September 8 - Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Our Lady of the Kneeler (France, 1550) Our Lady of the Kneeler One Sunday, September 8th in around 1550, Louise Estivalle was on her way to mass in [...] Louise had a shrine built on the site of the apparition. Since the middle of the 16th century, believers have venerated the Virgin at this shine as “Our Lady of the Kneeler”. Miracle cures have been claimed [...] Azay-on-Thouet, France. She was the lady of the manor of Poupelinière and Leon de Lusivert’s widow, remarried to Mr. Darrot in 1548. On her way, she met a beggar who asked her for some bread. She took
summits of what is possible; and, before such beauty, the beauty of flowers, even the beauty of the stars are only a pale copy, a formless shadow, a coarse outline. There exuded from the depths of her physical [...] September 10 - Saint Mary of Life (Italy, 1613) I Have Chosen You to Fight Under the Flag of Jesus Christ! (II) This is how Blessed Alain de la Roche described the apparition that sent him out into the [...] physical presence a sweet, powerful and intoxicating perfume. The accent of her voice and her words were so charming-nothing in this world can come close to comparing to her beauty.”
September 7 - Foundation of the Legion of Mary in Dublin (Ireland, 1921) The Legion of Mary Irishman Frank Duff founded the Legion of Mary, a lay apostolic organization at the service of the Roman Catholic Church [...] because it bases its methods of spirituality and apostolate on the dynamic principle of union with Mary, on the truth of the intimate participation of the Virgin Mary in the plan of salvation. In other words [...] spiritual development of its members and advancing the reign of Christ through Mary. “Yours is an eminently Marian spirituality, not only because the Legion glories in carrying Mary’s name as its unfurled
April 22 - Discovery of the Treatise on The True Devotion of Mary in 1842, found “in a trunk” according to a prophesy (Saint Louis Grignion de Monfort) The Conversion of Robert Hossein As unlikely as it [...] day of his conversion, he simply decided to visit San Damiano while vacationing in the area of Plaisance, Italy. Since that day, he has kept a photo by an amateur photographer in his wallet taken of the [...] died in 1984. The Blessed Virgin asked Mamma Rosa to turn her garden into a place of worship and to invite crowds of people to come and pray the Rosary there. Now each month French trains and buses leave
March 10 - Beginning of Novena to Saint Joseph, Husband of Mary The Smack of the Rosary was an Amazing Grace Father John Ogilvie was condemned as a traitor, but during a long imprisonment no tortures could [...] churchyard of Glasgow cathedral. John Ogilivie was declared venerable in the seventeenth century and canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1976. Adapted from the Account of Imprisonment and Martyrdom of Fr. John [...] passing through Glasgow, right in the middle of his chest. He was the notable Johann von Echesdoff who converted to Catholicism following this incident. The smack of the rosary was an amazing grace. The customary
December 1 – Our Lady of Graces (Italy, 1923) - Death of Blessed Charles de Foucauld (1916) - Apparition of Mary Consoler of the Afflicted to Caroline Kraus, Therese Liebl and Mathilde Sack at Mettenbuch [...] Mettenbuch (Bavaria) in 1876. Mary is the direct opposite of Satan What makes Mary the direct opposite of Satan? Not only for accepting the grace that Satan refused, but also for accepting the perfect forgiveness [...] accepted the purity of her Immaculate Conception, not only as a free gift, but as a gift of mercy and a grace of forgiveness—for in all justice she could have been included in the degeneration of the sons and
November 19 - Feast of Mary Seyom (Ethiopian Church) Jesus takes care of your littleness! Sister Josefa Menéndez, born in Spain (1890-1923), was a novice nun in the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. She wrote [...] the Virgin Mary appeared to Sister Josefa Menéndez precisely for that reason, after her Son Jesus had just asked Josefa to offer herself to Him as a victim for the salvation of souls. Mary told her: " [...] Will. He will do the rest. The more Jesus asks of you, the more you should rejoice, my daughter. In front of a masterpiece, it is not the brush, but the hand of the artist that is admired... So Josefa, even
November 17 – Mary Gate of Dawn (Lithuania) 2020 marks the 190th anniversary of the Marian apparitions at the Rue du Bac in Paris Pope Francis blessed a statue of the Immaculate Virgin Mary of the Miraculous [...] recalled. One side of the Miraculous Medal features a cross with the letter “M” underneath it, surrounded by 12 stars, and the images of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The other side [...] Mass and hear confessions at the Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in the heart of Paris. Saint Catherine Labouré was a novice with the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul when she received
Feast of Saint Anne, Mother of Mary (Coptic Church) Mary and the reconstruction of Lebanon Sister Marie-Raymonde Alam, founder of the movement À toi Marie (For you, Mary) and former director of Hospitality [...] large part of the population remains open to God's grace, by praying for Mary’s intercession. There is a unity of the Lebanese around the figure of Mary, as this story told by Sister Marie-Raymonde proves: [...] the construction of a Marian City in the diocese of Jounieh, a few kilometers from Beirut, wanting to transform this place into a sign of reconstruction, unity and peace for the future of Lebanon. Moved
November 11 - Saint Martin, Bishop of Tours (d. 397) – Saint Paul VI declares Mary "Mother of the Church" (1964) The heart of the Church is Mary’s unique place By decision of Pope Francis, the Roman Rite Catholic [...] every year, the memory of the "Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church" on the Monday after Pentecost. In 1964, Saint Pope Paul VI gave the Virgin Mary the venerable title of "Mother of the Church" in his [...] here on the mystery of the Church, and on the fact that the Second Vatican Council dedicated the 8th chapter of Lumen Gentium to Mary, the Mother of Jesus. Her place is at the heart of the Church, and it
