November 17 – Mary Gate of Dawn (Lithuania) - Saint Gregory the Miracle-Worker (d. 270) 56 apparitions of Mary to invoke the Holy Spirit in a new way (I) On March 25, 1945, Mary appeared to Ida Peerdeman [...] order to receive the gift of Peace. In this time of "decline of the faith" (March 28, 1951) and in this "world sunk in corruption" (May 7, 1949), Mary came to unveil a plan of Salvation for Humanity. The [...] light, before the Cross of her Son. All around, flocks of sheep symbolize all the peoples of the earth. The seer saw a large number of black sheep and heard these words: "The people of the whole world will
November 18 – Mary of Chinquinquira (Venezuela) 56 apparitions of Mary to invoke the Holy Spirit in a new way (II) The Lady of All Nations asked, during an apparition in Amsterdam on February 11, 1951 [...] See A Moment With Mary of November 17, 2017 (2) The official recognition on May 31, 2002, by Bishop Punt (Bishop of Haarlem-Amsterdam, the Netherlands) of the supernatural authenticity of the Amsterdam a [...] particular): the "Coronation of the Mother of the Lord Jesus Christ, as Co-redemptrix, Mediatrix and Advocate" (October 11, 1953). It is the first time in history that the Virgin Mary asked for a dogma. She
25 – Christ the King – Mary, Consoler of the Afflicted (Rome, Italy) Mary is the great, unique mold of God We must do everything with Mary: in all our actions we must look upon Mary, although a simple human [...] its equal on this side of heaven. And so on for her other virtues. Remember what I told you before, that Mary is the great, unique mold of God, designed to make living images of God at little expense and [...] transformed into our Lord because it is the true likeness of him. Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary § 260.2
November 11 – Paul VI proclaims Mary “Mother of the Church” (1964) "In Mary, the Immaculate, we find the essence of the Church" At the close of the Second Vatican Council, on December 8, 1965, Pope Paul [...] Holy Virgin Mary is the Mother of the Church. In his homily of December 8, 2005, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI highlighted the 40 th anniversary of this proclamation made at the closure of the Second Vatican [...] Council intended to tell us this: Mary is so interwoven in the great mystery of the Church that she and the Church are inseparable, just as she and Christ are inseparable. Mary mirrors the Church, anticipates
pilgrims. Since World War II, the flow of visitors has increased to the point that "Mary of the Copper Street" is the most popular image of Mary in Germany. The Mary of Nazareth Team [...] Congress of Fulda, the “Katholikentag.” This national consecration to Mary gave a new impetus to the Marian revival, which was blessed with a flood of graces. The Black Madonna of Cologne, known as "Mary of [...] November 5 – Mary Seat of Wisdom (Cologne, Germany, 1280) Mary of the Copper Street venerated in Germany Since the Marian Year 1954, the great German shrines, like Alttöting and Kevelaer have seen a noticeable
world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1942) Answering the call of our heavenly Mother On October 31, 1942, on the day of the solemn closing of the Jubilee of the Apparitions of Fatima in Portugal, Pope Pius [...] Immaculate Heart of Mary, placing it under her all-powerful protection. At the same ceremony he decreed that the whole Church should celebrate a feast each year in honor of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, to seek [...] seek "the peace of nations, the freedom of the Church, the conversion of sinners, the love of purity, and the practice of virtues" through her intercession. He established this feast on August 22, in the
September 10 – Holy Mary of Life (Italy, 1613) Mary revealed “a sea of fire” This week marks the 100th anniversary of the most controversial apparition of Our Lady in Fatima, Portugal. What she did that [...] okay, and not an example of emotional abuse, is if hell were a real place and we were in eminent danger of ending up there if we don’t do something drastic… The meaning of all of this was not lost on the [...] they console Jesus, convert sinners and commit to Mary… Every pope from Pius XII to Francis has said “the sin of the century is the loss of the sense of sin.” The refusal to repent — the belief that sin
Order of Carmel and dedicate themselves to the service of Our Lady for the good of the whole Church. … Two truths are evoked by the sign of the Scapular: on the one hand, the constant protection of the Blessed [...] orientation of one's own Christian conduct, woven of prayer and interior life, through frequent reception of the sacraments and the concrete practice of the spiritual and corporal works of mercy. In this [...] September 27 – Our Lady of Alcazar (Toledo, Spain) - Luxembourg takes Mary for patroness (1666) The Scapular points to an effective synthesis of Marian spirituality The sign of the Scapular points to an
Our Lady of the Virtues and Greatness of Mary The ancient Marian shrine of Verdelais in southwestern France The shrine of Our Lady of Verdelais, near Bordeaux, is dedicated to Our Lady Consoler of the Afflicted [...] important place of religious life and popular devotion to the Virgin Mary. Dedicated to “Mary Consoler of the Afflicted,” it was rebuilt several times over the 900 years of its existence. The statue of Our Lady [...] pm, the time of Christ’s crucifixion, the Christian crusaders stormed the walls of Jerusalem occupied by the Muslims. Geraud de Grave, knight of Saint Macaire in Aquitaine (the region of Bordeaux), took
The devotion to Our Lady of Béhuard goes back to Saint Maurilius, disciple of Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop of Angers, who erected a statue of the Virgin on the volcanic rock of Béhuard to honor her nativity [...] 8 – Nativity of the Virgin Mary – Our Lady of the Kneeling Woman (France, 1550) How the Virgin asked for the celebration of her birthday Béhuard is a village located on a small island of the Loire River [...] (today the Shrine of "Marillais"). According to tradition, this statue replaced pagan idols, making Béhuard one of the oldest places of the Christianization of Anjou. Notre Histoire avec Marie
