February 22 – The Chair of Saint Peter, apostle – Blessed Isabelle of France (d. 1270), foundress of a convent dedicated to the “Humility of The Monastery of the Humility of the Blessed Virgin The daughter [...] Rouvray (current Bois de Boulogne), near Paris. The first stone was laid on June 10, 1256 by King Saint Louis (Louis IX). It was the Poor Clare monastery of Longchamp, completed in 1259. Some of the first [...] which was composed especially for this monastery by the Franciscan Mansuetus based on the Rule of Saint Clare. Not as strict as that rule, the community was allowed to hold property. From 1260, Isabelle

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

January 30 - Saint John Chrysostom (Eastern Churches) Five naval battles won with Mary’s help Catholics in the Philippines are profoundly devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary. They find countless ways to

January 24 – Our Lady of Prayer (Toledo, Spain) - Saint Francis de Sales (d. 1622) Beauty comes from within We shall make our third consideration on this point: that Our Lady was alone in her room when [...] practicing it and remaining recollected, merited at the same time to be chosen to be Mother of God. Saint Francis de Sales, Sermons for the Feast of the Annunciation, March 25, 1621 - Salesian Literature

January 25 – Our Lady of the Good Journey (India, 1599) - Conversion of Saint Paul New national Marian spiritual home in New Mexico Spanish missionaries from Mexico were the first to preach the Gospel [...] still hold fast to the Catholic faith. The Knights of Columbus hope that in the years to come the Saint Kateri (1) Shrine will become a “national spiritual home for Native Americans and for all Catholics [...] small shrines, 20 of them for the different mysteries of the Rosary that will imitate the example of Saint Kateri’s life and take advantage of the natural beauty that God offers to us. Bishop James Wall of

Our Lady of the People (Italy, 1771) - Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) Mary asked and Jesus did it on the spot Regarding Mary the Mediatrix of all grace, saint Thomas Aquinas makes this comment about [...] about the scene of the Wedding at Cana in the Gospel of Saint John, chapter 2: "By these words ‘My hour is not yet come’ (Jn 2: 4), Jesus Christ shows that he would have delayed this miracle, if any other than [...] than Mary had asked him, but, because the request came from his mother, he did it on the spot." Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), In Summa Aurea , V

January 31 - Saint John Bosco The Three White things: The Eucharist, Mary and the Pope Saint John Bosco, or Don Bosco (1815 - 1888), was an Italian priest who founded the Salesian order, whose mission [...] a certain prophetic style. One such “dream” is called “The Two Pillars in the Sea.” We know from Saint John Bosco’s memoirs that on May 30, 1862, he narrated this dream concerning the big battle, involving [...] of Mary Help of Christians in Turin, recalls this famous dream of the "Three White Things," which Saint John Bosco had shortly before the beginning of the First Vatican Council. The Marie de Nazareth Team

January 10 – Our Lady of Tears (Italy, 1546) - Saint Gregory of Nyssa The Rosary, a sort of eighth sacrament In the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan, where Catholics make up just 1 per cent of the [...] the Catholic Church in Kazakhstan was restored and Catholics felt free to worship publicly. Pope Saint John Paul II established the Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan on 13 April 1991, covering all

January 7 – Our Lady of Charity (Rumilly, France) – Feast of Saint John the Baptist (Maronite and Byzantine rites) Lourdes is the perfect place for the mission The second annual pilgrimage of the Pontifical [...] countries. I myself, during my travels, I always find a chapel with a statue of Our Lady of Lourdes or Saint Bernadette. We can say that Lourdes gives meaning and strength to the faith, and at the same it is

January 2 – Memorial of Mary Panaghia Portaitissa (Holy Guardian of the Door) - Saints Basil and Gregory of Nazianzus Don’t go a day without saying the Rosary! At the tender age of twenty, the Rosary and