form of a special grace for his family. In 1988, his nephew became critically ill with Guillain-Barré syndrome. He became completely paralyzed and stayed in a hospital. Leo turned to Mary: "Mary, what do [...] miraculous healing of his son, Leo's brother, also a Protestant, converted to Catholicism too. Adapted from Marypages by Leo de Bondt for A Moment with Mary [...] son brought home a newspaper containing a very beautiful image of Mary, as she is represented at the church of St Andrea delle Fratte in Rome. Leo was looking at this picture… when Mary called him! From

usually placed near the altar. On Nov. 24, 2019 the image used at a papal Mass in Nagasaki had an additional significance: It is a sculpture of Mary that survived the explosion of the atomic bomb in 1945. They [...] February 10 - Saint Scholastica – King Louis XIII consecrates France to Mary (1638) A symbol of the fight against nuclear weapons When Pope Francis offers Mass during international trips, an image of the [...] former Urakami cathedral, just a few blocks from the epicenter of the explosion of an atomic bomb dropped by American forces during WWII. Originally the bust was part of a wood carving sculpted abroad and

my dream job! And three weeks later, I met a loving, respectful and caring man who I am still with today. I couldn't believe that in less than a month, Mary was able to miraculously undo all the knots [...] May 31 – Feast of the Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth Mary undid every single one of my “knots” in less than a month ! My life was dull and I felt like I was stagnating and never making any progress. I [...] resumés and had a dozen job interviews, but the answers were always negative despite my good professional skills and my 5-year degree. I had applied for a training course, but had never received a reply to my

the parish of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. "What we are doing today is not a fashionable thing. We are not just meeting to consecrate Bassam to the Virgin Mary in a superficial way. We must live in truth [...] November 14 – Our Lady of Pasenika, or Mary’s Victory (Constantinople) A second city in Ivory Coast consecrated to Mary The town of Grand-Bassam, in the southeastern part of Ivory Coast, was consecrated [...] consecration took place in a particularly tense social context, as the country was preparing for political elections. For Father Bonzo Kouassi, this consecration to Mary "calls for a deeper personal commitment

July 1 – Armenian Church: Transfer of Mary’s Veil Saints 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 [...] which marked the turning point of her recovery from a serious illness. Saints Louis and Zélie Martin had a lifelong devotion to the Blessed Virgin. A statue of the Immaculate Virgin was enthroned in their [...] received from their parents and also recognized that children were a gift. They were approachable and available to them as parents. Theirs was a social holiness: they did not just keep to themselves but sought

Laghet (France) – Immaculate Heart of Mary 2019: A jubilee year for the Shrine of Cotignac Our Lady of Graces Shrine in Cotignac (southern France) is celebrating a jubilee year in 2019, for the 500th a [...] of the Virgin Mary in this blessed place. And from Saturday, August 10th, to Friday, August 16, 2019, there will be a Jubilee Festival to commemorate the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to Jean de la Baume [...] invitation of the Lord, marked a special year of celebration every 50 years, during which debts were cancelled, slaves freed, and divine mercy offered to all ... A jubilee is a time of thanksgiving and deep

- Saint Martin, bishop of Tours (397) - Paul VI declares Mary "Mother of the Church" (1964) Pope Francis has given a significant place to Mary, Mother of the Church The Catholic Church has always given [...] declared the Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of the Church, noting that "the entire Christian people has always and increasingly honored the Mother of God with this most sweet name." A more and more important place [...] the figure of a woman (cf. Gal 4:4), the Virgin Mary, who is both the Mother of Christ and Mother of the Church. [...] Pope Francis has decreed that the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the

apparition of the Virgin Mary to Saint Catherine Labouré in Paris (France, July 19, 1830) In a single bound, I was at Our Lady's feet! I heard a faint noise, like the rustling of a silk dress, which came [...] where the Gospel is read, in a chair like that of Saint Anne. But it was not Saint Anne who was in this chair, it was Our Lady … Still, I wasn’t sure that it was the Virgin Mary. So the child who was present [...] told me: “Here is the Blessed Virgin.” … In a single bound, I was at Our Lady’s feet ! I knelt down on the steps of the altar, my hands resting on her lap. There, a period of time passed, the sweetest of my

Founding Saints of the Order of Servants of Mary (Servites) - Saint Maximilian Kolbe is arrested by the Gestapo and sent to Auschwitz (1941) The Marian Sisters, a blessing for Hungary I think it is important [...] Hungary, love and support the Marian Sisters. For us the existence of the Marian Sisters is a blessing from God and a great source of grace. My husband and I are Hungarian and used to be high school teachers [...] our children were born, we had them baptized, and we consecrated them to Mary. God chose three of them to serve Him: one became a priest, the other two are religious. All the others, as well as our 17

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 [...] people a little nutty and won the begrudging respect of others. July 13th was the day Our Lady scared the daylights out of three shepherd children by showing them hell and sternly warning them about a second [...] children to say the Rosary and pointing them to heaven, she showed them a terrible sight. “We saw as it were a sea of fire,” Lucia wrote. “Plunged in this fire were demons and souls in human form… amid