the winter of 1933, a young girl named Mariette reported that the Virgin Mary had appeared to her on eight separate occasions. Mariette was 11 years old at the time and came from a poor family of lapsed [...] March 2 - 8th and last apparition in Banneux (Belgium, 1933) - 13th apparition in Lourdes (France, 1858) - Pius XI’s letter on France "Kingdom of Mary" (1922) Banneaux: The Virgin of the Poor Banneux is [...] bright blue sash. The figure held a rosary and was smiling at Mariette. The young girl asked to go outside, but her mother feared the girl's vision might be a ghost and refused to allow it. When Mariette returned
May 3 - Sts Philip and James, Apostles - Mary, Queen of Poland - Act of Consecration of Poland to Mary (1966) Mary is a living person My mother had promised the Virgin Mary that if my birth went safely [...] four children to her. We have been married for 42 years and Mary consoles us, gives us support and always leads us to Jesus. "All to Jesus through Mary," as Saint Louis de Montfort said. As a teenager, I distanced [...] 1972, He answered me through Mary and a community of young people. During the evening prayer, I recited three Hail Marys with other young people; I was overwhelmed with joy and never recovered. I was touched
May 3 - Mary, Mother of Jasna Gora and Queen - Polish National Consecration to the Virgin Mary (1966) The Millennium Anniversary of the Baptism of Poland (I) In the mid-fifties, life in Poland was very [...] like a Pilgrim Virgin, to all the parishes and families in Poland, so as to revive the faith of the People of God. The Pilgrim Virgin of Poland worked wonders and 9 years later, the entire country gathered [...] gathered together on May 3, 1966 during the feast of Mary, Mother of Jasna Gora and Queen, while the Primate of Poland pronounced an act of total surrender to the Mother of God, during the celebration of the
May 3 – Saints Philip and James, apostles – Mary, Queen of Poland – Act of consecration of Poland to Mary (1966) 1979 – 1990: from Saint John Paul II’s consecration of Poland to Mary to the end of Communism [...] homeland, Poland, and I wish first of all to confirm the acts of consecration and of trust that at various times— in many and various ways were pronounced by the Cardinal Primate and the Polish Episcopate [...] for the freedom of the Church in Poland and throughout the world. This event took place in Jasna Gora, a shrine located in Częstochowa (Poland), on the feast of Mary, Queen of Poland. During his first trip
May 3 – Saint Philip and Saint James, apostles – Mary, Queen of Poland – Act of Consecration of Poland to Mary (1966) Poland’s love for Mary made her the bulwark of Catholicism In Poland, a country with [...] assumed an intensity and cordiality we rarely see in other countries. The Mother of God is an integral part of public, social and family life. A farmer or a construction worker will pause and pray before starting [...] intercession of the Virgin Mary, because without God that very work would not have been possible. The first church built in Poland was dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, and this devotion, spread
Apostles Saint Philip and Saint James - Feast of Mary, Queen of Poland - Act of consecration of Poland to Mary (1966) - Apparition of Our Lady of Trois-Épis (France, 1491, approved in 1495) Mary, Queen of Poland [...] you should also faithfully follow Mary's timely invitation and "do whatever Jesus tells you" (cf. Jn 2:5). May her blessing accompany each one of you, your families and all the Polish people," the Argentine [...] against the Swedish invasion. This feast of Mary, Queen of Poland, was established at the request of the Polish bishops, after the First World War and the regained independence of Poland. Officially, it has
subject to corruption, and you are the Incorrupt; I am empty of all grace, and you are full of grace; I am imperfect, and you are perfect; I am small, and you are great; I am weak, and you are strong. Thus [...] the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph – Holy Mary of Saint Celsius (Italy, 1485) You who gave birth to the Sun, you shine with him Star shining in the morning, Virgin Mary, your light rises before the [...] day, because your coming precedes that of Jesus Christ, your blessed Son, who is light and day. And as the moon and the stars disappear when the light of the sun comes, you who shone in the morning, still
May 3 - Mary, Mother of Jasna Gora and Queen - Polish National Consecration to the Virgin Mary (1966) The Millennium Anniversary of the Baptism of Poland (I) In the mid-fifties, life in Poland was very [...] like a Pilgrim Virgin, to all the parishes and families in Poland, so as to revive the faith of the People of God. The Pilgrim Virgin of Poland worked wonders and 9 years later, the entire country gathered [...] gathered together on May 3, 1966 during the feast of Mary, Mother of Jasna Gora and Queen, while the Primate of Poland pronounced an act of total surrender to the Mother of God, during the celebration of the
May 18 – Saint John I, Pope and Martyr (d. 526 in Ravenna, Italy) Mary, a one-in-a-million mother Mary is a wonderful name that carries within it all the values I am particularly attached to. I don't have [...] special story about Mary, because I have grown up with her all my life. I was raised Catholic, in a community that shared common values. I can’t list everything that Mary has given me and taught me throughout [...] her values have taken root in me: her resilience, tolerance, acceptance of others, self-sacrifice, and the infinite love of a one-in-a-million mother... In this world we live in, we are tested all the time
November 16 – Our Lady of Ostra Brama (Poland and Lithuania) - Saint Gertrude of Helfta "The Brothers of St Joseph taught us to love Our Lady" "My experience with Mary began when I was a child. I was born in [...] homes like ours. The example of my parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles was an essential part of the development of my love for Mary. But my Marian devotion also grew greatly in the community of my [...] by Father Murialdo—who taught us to love Our Lady. I owe my religious, sacerdotal and episcopal vocation largely to Mary. I must say that here in Belém (Brazil) the devotion to Our Lady of Nazareth is very
