May 18 - Our Lady of Fatima (Portugal) Prayer to Our Lady of Fatima O Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of the most holy Rosary, you were pleased to appear to the children of Fatima and reveal a glorious message [...] for the recitation of the Rosary. By meditating on the mysteries of the redemption that our recalled therein may we obtain the graces and virtues that we ask, through the merits of Jesus Christ, our Lord
24 - The Seven Sorrows of Our Lady (Italy, 1879) - Paul Claudel (d.1955) Thank You, Mother of Jesus Christ "It's twelve noon. The door of the church is open. I must enter. Mother of Jesus Christ, I'm not [...] prime honor and final flourish - just as she came out of God on the morning of her original splendor: ineffably intact because you are the mother of Jesus Christ, who is truth in your arms, and the only [...] Mother. To look at you, cry out of happiness, knowing that I am your son and you are there. Just for a moment while everything stops. It's noon and I'm with you, Mary, in this place where you are. I say
Baron de Bussieres on an errand that ended up in the Church of Saint Andrew of the Thickets (San Andrea delle Fratte) in Rome and the Virgin Mary appeared to him, reaching out her open hands and motioning [...] dedicated his life to the catechesis of Jewish and Mohammedan converts to the Catholic faith, in the mixed congregation (male and female) of the Sisterhood Our Lady of Sion, which he and his brother Theodor [...] January 20 - Apparition of the Miraculous Medal to Ratisbonne (Rome, 1842) The Apparition of the Miraculous Medal to Alphonse Ratisbonne An atheist Jew, and fiercely anti-Catholic, Alphonse Ratisbonne
March 15 – Our Lady of Fossolovara (Italy) – The last tears of the Madonna of Civitavecchia (Italy, 1995) – Death of Saint Louise de Marillac (1660) Two hundred years before the dogma of the Immaculate Conception [...] the apparitions of the Rue du Bac in Paris, at a convent of the Daughters of Charity, shortly before the apparitions of Lourdes), when the sisters would renew their consecration to Mary. Louise used to [...] helped direct Saint Vincent’s Ladies of Charity, then she founded the Society of the Daughters of Charity. With Saint Vincent de Paul, Louise de Marillac gave the Daughters of Charity a fully Marian spirituality
Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops in 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 [...] – Consecration of Canada to the Holy Family (1666) One of the largest religious events ever held in North America To celebrate Canada's 150th birthday and to mark the 70th anniversary of its consecration [...] on to Mary, Canada's three cardinals led the nation's bishops in a ceremony on September 26, 2017, to re-consecrate the nation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. "In a way, what can the Church offer the
who gave her a “tour of paradise” holding her hand. She had several other apparitions of the Virgin Mary. This one, among others, on March 25, 1936: "Suddenly I saw the Mother of God, who said to me, ‘I [...] Wloclawek, to a poor family of ten children. Her father was a carpenter and a peasant. She reports in her diary more than twenty apparitions of the Virgin and more than thirty visions of Christ, angels and the [...] you must speak to the world of His mercy and prepare the world for the second coming of the One who will come, not as Merciful Savior, but as Just Judge ... Do not be afraid of anything, be faithful till
heart surmounted by flames, and, in the other hand, a scapular made of green fabric. On one side of this scapular was the image of Mary and, on the other side, a heart inflamed with rays, brighter than the [...] cross, with the words: "Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us now and at the hour of our death." That same day, an inner voice revealed to Sister Justine the meaning of this vision. She understood that this [...] January 28 – Our Lady of the People (Italy, 1771) - Saint Thomas Aquinas The giving of the Green Scapular On January 28, 1840, the Blessed Virgin appeared to a Daughters of Charity novice during her first
ceaseless entrustment to the arms of the ever Virgin of the whole of our life, of our ministry in its entirety. Mary Most Holy also leads us, like John, beneath the Cross of her Son and Our Lord in order to [...] Eucharistic Adoration, and the Stabat of Mary, "Woman of the Eucharist," beneath her Son's Cross, is the most significant example of contemplation and adoration of the divine Sacrifice that has been given [...] also true of the "birth" of every form of fidelity to the Vocation of Christ. We cannot do without a spiritual motherhood for our priestly life: let us entrust ourselves confidently to the prayer of the whole
The feast of Our Lady of Boulogne is celebrated on July 10, the date of the dedication of her new church in the year 1469 by Bishop Chartier of Paris. The confraternity of Our Lady of Boulogne was so [...] Lady of Bocciola (Italy, 1543) – Departure of the “Great Comeback” pilgrimage of Our Lady of Boulogne (France, 1938) Our Lady of Boulogne and the “Great Return” In the year 636, a small group of people [...] take replicas of this statue “on tours” in France and abroad. A branch of the Confraternity of Our Lady of Compassion at Boulogne has been established for the reconciliation of the Church of England. The
not change it for the world. May I be a priest of Jesus forever with Mary as my mother. May Our Lady, Mother of the Eternal Priest, protect and guide all of her son's priests. [...] child, sitting by my mother she would tell me the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe. With great fervor I entered the Basilica and stood under the image of Our Lady. The words she spoke to Juan Diego came to my [...] acquire pastoral experience. Then one day he called three of us aside and told us we were accepted to be ordained as deacons. I was assured of Mary's intercession. I was ordained a deacon July 22, 2006 at
