wrote a short letter to the Virgin Mary. In it I told her that I really wanted to get married, and that I would like "Our Lady of Medjugorje," who calls herself "the Queen of Peace," to find me a husband [...] Eventually I went, and it was there, while praying to "Our Lady of Medjugorje"—the Queen of Peace—that I met John, who is my husband today! We are the happy parents of a little boy called Karol (named after Saint [...] September 22 - Saint Thomas of Villanova (d. 1555) - Holy Mary of the Royal Court (Italy, 1575) Mary is an amazing matchmaker! Five years ago, I went on a pilgrimage to Medjurgorje (in Bosnia Herzegovina)

from this disease." The very popular shrine of Our Lady of Monte Berico has become one of the most important places of Marian devotion in Europe. The Servants of Mary, who have been managing this beautiful [...] was at the peak of the plague and Our Lady repeated her earlier request and promises to the old woman. Vicenza went back to the city, and this time the population listened to her: the prominent citizens [...] later. Our Lady had told Vincenza about a spring of water that would gush out of the bedrock on the site where the sanctuary would be built, and this is exactly what happened. In the course of the work

“repetitions of words are useless… dumb”… They also said… “IDOLATRY… you can’t pray to Mary”) but I persevered… And then I consecrated myself to Our Lady… (once again). I met hubby. We began our courtship [...] and the Consecration to Our Lady (St Louis de Montfort style) was what set my feet on solid ground in a world that spun around me with all sorts of “answers” to life’s problems. And I wanted answers. My [...] January 2 – Memorial of Mary Panaghia Portaitissa (Holy Guardian of the Door) - Saints Basil and Gregory of Nazianzus Don’t go a day without saying the Rosary! At the tender age of twenty, the Rosary and

natural fear of risk, the prayer of the Hail Mary came to my soul. Alone in that cold corridor of the hospital that prayer calmed my nerves at once. I felt the maternal presence of Our Lady and an image [...] life I have received many maternal interventions of Our Lady. I try to love her a lot. I know she takes care of me. Antonio Carlos Rossi Keller Bishop of Frederico Westphalen (Brazil) Exclusive Interview [...] image came to my mind—it was the image I carried in my book of the Liturgy of the Hours—Our Lady with the Child Jesus, Mother Three Times Brave. Consolation and trust were instantaneous. I do not think I have

grounds of St Augustine’s Mission of the Name of God (one of the first churches in what would later become part of the United States) we also find the first North American shrine ever dedicated to Our Lady [...] shrine is dedicated to an early Christian devotion that can be tracked back as far as the 4th century in the Holy Land: the devotion to Our Lady of the Milk. A grotto located east of the Nativity Church [...] Land. Spanish settlers who came to St Augustine in the 1600s brought with them their devotion to Nuestra Senora de la Leche (Our Lady of the Milk). A miraculous statue of the Madonna and Child under this

President of the Republic of Senegal. Every year, thousands of faithful Catholics from all over Senegal and bordering countries come to Poponguine to pay homage to Our Lady and seek conversion, to become [...] 1963, Senegal and Gambia were consecrated to Our Lady of Deliverance. In 1965, a pilgrimage was inaugurated in the presence of the late President of the Republic of Senegal, Léopold Sedar Senghor. The Marian [...] coast to the village of Poponguine, he observed: "What a magnificent site for a Marian shrine!" A native of Brittany, he decided to designate a famous Black Madonna from the neighboring province of Normandy

then appeared to one of the apostles, St James the Greater, brother of St John, who at the time was in Zaragoza, Spain. This apparition is known as Our Lady of the Pillar. In the early days of the Christian [...] went to evangelize the Roman province of Hispania, the future Spain. There he encountered many obstacles and experienced a period of great discouragement. One night, while praying on the banks of the Ebro [...] Heart of Mary, Refuge of Sinners (Paris, France) A Marian apparition during Mary's lifetime! The first Marian apparition took place in 40 A.D., only a few years after the death and resurrection of Jesus:

ty of the Rosary. In 1876, a nun from the Monastery of the Rosary at Porta Medina offered him a depiction of Our Lady of the Rosary that he installed in his church. Soon miracles reputedly began to occur [...] Longo in front of 30,000 of the faithful, calling him an “apostle of the Rosary!” The journey from disciple of Satan to Blessed Bartolo Longo was long, twisting and truly bizarre. Born in 1841 to a wealthy [...] occur. Pilgrims flocked to what would become known as the Our Lady of the Rosary Shrine in Pompeii. Adapted from an article by Addison Nugent , OZY Author

Mother of God, the Mother of the Church, and the mother of every one of us. Mary was the first person to consecrate herself to Jesus Christ, the first to offer her whole heart to do His will, to serve his [...] always will, the Mother of Jesus and the Mother of the Church. As Jesus entrusted himself to Mary, we need to entrust ourselves to her and look to her as our model, as children look to their mother. From Mary [...] learn to trust that God’s plan of love will be fulfilled, in our lives and in history. From Mary, we learn to open our hearts to Jesus, to ponder His words and His life. And from Mary, we learn to do whatever

"Third Secret" of Fatima: Sister Lucia's vision of the martyrdom of "a bishop clothed in white" surrounded by other Catholics. In 2002, Pope John Paul II added the feast of Our Lady of Fatima to the calendar [...] thanksgiving to Our Lady for saving his life. On May 13, 2000, the Pope beatified Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two of the three children who had seen the Virgin Mary in Fatima during the apparitions of 1917 (Lucia [...] the Pontiff leaned over to examine a little girl’s medal of Fatima, narrowly avoiding the lethal bullets aimed at his head and chest. A year later, the Pope went to the shrine of Fatima, where he left the