wanted a special statue of the Virgin, and a Jesuit priest obtained a copy of Our Lady of Pontmain for them. Our Lady of Beshwet wears a gold crown and a blue star-spangled robe. She carries a crucifix [...] Pontmain is a small French village where the Virgin Mary appeared to some children with a message of prayer and repentance in 1871, when the Prussian army had invaded France. The event took place a few days [...] and foreigners, have been cured after addressing themselves to her and have come on pilgrimage to thank her. Adapted from an article by Francoise Breynaert (Marie de Nazareth) And excerpts from Discover

created special rituals to go with the novena, to make the devotion to Mary Undoer of Knots more concrete: each person asking for a grace wrote their intention on a piece of paper tied with a ribbon, and [...] devotion to Mary Undoer of Knots In Brazil. Bourgerie was working as a pilot when he moved to Brazil in the 1970s and decided to become a missionary of the Virgin Mary in Campinas. In 1999, he made a trip to [...] of a Catholic Marian shrine, where the Virgin Mary is venerated under a name he was not familiar with, in the church of San José del Talar. He went there and was amazed at both the picture of Mary Undoer

and the possibility of making an alliance with some great family of the local nobility. Was this a miracle? Who can say, but surely the family had received special graces! A few months later, as the hunting [...] let us take a look at the activity around the Nadasdy’s castle. The entire town was filled with joy. The Wesselenyi family was present with pomp and circumstance. Eleanor looked as pretty as a princess and [...] the day by the hands of artists and then, a loud thunder clap… and a bolt of lightning fell on the procession in formation. Alas! Instead of a marriage, there was a funeral in Kophaza. Eleanor, the girl who

and the possibility of making an alliance with some great family of the local nobility. Was this a miracle? Who can say, but surely the family had received special graces! A few months later, as the hunting [...] let us take a look at the activity around the Nadasdy's castle. The entire town was filled with joy. The Wesselenyi family was present with pomp and circumstance. Eleanor looked as pretty as a princess and [...] day by the hands of artists and then, a loud thunder clap... and a bolt of lightning fell on the procession in formation. Alas! Instead of a marriage, there was a funeral in Kophaza. Eleanor, the girl

of the Apparitions of the Virgin Mary , Mary appeared in the church to the priest and his congregation, humbly dressed and in prayer. The hermitage of the Basilica has a year-round guesthouse and functions [...] France), he found a very poor village where most of the men were out of work. He decided to create jobs, and to do this he got a brilliant idea. As he explained: "I wanted to kill two birds with one stone: 1) [...] their spiritual needs. The village church of Montligeon became a place of pilgrimage. Father Buguet built a strikingly beautiful basilica in a large open field. He also expanded the printing shop, and bought

of the Bread. This is why I decided to become a priest too. In 5 th grade, I confided to a nun in Europe, Sister Marie Pierre, my intention to become a priest. She told me: "Entrust your vocation to the [...] Mass, I spoke with the Mary about my vocation to the priesthood and asked her to protect this vocation so that nothing would divert it. I have experienced many trials in my journey as a priest, and I still [...] 1959, in Bafoussam, Cameroon. I was later ordained a priest by Bishop André Wouking on July 1, 1989, in the same town. My parents were very religious. As a family, we prayed every morning before going to

oratories specially designed for couples hoping to conceive and parents grieving over the death of a child, so that they can bring their petitions to Mary, Our Lady of Life. For Brother Hubert-Marie de Bazelaire [...] "This is good news for all couples who may feel outcast, unwelcome or different, and who do not have a special ministry in their parish for couples trying to conceive." The shrine is already planning future [...] patroness of Luxembourg City (Luxembourg) New “Belvedere for Life” Shrine in France Parents who have lost a child or are experiencing infertility are not abandoned by the Church: the Shrine of Our Lady of

to their hearts, to a place that so desperately needed to be reached with God’s message of mercy. After the Mass, we were invited to pray the first joyful mystery and to remain for a time to venerate the [...] graces we had received. That evening two of the women who had come to Mass put in requests to see a priest for confession. One of them told me it had been many years since she had received the sacrament [...] jail told me that several of the staff remained before the icon for a long time, touched that Our Lady had manifested her love in such a way, or perhaps simply moved by something they could not understand

always been a special place for me, since I was a child, and at this important moment in my life, I wanted to come to consecrate also my priestly ministry in Mary’s hands, because I know that, with her, I can [...] sight may give him a unique experience in exercising his priestly ministry. “Not being able to see allows me not to get so distracted by external things, although, internally, I have to make the same effort [...] becoming more acute, especially hearing, which is the ability to listen, which can be a gift so I can be a priest who listens better to people in their dramatic situations, in their joys, and in their

Small red rosaries unite Japan and France The Marian Shrine of Pontmain in France has a special spiritual connection with Japan, on account of the Red Rosary, known as the "Crown of the Japanese Martyrs." [...] Christians (priests, religious and lay people, including children) were executed on a hill in Nagasaki, Japan, on the orders of Taïko (mayor of the palace) Hideyoshi Toyotomi. This was the beginning of a long [...] these 26 martyrs then spread throughout Europe, particularly in France. In Brittany, a priest named Father Hamet designed a small string of rosary beads consisting of two decades and composed of 26 blood-red