December 17 – The first church dedicated to Mary (Rome, Italy) Mary amidst the Jewish Messianic expectation (I) "The days are coming when I will make a new covenant" (Jer 31:31). In the prayers of Israel [...] Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days" (Jo 2:28-29). The Marie de Nazareth Team
November 25 – Mary, Consoler of the Afflicted (Rome, Italy) Now I know that Mary is there! In July 2010, I went to Medjugorje (Bosnia-Herzegovina) at the spur of the moment, while vacationing in the Balkans [...] arguments from several books I had read before the trip about the alleged apparitions of the Virgin Mary. I was of two minds on the topic of this Bosnian “Lourdes.” With the only difference being that the
November 11 – Virgin Mary of Barbana Island (6th century) - Saint Theodore the Studite The great international Marian pilgrimage of Benin From August 16-18, 2019, about seven thousand faithful, bishops [...] a population of 8.5 million. The theme of this year’s pilgrimage to Our Lady of Dasse-Zoumé was: "Mary, model of all missionary commitment." Delegations from the Catholic Church of France, Togo, Ivory [...] crowds of pilgrims who gathered during the weekend at the Marian Shrine of Dassa to pray the Virgin Mary expressed "their prayers, their worries, or their hopes, by letting their hearts speak." No less than
November 17 – Mary, Gate of Dawn (Lithuania) - Saint Gregory the Wonder- Worker (213-270) He heard Mary conversing with the apostle John At night Gregory beheld the foundation of the faith. Various thoughts [...] others a divinely given legacy through which the people might repulse any evil of heresy. Apparition of Mary and John the Evangelist to Saint Gregory the Wonderworker, As told by Saint Gregory of Nyssa (d. 394)
November 8 – Mary of Victory (Rome, Italy) Thousands of rosaries for the Christians of Syria Thousands of rosaries made in Bethlehem were blessed by Pope Francis at the end of the Angelus of August 15 [...] about 6,000 rosaries were made by the Carmelite Sisters in Bethlehem. Today on this great feast day of Mary, I will bless them and they will be distributed to the Catholic communities in Syria as a sign of
attributed to the Virgin Mary have been reported. Felix F. Schwarz, Symbolique des cathédrales, visages de la Vierge (Symbolism in Cathedrals, Faces of the Virgin Mary) Marie de Nazareth [...] October 17 – Dedication of Saint Mary Basilica (Chartres, France) The Virgin’s tunic is in the Cathedral of Chartres For several centuries, the Marian shrine of Chartres was one of the most visited in [...] in the West because it preserved a precious relic: the tunic that the Virgin Mary wore at the birth of Christ. It was also believed that Divine Providence had chosen Chartres as the first church in Gaul
Pius XII consecrates the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1942) Mary is like a mother who waits for her children to come back home Mary’s assumption into heaven calls people to put aside all those [...] God and his greatness, Pope Francis said in his homily on August 15, 2019. With the assumption of Mary, body and soul, into heaven, she is "like a mother who waits for her children to come back home." [...] is there with God in heaven “gives us comfort and hope during our pilgrimage” on earth, he said. "Mary shows us that if we want our life to be happy, God goes first because only he is great," he said.
of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Memory of the 7th Ecumenical Council (Second Council of Nicaea) The perfect person to protect us from heresies As the Mother of Jesus, the Virgin Mary is well positioned to
September 22 – Holy Mary of the Royal Court (Italy, 1575) Mary’s many miracles at this Marian Shrine in Wisconsin The Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help has been the site of miraculous cures that have astonished [...] Good Help, the only place in the U.S. recognized by the Catholic Church as a site where the Virgin Mary appeared, Nancy’s tumors on her left lung disappeared. “We just knew when I walked out of the chapel
October 2 – Mary Queen of Angels What made the angel say “Hail Mary”? The classic opposition of angels and men was an important matter in the past. It was always seen as a point of honor to revere the [...] unheard of, until the angel Gabriel greeted the Blessed Virgin at the Annunciation, saying: "Hail Mary!" There are three reasons why before the Annunciation angels did not show reverence to human beings [...] superior to angels; and this creature was the Blessed Virgin. And because he wished to express that Mary was superior to him in these three points the angel revered her, saying "Ave!" meaning "I salute you
