Our Lady of the Armies in Versailles when Virgin Mary appeared to her, accompanied by St. Michael and St. Therese, and gave her the following message: "If, in union with my divine Son, I love all the nations
who learn silent prayer there, at the school of the Carmelite saints: St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, and St. Therese of the Child Jesus. Father Marie-Eugène died on March 27, 1967, an Easter
Louis and Zélie Martin: A path to holiness It was through a novena that St Zélie Martin discovered her professional calling, and that her daughter St Thérèse later received the grace of seeing the Blessed Virgin [...] enthroned in their house and it was before her that the family would gather to pray. The parents of St Thérèse of Lisieux, Louis and Zélie were the first couple to be canonized together, on October 18, [...] fraternal charity. Theirs was an ecclesial holiness: through participation in parish life and formation (St Vincent de Paul Conferences, Catholic Circles, Propagation of the Faith...) and through the practice
In the city of Las Piñas, Philippines, a devotion that had almost disappeared is making a comeback. St Joseph Parish, home to the world-famous bamboo organ, is also a shrine to the image of Our Lady of [...] Father Auguste Pulido, the image has been restored, and many faithful participated in a preparatory novena for her feast on September 4th, celebrated by Augustinian priests who are familiar with the history
said to St Bernadette Soubirous in Lourdes (France) in 1858: "I am the Immaculate Conception," she confirmed the dogma proclaimed by Pius IX in 1854 following the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to St Catherine [...] Immaculate Conception with the virgin birth of Jesus. Some parishes precede the feast with a preparatory novena. Since December 8th is a date included in the Advent season, when it falls on a Sunday the solemnity [...] observed today: people put small lights outside their windows while a torchlight procession goes up from St John’s Cathedral to the Basilica of Our Lady of Fourvière. Adapted from: Aleteia
what our Mother Mary is truly like. She gave herself completely. She is our Queen and our Mother. St Therese of Lisieux said, 'how I love the Blessed Virgin, she is more of a mother than a queen' and perhaps [...] but the love of God. Excerpt from a homily by Bishop Paul Mc Aleenan on July 25, 2022, at the Cité St Pierre in Lourdes. Bishop Mc Aleenan, an Irishman, is Auxiliary Bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese
sign was coming from her. After Mass on Saturday morning, after the rosary, I prayed a "flying novena" (as St. Teresa of Calcutta often did: 9 Memorares in petition plus 1 to thank Mary, trusting that our
