of Thann, Thierry Schoéré, a blacksmith from Orbey, on his way to the market of Niedermorschwihr, near Colmar in eastern France, passed an oak tree bearing a holy image inviting passers-by to pray for
central figure in the early history that gave rise to Western civilization. Hundreds of cathedrals (nearly 70 in France, starting with the one in Paris), thousands of churches and monasteries are placed under
Blessed Virgin is not pining after you!" "No, I am not exaggerating, the Immaculate wants to have me near her." As the other monk smiled, the former soldier sat up and, looking straight into his friend’s
an apparition of the Virgin Our Lady of Fresneau Shrine is located in Marsanne, a small French town near Valence in southeastern France (Drôme department). Its feast day is on September 8. This diocesan
Our Lady. There were fifteen official witnesses to the apparition, all of whom saw the Virgin for nearly two hours. The driving rain prevented some of them from staying until the end. Others left and then
Lady called her. On the way to Mary, Mariette went down on her knees twice. A third time, she knelt near a ditch, in front of a puddle of water from the spring. The Lady spoke to her, “Put your hands in
day the place of the delights of her childhood is a rustic local shrine called Our Lady of Bermont, near Domrémy. Marquis de la Franquerie Adapted from Our Lady in the History of France ( La Vierge Marie
chapel. The Tamil faithful accounted for two thirds of the crowd. The French town of Baillet-en-France, near Paris, where the shrine is located, is accustomed to large crowds since 1988, when the 7-meter tall
Rome and former archbishop of Quebec, and Toronto Cardinal Thomas Collins joined Cardinal Lacroix near a portrait of Our Lady of Canada as they led the consecration prayer. Source: American Magazine
Our Lady of Soufanieh, in the heart of Damascus (Syria) While blood has been spilled in Syria for nearly seven years and continues to be shed, pure oil from the image of Our Lady of Soufanieh has been flowing
