January 26 – Our Lady of the Lake (Italy, 1872) Our Lady is with us and can change us The young Chilean Khristian Briones became addicted to drugs in prison, before being saved by the Rosary (see A Moment [...] that made him decide to take up the right path. He remembers: "I cried, I prayed and I clung to the rosary. I began to practice my faith … I believe that God exists, that Our Lady is with us, and that [...] Moment with Mary of January 20th). Sadly, sometime after his release from prison, he fell back into drugs. Yet, one day, as he gave a cigarette to someone, he heard by way of thanks: "God bless you!” This
April 2 - Our Lady of the Highest Grace (Dominican Republic, 1506) - John Paul II (d. 2005) Our Lady in Bosnia-Herzegovina (I) In the history of the Roman Catholic Church, many apparitions of the Blessed [...] (Ireland) and Fatima (Portugal). But never in recorded Marian history has Our Lady appeared daily for so long a period of time, to so many chosen seers, with such a profound impact worldwide. For more than [...] the quiet, rural village of Medjugorje in Bosnia-Herzegovina. This unprecedented series of apparitions to six youths (two boys and four girls), and later by inner locution to two more young girls, began
want to make her a statue of such splendid height that no one can ignore it, of a beauty that will attract and inspire all who see it, in the hope that many will respond to Our Lady’s invitation to love [...] through the Diocese of San Jose and you’re likely to catch sight of an unusual but memorable expression of the Catholic faith: a 32-foot stainless steel statue of the Immaculate Heart of Mary located alongside [...] been inspired by Santa Clara’s Immaculate Heart of Mary: in Oak Lawn, Illinois, Parks was commissioned to create a 33-foot, stainless-steel image of Our Lady of the New Millennium in 1999. And in Sioux City
1 – Mary, Mother of God Entering the new year with Our Lady (II) "Our Lady invites us to enter the new year with trust and vigilance. She does not pay lip service. She is the servant of the Lord. She knows [...] We too are invited to do God’s will. Like Our Lady, we must let ourselves be enlightened by the Spirit and see all things in the light of the Gospel. We must learn to discern. In a world where often the [...] desire of every individual, we must be heedful about what is the true good of man and society. We must refuse anything that undermines the dignity of the human person. We must also be “awakeners” of hope
became known as the "Marian Soul of Lyons" because of the many orders and missionaries that it produced. Our Lady of Fourvière is of huge significance to the mission of the Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand [...] 3 – Our Lady of the Cross (Italy, 1490) Our Lady now has a shrine in New Zealand Fourvière is an ancient hill in Lyons, France, where in the earliest centuries of Christianity the proto-martyrs of the [...] themselves and their missions to Our Lady before setting out on mission. The Catholic community of Laithfield hopes that the Fourvière Shrine will become known as "the Marian Soul of the South." A place where people
January 4 – Our Lady of Roses (Italy, 1418) A show about Our Lady growing in popularity every year "The Astonishing Story of Boulogne-sur-Mer" is a live historical show retracing the 1,500 years of the city [...] created to evoke the mysterious appearance in 636 AD of a statue of Our Lady on the seashore, washed up by the sea, whose reputation gave rise to a great pilgrimage that has attracted millions of people [...] city of Boulogne (northern France) through the lens of Our Lady of Boulogne-sur-Mer Cathedral. The 300 volunteers performing alongside professionals are both Christians and non-believers. The spectacular
Death of St Catherine Labouré (1876) Entering the new year with Our Lady (I) "Tomorrow, January 1st, the Church celebrates the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. I find it a very beautiful thing to enter [...] It is a fruit of the Spirit ... Trust is born of faith in God. It knows that God is with us and guides us if we entrust our life to him. As Saint Paul says: "All things work for the good of those who love [...] enter a new year with Our Lady. Mary invites us to start the year with trust and vigilance. Mary faced the future with trust. A true daughter of Israel, she had faith in the Lord and knew that God always kept
pilgrims and one of the statues of Our Lady of France. The next day, the procession went to the business district of Paris called La Defense, where Mary's carriage circled around the large square to bless the [...] October 27 – Our Lady of Charity (Cuba) First business district in Europe blessed by Our Lady An important Marian pilgrimage took place along 1,242 miles of French roads last summer, tracing a giant "M [...] "M for Mary," from June 1st to September 13, 2020, stopping at five major French sites of Marian apparitions. Pilgrims walked behind a statue of Our Lady of France, carried in two horse-drawn carriages
– Holy Mary of Saint Celsus (Italy, 1485) How Our Lady saved Padre Pio from a violent demonic attack St. Padre Pio was widely known for his holiness and his ability to reconcile sinners to God through [...] hoarse voice. She tried to scratch his face, but both he and Padre Eusebio were able to keep their distance. «I was terrified,” Padre Eusebio wrote,“but Padre Pio less so.” “In the Name of God, go away!” Padre [...] had been trying to exorcize her the day before began once more, the woman shrieked, “Where were you last night? I was upstairs to see the old man I hate so much because he is a source of faith. I would
March 13 - Our Lady of the Rose (Italy, 1635) Our Lady’s Rosary and Abundant Grace The Rosary, though clearly Marian in character, is at heart a Christocentric prayer. In the sobriety of its elements, [...] it has all the depth of the Gospel message in its entirety, of which it can be said to be a compendium. It is an echo of the prayer of Mary, her perennial Magnificat for the work of the redemptive Incarnation [...] the Rosary, the Christian people sit at the school of Mary and are led to contemplate the beauty on the face of Christ and to experience the depths of his love. Through the Rosary the faithful receive abundant
