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 [...] 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 thousand faithful were present at the

journey. Since then, every time I go to the Grotto, I thank Mary who sent me this guardian angel and I see her smile again. I think that Jesus and Mary know how to surprise us and give us a helping hand through [...] March 20 –Saint Nicholas of Flüe (Switzerland, 1417-1487) who had several apparitions of the Virgin Mary I needed that hug to find my way Franco Gedda is director of the Cenacolo “school of life” in Lourdes

March 19 – Solemnity of Saint Joseph, the Spouse of the Virgin Mary Saint Joseph, Mary’s husband, is mentioned in the Eucharistic prayer Saint Joseph of Nazareth, set over the Lord’s family, marvelously [...] Blessed Virgin Mary, is henceforth to be added to Eucharistic Prayers II, III, and IV, as they appear in the third typical edition of the Roman Missal, after the name of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Antonio Card

March 27 – Blessed Father Marie-Eugene of the Child Jesus, Carmelite (d. 1967) The Virgin causes grace to spring forth from God's bosom The motherhood of the Blessed Virgin resides in the transmission [...] Virgin does not produce grace, but she makes it spring forth from the bosom of God. Blessed Father Marie-Eugene of the Child Jesus Notes, March 1st, 1964 In the Notebook of the Notre Dame de Vie Institute

(French poet, painter, writer, and critic; Catholic convert. d. 1944) – Public apparition of the Virgin Mary in Zeitoun (Egypt, 1970) Virgin unique, watch over me! Max Jacob (1876-1944) was a French painter [...] antique dealers, he became a renowned poet and painter, until he had a vision of Jesus and the Virgin Mary in 1909. After a series of visions, Max Jacob was baptized in 1915, and Picasso, the renowned Spanish [...] internment camp, where he died on March 5th, 1944. Among the poems he wrote is this beautiful prayer to Mary: "Praise be to this little country girl, who merited to be the mother of God! It seems to me that

septembre – St Thomas de Villeneuve (+ 1555) – Italie : Sainte Marie de la cour Royale (1575) L’Evangile ne nous a-t-il rien raconté de la vie de Marie ? Je me suis demandé pourquoi les évangélistes, après avoir [...] parlé de Jean Baptiste et des apôtres, ont écrit si sommairement l'histoire de la bienheureuse Vierge Marie, bien qu'elle les surpasse presque à l'infini par son excellence et par ses vertus. Pourquoi, me disais-je

September 17 - Our Lady of the Virtues and Greatnesses of Mary (La Flèche, France) Saint Thomas Aquinas: God saved the world through Mary's humility The Blessed Virgin possessed many qualities for which [...] considers only humility. In a sermon on the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Augustine writes of her humility: "O true humility of Mary, who begot God for mankind, made life known to mortals, opened the heavens

August 22 - Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mary's sovereign presence fills heaven and earth "By her immaculate purity, she is the Queen chosen by God himself, the Queen loved by the Angels, who from

Saint Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits (d. 1556 - Feast of the "Densata" (Conception of Mary, Ethiopian Church) I pray the Rosary with my kids even though they don’t want to “Okay, kids, let’s [...] will be there, somebody who loves you even more than I do. Our Mother in Heaven, the Blessed Virgin Mary, will be there with you. It has never been known that anyone who fled to her protection was left unaided [...] your heart. When your own words fail, the words of Scripture that make up the Our Fathers and Hail Marys will still be there and accessible to you. “That’s why I teach you these prayers,” I say, “so you

John Mary Vianney, Curé of Ars (d.1859 - Apparition of Our Lady to 14-year-old Natalino Scarpa (Pellestrina, Italy, 1716 Beit Gemal Monastery: The burial place of Saint Stephen, at whose funeral Mary was