October 17 – Dedication of Saint Mary Basilica (Chartres, France) The Virgin’s tunic is in the Cathedral of Chartres For several centuries, the Marian shrine of Chartres was one of the most visited in [...] current cathedral was completed in 1260, the year it was officially dedicated in the presence of Saint Louis, King of France. The Gothic period is truly the age of Our Lady. Its noblest inspirations pointed
October 4 - Saint Francis of Assisi The first Marian shrine in the United States St Augustine, in the northeast of Florida, proudly lays claim to being the oldest European settlement on what is nowadays
October 21 – Saint María Laura de Jesús Montoya Upegui Madre Laura, founder of the Missionaries of Mary Immaculate Laura Montoya Upegui was born on 26 May 1874 in Jericó, Antioquia, Colombia, the second
September 29 - Archangels Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael "I, your Merciful Mother, want to protect and save you!" One day in May 1850 in Lichen, Poland (60 km from Poznan), in the Gräblin forest,
September 25 – Our Lady of Saint Peter (Italy, 1751) The world could recover Christ through Mary Bishop Sheen (1), former Auxiliary Bishop of New York (United States), wrote in 1951: “There is Hope and
September 30 - Saint Jerome (d. 420) French actor Alain Delon: "Mary is the woman I love the most in the world" A cinema legend with a reputation as a ladies’ man, French actor Alain Delon (b. 1935) frequently
Our Lady of Graces (Ancona, Italy, 1836) – Saint John XXIII (d. 1963) Vatican II was overseen by Mary When he was still archbishop of Venice, Italy, Pope Saint John XXIII (1881-1963) had promised to recite [...] of Mary and Saint Francis on behalf of the Council. He then scheduled the session between the feasts of the Motherhood of Mary and of the Immaculate Conception. Pope from 1958 to 1963, Saint John XXIII
dedicates the month of October to the Holy Rosary (1883) - Saint Therese of Lisieux Mary is an excellent teacher Whenever we pray the Rosary, as Saint John Paul II said, we sit in “the school of Mary,” asking [...] lessons from heaven about who she is and what she does. Saint Juan Diego (Guadalupe) learned that she was the Mother of the True and Living God, while Saint Bernadette Soubirous (Lourdes) learned that Mary was [...] every day, of every month, every year, for the rest of our lives. Mary is an excellent teacher. Many saints have looked to her to teach them the virtues and how to live the Christian life. Mary has also revealed
September 23 – Our Lady of Valvanera (Spain) - Saint Padre Pio The Virgin attracts many souls in Slovakia Thousands of believers came to Marian Hill near Levoča (Prešov Region), where one the biggest and
September 27 – Our Lady of Girolamo Emiliani (Italy, 1511) - Saint Vincent de Paul (d. 1660) The Rosary made him late… and saved many lives! In 1932, my grandfather worked as a slate mason in a German
