December 15 – Mary Mediatrix Three special rosaries in each WYD pilgrim’s pack Over one and a half million rosaries made in Bethlehem from olive wood are being produced in Bethlehem for the World Youth [...] Jesus, Joseph, and Mary,” explains Monsignor Bürcher. The project involves 800 people, working with 81 million beads and 750 kilometers of elastic yarn to assemble the rosaries. “We have 11 workshops already [...] Some specialize in rosary beads and others in crosses. Working the olive wood is an essential trade in Bethlehem and was in the process of disappearing, but with this initiative, the workshops have reopened
42 years ago, when a group of seven to eight young teenagers from this Croatian village reported encounters with the Virgin Mary. Two of them continue to have daily apparitions of Mary." Adapted from an [...] (Bosnia-Herzegovina) with a group of young people. When he returned, he gave a presentation about his pilgrimage to his parishioners. He said: "I had heard about the apparitions of the Virgin Mary in this small [...] small town with a population of 2300, a Croatian enclave in Bosnia-Herzegovina. I was a bit skeptical at first, and I wanted to see for myself. I was very surprised by the deep effect it had on people, by
November 5 - Mary Throne of Wisdom (“Sedes Sapientiae”, Cologne, Germany, 1280) Saved from shipwreck, a child evangelized pagans with the Rosary In the early 19th century, a priest entered the islands [...] find a crudely-built cross on the shore not far from the sea, surrounded by a group of native children, one of whom was white. They were reciting the Rosary aloud in Spanish. On spotting the priest, the [...] exclaimed: “A priest!” and all the others immediately turned their heads. The missionary approached and asked the child, who looked about ten years old, to take him to his parents' house. I have no parents
September 25 - Mary, protectress of orphans Encircling Poland with a human Rosary chain (II) The Polish project "Rosary at the Borders" (see A Moment With Mary of 09/24) has 22 dioceses, located in the [...] overlooked, whether it is a mountain peak or a body of water: "At sea the fishermen will line up the fishing boats on the Bug River. Kayakers will leave the church-station, to go create a line of canoes on the [...] the country’s border regions, participating. Priests will act as coordinators, and about 200 churches have been appointed to serve as stations. As organizer and spokesman Maciej Bodasiński explains, no area
parents), a place for families experiencing spiritual and moral suffering. But, having met with many priests, he knows that the priesthood is also attacked by the spirit of the world: "I have many priest friends [...] launched, with the Society of Saint John Vianney, the project to commission a statue of "Mary who Guards Priests," to be installed in the home for priests in Ars. Aleteia [...] without a mother? Christ needed a Mother, how could we do without one?" Since Jesus has entrusted us to Mary, we can ask her for help. To enable priests to "feel the Virgin's tenderness," d'Alançon also launched
prayer on a piece of paper and put it in our prayer corner where we pray together as a couple every morning. Less than a month later, we happened to participate—in a totally unexpected way—in a prayer vigil [...] vigil in Paris with Father Suarez, a Filipino priest known worldwide for his gift of healing. When he touched Laetitia's tummy, she felt a soothing warmth. And within a week, she was pregnant! Our little [...] Consecration to Mary inspired by Saint Peter Damien and approved by the Archbishop of Cambrai (1626) We don't have enough words to thank the Blessed Virgin My wife Laetitia and I have been readers of A Moment with
Europe How I have experienced Mary’s presence in my life My own experience of Mary’s presence happens daily. The way I pray to her consists in presenting to her motherhood, with the confidence of a son who [...] my heart as a bishop. I entrust the priests of my diocese to the Virgin, so that they may live their priesthood with joy, enthusiasm and readiness to do the will of the Divine Father, as Mary did at the [...] the Annunciation. I do it especially during my 40-minute daily walk. There have also been moments when Mary was a decisive help in the trials of my life: I remember the death of my dear mother in 1995. I
on of Mary Saints and popes have defended the spiritual sword of Mary Saint John Paul II once made this remark: “It would be impossible to name all the many Saints who discovered in the Rosary a genuine [...] called St Anthony Mary Claret a “ new St Dominic”; Pope Leo XIII wrote 11 encyclicals on the Rosary; the Servant of God Joseph Kentenich referred to the Rosary as a spiritual machine gun and a grace-filled [...] specifically called the Rosary a sword; the Servant of God Patrick Peyton gathered millions of people together to pray the Rosary; and Venerable Fulton J. Sheen created a special kind of Rosary known as the
become a lifelong devotion by his family to praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet. Rene is among the millions of Americans whose offices have been closed to discourage the spread of COVID-19. It is a limit [...] into a time to deepen his and his family’s faith. The 3 o’clock p.m. Holy Hour is considered important, because, as noted on the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary website [...] each took out a rosary and knelt around a large coffee table. The children began by offering intentions for an end to the global pandemic and for healing and comfort for those suffering or with ill family
The priest unearthed a huge rock that was actually the opening of a cave where St Augustine’s Lady of the Rule was hidden. It was inside a wooden crate with a perpetually burning lamp beside it. A church [...] be safely placed inside a Marian Church. During his journey, the priest first fell asleep, then he heard a “sweet voice” saying that he was in the spot. A ball of fire struck a certain tree, but did not [...] said that it was the Mother Mary who gave him the rule to direct his monastic community. It was in 1330 in Spain when the Virgin Mary appeared to a priest and told him to go to the location of the hidden sacred
