that the people in my household really liked, and on several occasions I was sent to drop off an order or pick one up. Soon the objects became a pretext for a visit, and whenever I could, I made a quick

Louis XIII, who entrusted France to the Virgin Mary in 1638, making her Queen of that country. In order to give a concrete expression to this commitment, the pilgrimage of the Virgin Mary was launched by

wish of the Sultan's daughter At the beginning of the 12th century, three Christian knights of the order of Saint John of Jerusalem left France for the crusade. They were captured and brought to Cairo, where

for three days and three nights. During this time he did nothing but weep and do harsh penances in order to appease the anger of God. He used his discipline so much that his body was lacerated, and finally

life was so completely transformed from that day, that Don Bosco began to write down his actions in order not to forget them. In 1857, Dominic fell ill, and died on March 9th. His face aglow, he breathed

the month we hear an average of 22,000 thousand confessions," the Servites of Mary explain. Their order has overseen the site with its magnificent views, since 1435. From an article by Pina Baglioni, in

asks of her children to receive the Gospel, to open their hearts to the meaning of Scripture, in order to grant them ‘the intelligence of the mystery of Christ’. Because God is absent from our world, because

mystery, preferring to bow down faithfully and prostrate in silence, "because where God desires, the order of nature is overcome." Joseph, the Silent One, lit up by the awesome light that shone in the darkness

Microsoft Corporation, Édouard Montier, married and the father of three, decided to give up his career in order to support missionaries, by founding the Entrepreneurs Solidarity Network (RES). What caused him to

points out: "The motherhood of the Church must be inspired by the motherhood of Mary, because in order to know what she must be and what she is, the Church looks to Mary. The Virgin Mary is the model,