March 1 – First Sunday of Lent – Our Lady of Machaby (Italy, 1800) – 12th apparition in Lourdes (France, 1858) The story of Mary and Joseph inspires artists in New York City Centered around the relati

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) The Kingdom of France was once called Ma

February 2 - Presentation of Jesus in the Temple By divine will, the Mother gives Jesus to mankind In the episode of the Presentation we can glimpse the meeting of Israel's hope with the Messiah. We c

February 26 – Ash Wednesday – Blessed Virgin of Meshech (Moscow, Russia, 1492) Mary is much more than an object of devotion God offers us the Virgin Mary in the same way that He chose her for Himself;

February 25 – Virgin Nicopeia (Venice, Italy) – 9th apparition in Lourdes (France, 1858) "Drink from the spring and wash yourself there" On February 18th, the Lady said to Bernadette (1): “Could you d

March 3 – Our Lady of Help (Italy) – 14th apparition in Lourdes (France, 1858) The Virgin Mary is a wonderful matchmaker! Five years ago, I went to Medjugorje and there I wrote a short letter to the V

March 4 – Our Lady of Sorrows (Italy, 1603) – 15th apparition in Lourdes (France, 1858) Vatican II made great strides forward with regard to both Marian doctrine and devotion The Second Vatican Counci

February 21 – Saint Peter Damian, Doctor of the Church (d. 1072) – 6th apparition of Lourdes (France, 1858) The Green Scapular of the Immaculate Heart of Mary We all know of someone in our lives who i

February 13 – Death of Sister Lucia of Fatima (2005) Mary, the "invisible Tsarina" On the night of February 13, 1917, a peasant woman from Botchinki (a suburb of Moscow, Russia) named Eudoxia Adrianov

March 6 – Our Lady of Graces (Padua, Italy, 1630) How Mary stopped the plague on Monte Berico (I) A rare manuscript, kept at the Bertoliana library in Vicenza, Italy, tells in great detail the story o