martyr in Rome (d. 258) - Our Lady of Graces (Cotignac, France, 1519) Our Lady of Lebanon, mother of all Lebanese people In Lebanon, on a rocky hill in Harissa overlooking the town of Jounieh and the Mediterranean [...] The Virgin Mary appears to be reaching out towards Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. The liturgical feast of Our Lady of Lebanon is celebrated on the first Sunday in May, in memory of the chapel's inauguration [...] the shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon is a place of pilgrimage visited by the entire Lebanese population. The building is owned by the Maronites, Eastern Rite Catholics, but it is not uncommon to see Muslims

October 22 – Our Lady of Kazan The history of Holy Russia tightly connected with Our Lady of Kazan The Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan is an Orthodox church located on the Red Square in Moscow that houses [...] houses a special icon of the Mother of God. The Kazan icon is venerated, in the heart of the Russian nation, because of the miracle of the Mother of God of Kazan and the liberation of the Moscow region from [...] returning to Kazan, its place of origin. Today, Our Lady of Kazan is especially venerated and invoked for the liberation from Communism. The Byzantine liturgical calendar celebrates the Commemoration of the

Augustine, doctor of the Church (d. 430) – Our Lady of Tears (Syracuse, Italy, 1953) The tears of Our Lady of Syracuse bring healing In Syracuse (Italy), a married couple hung a plaster bas-relief of the Immaculate [...] called the Santuario Madonna Delle Lacrime (Shrine of Our Lady of Tears), was built specially to accommodate the crowds that continue to gather to pray before the holy image, blessed by the popes. Syracuse [...] Immaculate Heart of Mary above their bed. Their names were Angelo Lannuso and Antonia Giusto. They were an ordinary couple. Then something unusual happened in their home. From August 29 - September 1, 1953

March 5 – Our Lady of the Miracle (Italy, 1440) The day that Jesus protected the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe from a bomb A century ago, in 1921, an attack was perpetrated against Our Lady of Guadalupe [...] in our family, our community, our Church,” Chávez said. “The Virgin of Guadalupe is here to give us Jesus Christ our Lord, her beloved Son, He who is the center of the Church.” Catholic News Agency, November [...] steps of the altar, which are made of marble, the brass candlesticks, and the Sacred Image of our Crucified Lord, that fell to the ground and was left bent,” indicates the story that is in the back of the

May 21 - Our Lady of the Ardents (Arras, France, 1105) The Cloth of Our Lady of Guadalupe The cloth of the tilma of Our Lady of Guadalupe has been thoroughly studied. The name of the hill of the apparitions [...] few tens of thousands in the previous years. Catholic men and women of Mexico - but needless to say all people from both North and South America - have a profound devotion and love for Our Lady of Guadalupe [...] apparitions and the mystery of Christ in the symbolic language of the ancient Aztec are evoked, down to the position of the stars on Saint Juan Diego's tilma, which corresponds to a projection (and not a r

March 26 - Our Lady of the Palace (Italy, 1776) The Litany of Our Lady of Walsingham (II) Our Lady of Walsingham, pray the Lord for us. (...) Mother of God, be our mother always. Mother of the Church, [...] you. Mother who loved to the end, we thank God for you. All holy and ever-living God, in giving us Jesus Christ to be our Savior and Brother, you gave us Mary, His Mother, to be our Mother also. Grant, we [...] be our mother always. Mother of the world, be our mother always. Mother we need, be our mother always. Mother who went on believing, we thank God for you. Mother who never lost hope, we thank God for

June 23 - Our Lady Justinienne at Carthage (6th C.) The Birth of Our Lady of the Cape (II) The ceremony took place on June 22, 1888, in which Blessed Frederic Jansoone gave the sermon with these prophetic [...] d his life. And the little church has become today the great Shrine of Our Lady of the Cape that welcomes thousands and thousands of pilgrims... [...] face. The Virgin's gaze was that of a living person; its expression was one of sternness mingled with sadness. This phenomenon lasted about five to ten minutes." Father Jansoon vowed later that the Virgin's

June 11 – Our Lady of Miracles (Italy, 1427) The silent apparition of Our Lady of the Oak In 1495, in the commune of Vion, department of Sarthe (France), an old oak tree suddenly began attracting the attention [...] difficult pilgrimage to the statue of the Virgin Mary on foot and holding three candles, regained his full health. In 1595, a woman gathering wood saw Our Lady of the Oak above the roof of the chapel, in a [...] years later, a wet nurse obtained the cure of a deformed child she had in her charge after praying for six weeks to the Virgin Mary. The pilgrimage to Our Lady of the Oak (Notre Dame du Chêne) regained popularity

Aug 21 - The Apparition of Our Lady of Knock (Ireland, 1879) Shrine of Our Lady of Knock This apparition was different from most of the Marian apparitions in recent centuries in that no words were spoken [...] became one of the most frequented centers of pilgrimage in Ireland. Over three hundred miraculous cures have been reported there and at least a million pilgrims now visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Knock each [...] John the Evangelist appeared in a blaze of heavenly light at the south gable of the Church of St John the Baptist. Behind them and a little to the left of St John was a plain altar. Despite the heavy rain

October 7 – Our Lady of the Rosary Our Lady of the Rosary, Help of Christians On October 7th, the Roman Catholic Church celebrates the yearly feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. Known for several centuries [...] the alternate title of “Our Lady of Victory,” the feast day takes place in honor of a 16th century naval victory of Lepanto which secured Europe against Turkish invasion. The battle of Lepanto was a perilous [...] Saint Pius V attributed the victory to the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who was invoked on the day of the battle through a campaign to pray the Rosary throughout Europe. Some accounts say that