Italy, 1532) - 1924 : Mary proclaimed Queen of China in Zikawei (Shanghai) In Lourdes, a Stations of Life for the Unborn This is one of the fruits of the Year of Mercy at the shrine of Lourdes. On November [...] Situated below the historic Stations of the Cross of Lourdes, this path of consolation ends at a special grotto dedicated to those children: the "Grotto of the two Marys.” Bertille Perrin [...] at 10 am, Bishop Nicolas Brouwet of Tarbes and Lourdes (France), inaugurated the Way of Consolation ( Chemin de la Consolation ): a new place of devotion in the heart of the shrine, designed to remember
created a third for himself, which he named Mary. Saint Louis de Montfort (1673-1716) In The Secret of Mary, part 1: Necessity of having a true devotion to Mary [...] May 17 – Mary Help of Christians (Turin, Italy, 1903) Mary is God's garden of Paradise What a difference there is between a soul brought up in the ordinary way to resemble Jesus Christ by people who, like [...] he is so honored as in the most Blessed Virgin Mary, not excepting even the saints, the cherubim or the highest seraphim in heaven. Mary is God's garden of Paradise, his own unspeakable world, into which
the role of Mary in the mystery of salvation, through the reading of the "Treatise on the True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary" that led him to offer himself to Christ by the hands of Mary. "Thanks [...] May 4 – Pius XII establishes the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1944) Saint John Paul II, a Missionary of Mary From the Marian devotion of his childhood, the young Karol Wojtyla eventually encountered [...] objective truth about the Mother of God" in their personal lives and in the life of the Church: "I would like to summarize in two words the sublime lesson of the Gospel of Mary: The Virgin is our Mother, the
May 24 – Mary Auxiliatrix, Help of Christians (1815) – Beginning of Saint Teresa of Calcutta’s novitiate (1929) Mary was the first Missionary of Charity The Missionaries of Charity are called to recognize [...] recognize Christ dying on the Cross hidden under the distressing disguise of the Poorest of the Poor. Mary was the first Missionary of Charity because she was the first to carry Jesus in her womb and give him [...] burning thirst for love at the foot of the Cross. Mary can teach us silence—how to keep all things in our hearts as she did; and how to pray in the silence of our hearts. Mary can teach us kindness, since she
out through the gift not only of the word proclaimed but also of the word lived. In particular, the life of holiness which is resplendent in so many members of the People of God, humble and often unseen [...] May 4 – Pius XII establishes the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1944) To live a life of holiness The new evangelization will show its authenticity and unleash all its missionary force when it is [...] beauty of truth. … For this reason, the Church, as a wise teacher of morality, has always invited believers to seek and to find in the Saints, and above all in the Virgin Mother of God "full of grace"
is the seed of glory that I offer to you as Mary Reconciler of all peoples and all nations, for I come to reconcile all of you! Reconciliation is the inheritance of the divine brotherhood of my divine Son [...] March 25 - Annunciation of the Lord to the Most Blessed Virgin Mary – Our Lady of Walsingham (England, 1061) Mary Reconciler of People and Nations appears in Venezuela in 1976 The Blessed Virgin chose [...] special charisms. On that day, the feast day of the Annunciation, Maria Esperanza had her first vision of the Virgin Mary, during a prayer group session made up of 80 people. Maria was the only one to see
Joseph, the Spouse of the Virgin Mary Mary and Joseph, model of perfect spouses Mary was perfect and very beautiful; Joseph must have loved her passionately. They had probably made a vow of virginity and celibacy [...] Mary (and naturally that of Joseph) to one aspect of our individual experiences. And of course none of us is expected to be exactly like Mary! On the other hand, we all have a lot to learn from her. As Queen [...] in Mary and Joseph the model of spouses. In fact the feast of the Holy Family sets them as an example for the faithful. This apparent paradox shows that we can’t reduce the incomparable mystery of Mary
April 22 – Discovery of St Louis de Montfort’s Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1842 “inside a chest” as prophesized What is the meaning of Marian apparitions? In his book Multiplication [...] said. Doesn’t the increase of apparitions respond to an urgent need? We might not be at the end of the world, but we are at least at a serious turning point, on the threshold of the third millennium." The [...] Multiplication des apparitions de la Vierge aujourd’hui (Multiplication of the Apparitions of the Virgin Today - Rialp, 1991), Monsignor René Laurentin asks the question: "The Virgin has the mission to be a
Our Lady of Zyrovic (Lithuania, 1432) – Blessed Josaphata Michaelina Hordashevska, foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate (d. 1919) “I want to dig a spring of living water [...] Shrine of Our Lady of Issia in the Ivory Coast has been in existence since 1990. It is renowned throughout French-speaking Africa. It was a stigmatist nun, Mother Mary of the Cross, foundress of the Little [...] Little Sisters of Mary Mother of the Redeemer, of Saint Aignan on Roë in France who offered her suffering for the building of this shrine. She made this prophecy: “Pilgrimages will begin small but will keep
April 6 – Apparition of Mary to Father Jakob Rem (Ingolstadt, Germany, 1604) The Republic of Congo was recently consecrated to the Virgin Mary The current Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin [...] Parolin, recently visited the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville). This trip ended with the act of consecration of the country to the Virgin Mary, during a Mass celebrated on Saturday, February 4, 2017. Three [...] Molina, the bishops of the country and 150 priests. The cardinal received warm applause for his homily. He spoke of Christ’s love, which the Congo needs. A love that is in fact " capable of resisting the temptation
