Van, n°84, April 2023 Marcel Van (1928-1959) was a Vietnamese Redemptorist religious. Wishing to become a priest, he attended a parish priest's school at a very early age where he suffered from hunger and [...] mass will be said in honor of the Immaculate Heart" My name is Pierre Nguyen and I have been a priest for almost 13 years, a member of the Emmanuel community ordained for the diocese of Bordeaux, France, and [...] of Mary in the church of the Sacred Heart in Bordeaux where I had lived for 5 years as a seminarian! I came to France because it has Paray-le-Monial, Lourdes and Lisieux, three roots of my priestly vocation

night and party with alcohol. A prayerful man who loves the Virgin Mary, he decided to live in Pissy, a quiet village 15 kilometers west of Amiens, France: "It's all I need. I like to lead a quiet life in [...] and right leg. Some are dates having to do with his parents and his brothers, others are about God and the Virgin Mary. The Brazilian attacking midfielder describes his special abilities on the field as being [...] Virgin of Sameiro (Portugal) Not your stereotypical young soccer player Nathan Allan de Souza, 21, is a Brazilian soccer player, on loan to the French club of Amiens since the summer of 2017. He is easy to

as with ensuring that a force of 3,000 Americans held off a British fleet three times its size during the 1815 Battle of New Orleans, the shrine's official history states. When she earned a special papal [...] The nun wrote to the Pontiff and prayed before a statue of Mary: "If you obtain for me a prompt and favorable answer to this letter, I promise to have you honored in New Orleans under the title of Our [...] the history reads. Since then, statues of the "quick help" iteration of Mary and her son have included golden robes, said Mary Lee Harris, assistant to the archivist at the Ursuline Convent Archives and

Parolin gave each person a Rosary, advising them all to "go with confidence" to the Virgin Mary. "The Rosary is a simple but powerful prayer…" and "whether we are walking on a dusty road or we are at home [...] Door and a special Mass on the feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Saint Peter's Basilica. These new weapons are God’s weapons, the Cardinal observed: "The bread and wine of the Eucharist, a few words [...] (Russia) The Vatican police given "new weapons" Swiss Guards and Vatican police have received "new weapons" to provide better service: a "secret arsenal" that the Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, handed

coronavirus outbreak a “global pandemic” and as Italy was preparing for a full lockdown, Pope Francis offered a prayer to the Virgin Mary , entrusting the whole world to the protection of Mary. I remember thinking [...] asking Mary to pray for the world, but he was inviting the world to consider Mary as he and the people of Rome do. Pope Francis makes two easy-to-miss references to Rome’s special relationship with the Virgin [...] Virgin Mary. In the English translation, he refers to Mary with the titles “Salvation of the Roman People” and “Mother of Divine Love.” The first title is a reference to the Salus Populi Romani icon of

Pio’s usual way of conversing with the Virgin Mary. He called the Rosary his "weapon" that allowed him to conquer and obtain everything. Giving thanks to the Virgin Mary was for him the necessary way to [...] to give thanks to God. He himself received a special grace through it: In August 1959, after a journeying to several Italian cities, the statue of Our Lady of Fatima arrived in San Giovanni. An huge crowd [...] many graces had heard his prayer! He, the minister of reconciliation, used to say: "I would like to have a voice strong enough to invite the sinners of the whole world to love the Blessed Virgin." Translated

for offenses against that Heart: "Men have helped me to thrust a thousand billion thorns into it. You have helped me to thrust all these thorns into it, you have helped me; but more thorns, more strength; [...] glory; your sins have been transformed into glory, because so many souls have dedicated themselves to atone for them; and each soul pulls out a thorn, and each thorn that is removed drives a post of fire into [...] instead, She was killing us with Her tears: Her tears are a fire that 'kills' us." Another day, while this same exorcist was invoking the intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, the devil spoke of the

three times. Then I went to talk to a priest in the confessional. And while I was talking to him, another word confirmed what the priest was telling me: I was going to have a child! I had my first daughter [...] over thirty years old, I was still without children! One day, a lady with whom I was doing a training course told me about the Virgin Mary of the Rue du Bac in Paris: I immediately interrupted her, explaining [...] I was born into a Protestant family and was baptized at the age of 6 months. Since then I have remained in the Protestant faith knowing only Jesus. When I got married, I wanted to have children but it

place was a dream. Yet when I went to sleep I knew little about, and had no special sympathy for Christianity or any of its aspects; when I awoke I was hopelessly in love with the Blessed Virgin Mary and wanted [...] "dream," I was taken to a room and granted an audience with the most beautiful young woman I could have ever imagined; without it being spoken, I knew that it was the Blessed Virgin Mary. She agreed to answer [...] answer any questions I might ask her; I clearly remember standing there, weighing a number of possible questions in my mind, and asking her four or five of them. She answered them, then spoke to me for several

I would have a good time. I prayed that I would be able to stay away from alcohol, which I did. I was satisfied with a glass of water or orange juice, which for those who know me was already a miracle [...] Medjugorje, unable to sleep and feeling restless, I decided to go for a walk in the town, where I had spotted a few bars, to have a few pints and more as usual. Then I resisted this impulse, sensing that [...] well as all the religious services, with great enthusiasm and focus. I kept finding answers to my questions in the homilies of the priests or in a casual word from a member of the group. I was also struck