at the head of a business as RES’ manager, but the engine of my (volunteer) work is no longer some kind of intellectual satisfaction and the management of billions of dollars, but the joy of seeing Christ [...] change? Édouard Montier: "It was the result of a call to stop devoting my life to building my own tower of Babel, in the logic of the secular corporate world. My call was to help build a different world [...] June 2 – The Second Council of Constantinople confirms the title of “Theotokos” (553) I was close to dying and turned to Our Lady A successful general sales manager at Microsoft Corporation, Édouard Montier
the Feast of the Transfiguration of Mary in Zeitoun to its liturgical calendar, which is now celebrated each year on April 2nd. What could be the significance of such impressive manifestations of the Virgin [...] 6 - Feast of Our Lady of Saint John (Italy, 1658) Extraordinary Apparitions in Zeitoun, Egypt (II) The apparitions of the Blessed Virgin were indeed visible to many people, for long periods of time, over [...] hands at the time of some of her apparitions, is a well-known symbol of peace and very welcome at the time when the Coptic minority was threatened by oppression and The Six Day War of 1967, plunging the
September 14 - Exaltation of the Holy Cross – Our Lady of the Three Wheat Sheaves (Alsace, France, 1491) My Miraculous Medal protected me In the month of June 2017, in the region of Vosges (France), I was [...] have killed me! The Miraculous Medal of the Chapel of the Rue du Bac in Paris that I wear around my neck protected me! "Thank you Mother Mary!" Personal testimony of Danièle M. (June 2017, Vosges, France) [...] was sitting by the edge of the pine forest that borders my road, when a huge logging truck and its trailer came by, stopping nearby. At the bottom of the embankment and on the top, crowded together, lay enormous
January 16 - Feast of Our Lady of Victories (Paris, France) We came back from Medjugorje completely transformed We would like to testify to what we received in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina. We went there [...] an hour in front of the Blessed Sacrament and again an hour in the evening. We fast on Wednesday and Friday, which was unthinkable a few weeks ago! We also talk about the readings of the day. For more [...] I cry out, "Mary help me!" We find that all these resolutions taken together bring us closer together. We also try to bear witness to our faith, even though we have to face the skepticism of people, especially
April 16 – Holy Saturday – Our Lady of the Vines (Genoa, Italy, 1816) – Death of Bernadette Soubirous in Nevers, France (d. 1879, incorrupt body) "In vain did we shake her faith" (At the Crucifixion) Some [...] emanated from that meeting, but we could not hear their words; their conversation of love was beyond our reach. Then we saw Mary Magdalene go to the tomb.” Francesco Bamonte Excerpt from Demonic Possessions [...] Some were there to see a sort of miracle, the proof that He was the Messiah; what fools! At the cross, we scared away so many people, who no longer believed, who became afraid when they saw him die; and
anniversary of the installation of the monumental statue of the Madonna and Child, and the consecration of the new chapel. The Tamil faithful accounted for two thirds of the crowd. The French town of Baille [...] December 23 – 4th Sunday of Advent – Our Lady of the Oak (Italy) Miracles and healings happen here! On Sunday, October 14, 2018, thousands of people gathered at the Shrine of Our Lady of France for the 30 th [...] in this place reminds us of the universality of the Christian faith," said Bishop Stanislas Lalanne of Pontoise. All year round, thousands of people go there to pray. One of them, a young Catholic Tamil
September 24 - Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham A Pro-Life Feast In the year 2000, the Holy Father John Paul II decreed that the feast of Our Lady of Walsingham, mediaeval patroness of England, and in modern [...] modern time patroness of all English-speaking peoples, was to be celebrated on September 24th instead of March 25th. The feast of Our Lady of Walsingham was celebrated for the first time on the new date [...] in 2001. The feast of the Annunciation is increasingly celebrated as a pro-life feast, to call attention to the unborn; Our Lady of Walsingham's feast asks us to contemplate the joy of the Incarnation in
the Feast of the Transfiguration of Mary in Zeitoun to its liturgical calendar, which is now celebrated each year on April 2nd. What could be the significance of such impressive manifestations of the Virgin [...] 6 - Feast of Our Lady of Saint John (Italy, 1658) Extraordinary Apparitions in Zeitoun, Egypt (II) The apparitions of the Blessed Virgin were indeed visible to many people, for long periods of time, over [...] hands at the time of some of her apparitions, is a well-known symbol of peace and very welcome at the time when the Coptic minority was threatened by oppression and The Six Day War of 1967, plunging the
March 12 – Our Lady of the Elm (Italy, 1610) Joseph, Model for Our Times " Whoever loves his life will lose it " (Jn 12:25). That is why the Virgin Mary unceasingly invites us, in all her apparitions, [...] plan for him. He denied himself, even in his fundamental aspirations, not out of servile obedience to a cruel God, but out of filial love for the Father in whom he had complete trust, the Father who gives [...] prayer, prayer and penance, penance, penance!" On this difficult path, which goes against the grain of the pervasive contemporary mentality, Joseph proves to be a particularly powerful ally and remedy for
pilgrims and one of the statues of Our Lady of France. The next day, the procession went to the business district of Paris called La Defense, where Mary's carriage circled around the large square to bless [...] Our Lady of Charity (Cuba) First business district in Europe blessed by Our Lady An important Marian pilgrimage took place along 1,242 miles of French roads last summer, tracing a giant "M for Mary," from [...] June 1st to September 13, 2020, stopping at five major French sites of Marian apparitions. Pilgrims walked behind a statue of Our Lady of France, carried in two horse-drawn carriages that followed different
