first encouraged this devotion, because the Virgin of Consolation was the patroness of his religious order, the Augustinian Recollects. And this Virgin continues to be their source of hope and strength today

it; and the more it softens the soul. It is a sublime gift that the Virgin Mary has given to us, in order to bring us closer to Christ. She knows how difficult it is to contemplate the things of Heaven with

superior of the monastery, bringing him the icon, duly wrapped. During the night, he had received an order in a dream. "This icon," he said, "will be a sign for the West." He refused all payment. It was a

co-operated entirely, body and soul, with that same divine will. The material must be pliable in order for the potter to carry out his work. God wants us to be pliable, and normally, when the Holy Spirit

Heart which has so loved men that it has spared nothing, even to exhausting and consuming Itself, in order to prove Its love; and in return, I receive from the greater part only ingratitude." Jesus also asked

Frances Frémyot, baroness of Chantal (1572 -1641) was a French saint from Burgundy, who founded the Order of the Visitation of St. Mary with St. Francis de Sales.

to the children of Fatima (Portugal): "You have seen hell where the souls of poor sinners go. In order to save them, God wants to establish the devotion to my Immaculate Heart. If you do what I tell you

alternating between prayer and preaching, attentive to his Father’s will. We are called to follow him in order to spread the Gospel. His words were accompanied by miracles: we too must be attentive to the signs

by Pope Pius IX. In it, Pius X asserts the importance of entrusting oneself to the Virgin Mary in order to know Jesus better: Through the Virgin, and through her more than through any other means, we have

closing Mass. Fr. Yves Sarrasin, a native of Orsières in Valais (Switzerland), is a member of the Third Order of the Eucharistein Fraternity. He is the initiator of this annual pilgrimage called "The August 15th