newspaper column on women’s lives under quarantine: “One of the many agonizing moments of our lives under quarantine is being separated from the members of my family. My husband is a surgeon and so are my c [...] Precious Blood together with Mama Mary covering them with her mantle of protection!” The same prayer for divine intervention during these difficult times drew members of the Centro Escolar University Alumni [...] Brigade by ZOOM. Every day, a Rosary leader was assigned, along with five responders to each of the decades of the Rosary, and the participants sang spiritual songs, making the experience “alive and exciting
place to pray the Rosary.” It’s one of the ways their family is growing in holiness together as a domestic church, in the hallowed footsteps of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. In their daily life [...] director of Family Theater Productions, encourages families to make the most of prayer, starting with saying grace at the table. “Take a moment and invite members of the family to offer prayers of intercession [...] March 18 – Our Lady of Ajaccio (Corsica, France) The car is a great place to pray the Rosary Every time Chris and Jennifer Sariego and their four children leave their home in Los Angeles and get into their
wife received the news of his death. Struck by a blow in the chest, he was eventually discovered, the only survivor of the explosion. He had burns over 70% of his body, half of which were third-degree [...] Our Lady of Lourdes. (1) Excerpt from Dr. Theillier’s book Lourdes, terre de guérisons ( Lourdes, A Land of Healing) recently published by Editions Artège. Dr. Patrick Theillier, former director of the Office [...] Office of Medical Observations of the Shrine of Lourdes, France
suggested, I went to the website of the Perpetual Rosary. I read the testimonial of a certain Catherine, who received the vision of the protective rosary from the Virgin Mary on September 21, 2020... which [...] April 20 - Our Lady of Sorrows (Peru, 1906) “My life has changed since I began praying the Perpetual Rosary for the World” On October 30, 2021, I saw my friend Irene after a gap of 20 years. She told me [...] which happens to be my birthday! Since that day of October 30, driven by an inner call, I have been praying the Perpetual Rosary for the World at least every night, with my own little rosary. This very simple
– Our Lady of Town Squares (Crozant, France, 1664) Rain for the last day? Don Bosco was preaching a triduum of prayers in preparation for the feast of the Assumption in the rural parish of Montemagno near [...] the morning of the Assumption. On the afternoon of the last day, the closing of the triduum, the church was packed. Meanwhile, the sun was still blazing hot and the sky was showing no sign of the smallest [...] country's main produce. At the opening sermon of the triduum, Don Bosco announced: "My brethren, if you give generously of your time and come to hear the word of God during these three days, and if you purify
dream of the Church being saved by anchoring to two pillars — the Eucharist and the Rosary. It will run Oct. 7-13, starting on the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary and ending on the anniversary of the last [...] live out the message of Fatima,” Downs explained. Another main goal is to pray for four intentions — in reparation for our sins and the sins of our country, for life and the end of abortion, for peace and [...] Polish pope visited his homeland in June 1979. In 1988, one of the Polish pray-ers brought the congress to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. The aim was
Christ's words were true by moving Mokattam Mountain to the east, which would permit the expansion of the new town of Cairo. If he refused or was unable to accomplish this feat he would face two alternatives: [...] November 18 - The Rosary Virgin of Chiquinquira (Venezuela, 1749) The Caliph Who Defied the Coptic Church (II) Simon the Tanner's existence could have remained unknown, if an incident at the court didn't [...] leaders to debate in his presence. His Islamized Jewish vizier and Pope Abraam were present at one of those meetings and the pope got the upper hand. The Jew sought to embarrass Abraam and quoted the famous
away in the mountains. So she went to live there, and was in charge of keeping up the temple; one of her chores was to take care of the many tombs and burn incense during the funeral feasts. Her husband [...] October 6 - Our Lady of People (Italy) The Chain that Leads to Heaven A thousand uprooted people lived in former military barracks at the "Wooden Bridge," a suburb of Tokyo. These people for the most part [...] school. There, a nun instructed her for three years and at the age of 17 she became a Christian. "I received the Holy Water and the Bread of God," she told me. But later she got married, following her family's
New York on weekends to instruct converts, I would enjoy the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Farrell, who had become the agents of the Blessed Mother to save me from my creditors. When I finished my university [...] be permitted to return to Mary's Shrine again, for I knew not to what task the Bishop would assign me. I asked the Blessed Mother to give me some sign that despite the odds of returning to Lourdes, she [...] . The sign I asked for was this: that after I offered the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and before I would reach the outer gate of the shrine, a little girl age about twelve, dressed in white, would give
the viewers, set against the backdrop of such a sacred place. Paradoxically, they are among the most impactful, as Isidore's piety is utterly moving. Isidore’s way of the cross began as a teenager when he [...] Portugal to go to France. There, his only connections were in the street. A string of bad encounters led him into the sordid nets of prostitution. The only light in the night was his faith, inherited from his [...] who gave me some sandals," he says. The Chapel of apparitions at the Rue du Bac in Paris (St Catherine Laboure and the Miraculous Medal) became his place of escape. Then, in the 80s, he had a strong spiritual
