personal embodiment of the Church. It is important to remember that Mary offered Jesus a virginal and immaculate space where his glorious body could grow without encountering any obstacle. In Mary, Jesus finds

Lucia replied. And, when the cardinal wanted to verify if the consecration of the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary made on March 25, 1984, had met with the Virgin’s criteria, she again answered "yes

image of Our Lady of Tears is preserved in the shrine of Syracuse, in Sicily. It represents the Immaculate Heart of Mary and has been the object of many weepings, the first of which occurred between August

"our apostolate will have value only to the extent that our will is in accord with the will of the Immaculate, and through it, with the will of God," Saint Maximilian Kolbe, for his part, explained. Ask her

shrine of Campinas, Brazil Note: Thierry and Myriam Fourchaud are the founders of the "City of the Immaculate" and of the magazine La Bonne Nouvelle ( The Good News)

governing Queen of Heaven and earth. In short, we consecrate ourselves to Jesus through Mary because, immaculate, humble, open, full of grace and in intimate union with her divine Son, she is the model for our

of Saint Faustina (1993, canonized on April 30, 2000, d. 1938) Divine Mercy In My Soul O Mary, Immaculate Virgin, pure crystal for my heart, You are my strength, O sturdy anchor! You are the weak heart's

of Mary Daily Prayer of Consecration to Our Lady As the Father has chosen you, Mary, to be His immaculate child, the wife of Joseph and the Mother of His beloved Son and of the whole Church in full communion

Erika Papp Faber In Our Mother's Tears : Ten Weeping Madonnas in Historic Hungary , Academy of the Immaculate, New Bedford, MA, 2006 The church’s website

Tenkodogo took place from December 11-13, 2020, in the parish of Garango in honor of the feast of the Immaculate Conception, December 8, 2020. The focus of the event was to meditate on Mary’s privileges and to