in His knowledge of His own purpose, He thought of His own Mother, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary. There would come a day in his own life when His Mother, bereft of her protector, Joseph, would come

into the jungle to escape government persecution. At this time a series of apparitions of the Virgin Mary took place: Our Lady came to comfort and support them. Since then, there has been a constant stream

Guadalupe.” In this way, the organizers hoped to match a state or protectorate to each of the Hail Marys in a five-decade rosary. The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe was chosen for a few reasons. First, one

the Bay of Bengal. The helpless sailors instinctively threw themselves on their knees and besought Mary, Star of the Sea, to save them. They vowed to build a church in her name wherever they could land

Catholic Italian writer and poet. She was a Franciscan tertiary and a lay member of the Servants of Mary. She lived most of her life bedridden in Viareggio, Italy. She claimed to receive visions of scenes

children asked the lady some questions. She, smiling, confirmed that she was the Immaculate Virgin Mary and asked them to “always be good.” As the vision continued, more people came to Beauraing, including

Saint Catherine Labouré (1) This is the saint's personal account of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary she received in Paris in 1830. (1) Saint Catherine Labouré (1806-1876) was a French nun of the Co

secret was written down by Sister Lucia, the only survivor among the three children to whom the Virgin Mary appeared at Fatima in 1917. Sister Lucia, then a Carmelite nun, wrote down the text in 1944, at the

with her hand towards Jesus, as if to show the way, while her Son blesses with his right hand. The Marie de Nazareth team

received the following 15 promises to those who pray the Rosary devoutly, from the Blessed Virgin Mary herself, through a private revelation. 1. Those who faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary