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 [...] 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 went [...] 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
May 17 – Fort Ville-Marie (today’s Montreal, Canada) founded in 1642 by Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve (d. 1676) What excuse can you offer if you do not lend your assistance? Say not, merciful Virgin [...] ask, and to yield to my entreaties. Amen. Prayer of Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622) to the Virgin Mary
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
April 2 – First apparition of the Virgin Mary in Zeitoun (Egypt, 1968-1970), approval of the Coptic Patriarch and institution of the feast of the Apparitions of de Zeitoun – Death of Pope Saint John Paul [...] tradition the Holy Family made a stop during their flight into Egypt, whole crowds saw the Virgin Mary appear above the main dome of a Coptic church, for hours at a time, several times a week, over many [...] remained spectacular. Father François Brune In La Vierge de l’Egypte : l’incroyable apparition de Marie à des millions d’Egyptiens Edition « Le jardin des Livres – Références »
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 [...] word reconciliation is not trivial—its meaning is not only spiritual. Notre Histoire avec Marie (Our History with Mary) [...] 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 the Virgin, but
March 20 – Saint 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 [...] troubling and even contradictory that Mary is given as an example to both consecrated persons and married people? The whole spiritual tradition contemplates Mary as the model and the Queen of virgins and [...] reduce the incomparable mystery of 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
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
April 17 – Apparition of the Virgin Mary at Tre Fontane in 1947 after a first apparition in 1937 (approved) The Blessed Virgin and Our Redemption When we welcome the full truth contained in the Magisterium [...] divine by means of the human, the Blessed Virgin becomes the necessary path to redemption. The Virgin Mary is the way God presents Himself to us: through her we can reach Him. The Mother, in fact, did not
April 25 – Apparitions of Mary the Great Mediatrix of Graces to Bärbel Ruess (Marienfried, Germany, 1946) England and Wales are now consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary On Saturday, February 18, [...] Westminster was completely filled for the consecration of England and Wales to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The ceremony was presided over by Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster. The latter
renowned throughout French-speaking Africa. It was a stigmatist nun, Mother Mary of the Cross, foundress of the Little Sisters of Mary Mother of the Redeemer, of Saint Aignan on Roë in France who offered her [...] 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 here” The Shrine of Our Lady of Issia [...] will come to quench their thirst." He said this in the presence of the local bishop, Bishop Pierre-Marie Coty, who had already decided to make the hill of Issia a place of pilgrimage dedicated to Our Lady
