since 1200 AD During the reign of Charlemagne, around Christmas of 800 AD, a statue of the Virgin Mary was discovered in a flowering broom tree in the village of "Soucieu" located at the end of the Lyonnais [...] place the beautiful name of Valfleury ("flowered valley"), in memory of the discovery of the statue of Mary in that valley. Sadly, in the 16th century, with the wars of religion and the disastrous system of
at Knock On Thursday, August 21, 1879, at about 8 pm, at Knock in Co. Mayo, Ireland, Mary McLoughlin, 45, and Mary Byrne, 29, saw "luminous figures" on the gable wall of the parish church. Surprised, the
of its consecration to Mary, Canada's three cardinals led the nation's bishops in a ceremony on September 26, 2017, to re-consecrate the nation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. "In a way, what can the
devotion to the Virgin Mary. “I have always had a Marian grotto at home since I was a student,” he says. “When I pray the Rosary, I really feel in touch with God through the Virgin Mary. She is my mother,
who gave her a “tour of paradise” holding her hand. She had several other apparitions of the Virgin Mary. This one, among others, on March 25, 1936: "Suddenly I saw the Mother of God, who said to me, ‘I [...] in the year 2000. The Divine Mercy Sunday is now celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter. The Marie de Nazareth Team
Consecrated virgins testify that by giving everything to Christ, life is truly fruitful. Like the Virgin Mary, they keep in their hearts a mystery larger than themselves, and convey it to the world. Saint Augustine [...] will of my father, that one is my brother, my mother, and my sister.” (The Holy virginity, 2.2-3.3) Mary opened the road to all the women who, following her example, welcome the divine call to give their
place aren’t the only attractions of this Marian shrine: After 54 years of apparitions of the Virgin Mary, Laus also carries a message and offers a spiritual experience out of the ordinary. 2018 may be the [...] Benedicta (Benoite) Rencurel necessarily marked this shrine: she had her first encounter with the Virgin Mary at 17, and continued to receive visions until she was 71. The “Beautiful Lady” of Laus accompanied
apparitions of the 19 th century, from the Rue du Bac in 1830, to Lourdes in 1858, that the Virgin Mary gave France a new impulse of devotion to God by contemplating her Immaculate Conception. Many conversions [...] conversions have been and are still achieved through the miraculous medal and its invocation: "O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to you.” The famous convert Alphonse Ratisbonne
in the other hand, a scapular made of green fabric. On one side of this scapular was the image of Mary and, on the other side, a heart inflamed with rays, brighter than the sun and transparent as crystal [...] surrounded by an oval inscription surmounted by a gold cross, with the words: "Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us now and at the hour of our death." That same day, an inner voice revealed to Sister Justine
recognized by many people as Mary, and implored to protect the city. As the town had indeed been spared from war and destruction, a beautiful church was built to thank Mary for the protection received and
