the Virgin Mary appeared to an old woman named Vincenza Parisi, on August 1, 1428, while

Juan-José was sentenced to death. Alone in his cell, with the passing of time he came to accept his fate. Near the bed were a crucifix and an image of the Blessed Virgin. Every day, he would recite the rosary

that shone in the darkness of the grotto, contemplated the radiant All Holy One seated peacefully near the Child whom she had herself wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in the manger. A new way of life

four women responsible for the public disorder must do penance. She asked John to leave his spade near the fountain where she assured him that the water would be good. When he came back to recuperate it

Ireland. According to local tradition, a piece of wood brought in by the tide was found on the bank near the town of Youghal, Ireland. The piece of wood proved to be so heavy that ten horses were unable