August 24 - Saint Bartholomew, Apostle - Dedication of the Church of Our Lady of Blessed Valley (Benoite-Vaux, France, 1138) A statue of the Madonna and Child miraculously found by loggers! The Shrine [...] the first week of September. Our Lady of Blessed Valley, pray for us! Adapted from Roman Catholic Saints
mountain’s top, because the elevation of Mary shone above that of all the saints. Pope Saint Gregory the Great (d. 604) Saint Gregory the Great mystically interpreted Mount Ephraim mentioned in the first [...] September 3 - Saint Gregory the Great, pope, doctor of the Church (d. 604) - Consecration of Germany to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1954) Mary was a mountain which rose above all mountains She was a
August 16 - Saint Stephen of Hungary (d. 1038), who consecrated his country to the Mother of God Without Our Lady Father Donald might be dead "In 1992 my life changed dramatically," said Father Donald [...] slept in the pews. I began reciting the Rosary, wearing a scapular, reading everything I could on the saints." He experienced a supernatural "infusion of knowledge" about the faith and became a Catholic within
August 21 - Saint Pius X, Pope (d. 1914) - Our Lady of Knock (Ireland, 1879) - Our Lady of the Golden Heart (Beauraing, Belgium) What Mary said at Beauraing is still relevant today At Beauraing, the Blessed
August 20 - Saint Bernard, Doctor of the Church (1091- 1153) Her holy prayers obtain pardon for the guilty Your mercy tastes sweeter to the miserable, and we embrace your mercy with more affection, reflect [...] shower the gifts of his grace on your servants who call upon the most sweet name of Mary with praise. Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Marian Doctor , On the Solemnity of the Assumption, Sermon 4
August 12 - Saint Jane Frances de Chantal (d. 1641) – Our Lady of La Motte (Vesoul, France, 1854) The beauty of praying the Rosary The month of May in our Catholic tradition is dedicated to our Blessed [...] residence around an image of the Madonna and Child that was a gift I received from my alma mater, Mount Saint Michael Academy, a Marist Brothers High School. The Marists are a religious congregation of men dedicated [...] tenderly holding the Infant Jesus was held out to us boys by the Brothers as a way to Jesus. Pope Saint John Paul II wrote, “Mary always reminds us of the salvific value of the work of Jesus, our only Savior
August 10 - Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr (d. in Rome, 258) - Our Lady of Graces (Cotignac, France, 1519) The Blessed Virgin wept over the scandals of the French Court A touching miracle took place
August 19 - Saint John Eudes (d. 1680) - 5th apparition of Our Lady of Fatima: the announcement of the Great Miracle (Portugal, 1917) Swiss Bishops entrust their country to the Blessed Virgin Swiss bishops [...] the bishops entrusting Switzerland to the protection of the Mother of God at Vespers on June 8th.Saint John Paul II had already said the following prayer during Lauds in front of the statue of the Black
August 14 - Saint Maximilian Kolbe, martyr (d. 1941 in Auschwitz) - Madonna del Sasso (Locarno, Switzerland, 1480) Mary is the Immaculate Conception Who is the Holy Spirit? The flowering of the love of [...] is one with God in an incomparably more perfect way than can be predicated of any other creature. Saint Maximilian Kolbe (reflections written on February 17, 1941)
July 29 - Saint Martha, Hostess of the Lord - Pope Callistus III orders the ringing of the Angelus bell from this day (1456) I ask Mother Mary to stand at the door of my heart... Between 1933 and 1938 [...] TO STAND AT THE DOOR OF MY HEART TO RECEIVE HER JESUS HERSELF; I beg my guardian angel and all the saints, our little angel whom I feel here very close, to pray for me and with me, and I say again to Jesus: [...] from receiving the Holy Eucharist. Workshop by Father Dominique Bostyn International Conference at Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre, 2004
