located in the village of Montaigut-sur-Save, 20 km northwest of Toulouse in southern France. Devotion to Our Lady of Alet began in the 12th century following an apparition of the Virgin Mary to a farmer named [...] founder of the Order of Friars Preachers, in 1213. During the 16th century, the fierce conflicts between Catholics and Protestants during the wars of religion brought about the destruction of the chapel [...] January 19 – Our Lady of Gimont (Toulouse, France) – 3rd apparition in Banneux (Belgium, 1933) Visitors have been praying to the Virgin of Alet since the 12th century The chapel of Notre-Dame d'Alet is
raised the flag of the revolution, a banner depicting the Assumption of Virgin Mary that was on the gate of the Temple of Agia Lavra. The Greek chieftains took a small cannon from the Monastery of Agia Lavra [...] June 27 - Saint Cyril, Bishop of Alexandria, Doctor of the Church, (d. 444) - Our Lady of Perpetual Help (1866) A significant Greek victory on the day of the Annunciation On March 21, 1821 the Greek rebels [...] rebels started the siege of Kalavryta, making it the first Greek town that was liberated from the Ottomans, thus declaring the start of the Greek War of Independence. In the morning of March 21, 600 armed fighters
Translation of the Holy House of Loreto (Italy, 1294) – Apparition to Lucy of Fatima in Pontevedra: First Saturday devotion of reparation (1925) Which prophecy helped the Jews know “the time of the Messiah” [...] prophecy and anoint the Holy of Holies” (Dn 9). This clear temporal indication, the only one of this kind in the Old Testament, gives a precise number of septenaries, which are periods of seven years, designating [...] designating the coming of the Messiah at the end of 490 years or in other words at the time of the Virgin Mary. The scrolls from the 1st century BC found in Qumran show that the community living there was very
July 9 - Our Lady of Chiquinquirá (Colombia) The Virgin of the Rosary (I) In the mid-sixteenth century the Spanish painter Alonso de Narvaez created a portrait of the Virgin of the Rosary. He painted on [...] on a cloth woven by Indians in pigments from the soil and herbs of the region. The image of Mary is about a meter high. She has a sweet smile, both her face and the Child's are light colored, and she seems [...] wears a white toque, a rose-colored robe, and a sky blue cape. A rosary hangs from the little finger of her left hand, and she holds a scepter in her right. She holds the Christ Child craddled in her left
- Madonna Addolorata (Italy, 1889) - Holy Saturday The Time of the Resurrection (I) The Virgin was absolutely certain of the Resurrection of her Son because He had so openly predicted it. However, she [...] the night of Holy Saturday seemed very long indeed and she spent the time reflecting on the possible time of the Resurrection. She was aware that David, more than the other prophets, had spoken of the Passion [...] Passion of Christ and she skimmed through the psalms, but found no indication of the hour. However, in Psalm 57, David, speaking in the person of the Father to His Son, said: "Awake, my glory, awake my lyre
garnered the endorsement of the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Bishop John Keenan of Paisley (Scotland), Bishop Philip Egan of Portsmouth, the Archdiocese of St Andrews & Edinburgh [...] Rosary prayer invokes the intercession of the Virgin Mary, asking her to beseech her son Jesus to come to the aid of those in need… In a video post, Bishop John Keenan of Paisley called for Catholic to come [...] Ascension of the Lord – Madonna della Santa Casa Nazaretana (Dalmatia, 1291) National Rosary event along British coast has the support of top prelates A grassroots Catholic crusade for a day of a Rosary
Saint Simon Stock, (1164-1265, the brown scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel) The Sabbatine privilege of the Brown Scapular In the year 1251, in the town of Aylesford in England, Our Lady appeared to Saint [...] owing some debt of punishment. This promise is found in a Bull of Pope John XXII. The Blessed Virgin appeared to him and, speaking of those who wear the Brown Scapular, said, “I, the Mother of Grace, shall [...] her every moment of the day that we venerate her, love her and trust in her protection. The Blessed Virgin of Mount Carmel has promised to save those who wear the Scapular from the fires of hell. She will
entered the ruins of the Nagasaki Cathedral (destroyed by the atomic bomb) to pray there. He was looking for a souvenir from the church of his youth to take with him to the Trappist monastery of Hokkaido, Japan [...] than an hour of searching among the debris, he noticed a bust of the Madonna, with burnt out eyes that had become two black orbits, with her right cheek blackened and cracked along that side of the face. [...] statue embarked on a pilgrimage of peace to Spain and the United States, then on April 21, 2010, to Rome where Benedict XVI blessed it. The Mary of Nazareth Team
August 1 - Saint Alphonsus Liguori, founder of the Redemptorists, Doctor of the Church (d. 1787) The Strength of Our Lady’s Protection When you were a child, and you would be playing outside, sometimes [...] into her eyes, petitioning for that new bike or that popular toy or that cool shirt. And regardless of whether she purchased it for you or not, you knew deep down that she was doing it because it was best [...] She knows you better than yourself. We should have that same relationship with Our Blessed Mother Mary. As we grow up, the relationship with our earthly parents changes, but to Our Lady, we will always
April 30 – Our Lady of Africa (Algiers, 1876) New categories of healing at Lourdes since 2006 and things you may not know (2) Psychologically, being in the company of large crowds of fellow believers s [...] continue to dispute claims of miraculous healings and apparitions of the Virgin Mary. For millions, however, Lourdes will indisputably continue to be an important faith symbol of comfort and care, and a byword [...] because of the pandemic. Since then, livestreaming of the grotto has attracted an even wider audience. Its dedicated YouTube channel and other social media are 21st-century virtual equivalents of the replica
