January 1 – Mary, Mother of God Entering the new year with Our Lady (II) "Our Lady invites us to enter the new year with trust and vigilance. She does not pay lip service. She is the servant of the Lord [...] after the night dawn will break. We must be witnesses of God’s mercy that wants to reach every man. Mary is vigilant. She invites sinners to convert and turn to her Son. Let us pray that—throughout this
July 10 – Aagen Pilgrimage: Mary’s tunic on display every seventh year (Germany) Poem to Bernadette, to follow Mary's road of trust To help me put my hesitant steps in your steps, I ask you, Bernadette [...] please Bernadette, lend me your clogs. Poem written by Marie Louise Pierson, during a pilgrimage to Lourdes, following the death of her niece Marie Bernadette, and distributed thereafter to the pilgrims [...] limitations, taking only small steps, falling and rising. Please Bernadette, lend me your clogs! To follow Mary's road of trust, to discover the Living Water offered to the thirsty, to go to the meal where Jesus
Armenian Church : transfer of Mary’s Veil Mary has always been in God’s love In her book of divine revelations and prophecies ( Revelations III, 8), Saint Bridget of Sweden quotes Mary as saying: ” I am the woman
to the Virgin Mary took part in reciting the rosary in unison, each one in turn leading the prayer. These shrines were: Our Lady of Walsingham in England; Jesus the Savior and Mother Mary in Nigeria; Our [...] July 5 - Feast of the Seven Joys of Mary (Annunciation, Visitation, Christmas, Adoration of the Magi, Finding of Jesus in the Temple, Resurrection, Ascension) Rosary marathon in May 2021 for the end of [...] Fatima in Portugal; Our Lady of Health in India; Our Lady Queen of Peace in Medjugorje, Bosnia; St. Mary's Cathedral in Australia; Immaculate Conception in the United States; Our Lady of Lourdes in France;
June 21 - Coptic Church: Feast of the Visitation of Mary - Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Jesuit novice (d. 1591) Les Maristes Bleus*, a symbol of hope for the Syrians Dr. Nabil Antaki founded Les Maristes Bleus [...] Marist spirit of their work and the color of the sky and the blue color associated with the Virgin Mary. The violent conflict in Syria has brought about a humanitarian crisis that has displaced almost 10 [...] religious community is dedicated to educating youth and conveying the love of Jesus Christ through Mary.
Proclamation of the dogma of Mary, Mother of God (Ephesus, 431) Mary "Mother of God" "Mother of God," Theotokos, is the title that was officially attributed to the Virgin Mary in the fifth century, to be [...] Christ is God and truly was born of Mary as a man. In this way His unity as true God and true man is preserved. Actually however much the debate might seem to focus on Mary, it essentially concerned with the [...] to the Mother of God were built. Outstanding among these is the Basilica of St Mary Major here in Rome. The teaching on Mary, Mother of God, received further confirmation at the Council of Chalcedon (451)
June 17 – Message from the Sacred Heart of Jesus to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (France, 1689) Mary, Messenger of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Wherever there is pain, wherever there is suffering, wherever [...] message from Jesus about the depth of His Mercy. In 1688, Sister Margaret Mary had a final vision in which the Lord, through the Virgin Mary, entrusted the Sisters of the Visitation and the Fathers of the Society [...] history, from the "pierced heart of Jesus" in the Gospel of John, to the revelations to St Margaret Mary Alacoque in the 17th century and the subsequent devotion of the Sacred Heart in the 19th century,
September 13 – 5th apparition in Fatima: Mary announces that Jesus will bless the world Pope Francis and the message of Fatima Among the Church’s newest cardinals is Antonio Augusto dos Santos Marto, who [...] not only a sign of Francis' affinity for popular devotion, but shows the relevance of the message Mary gave to the Church when she appeared in the small town over 100 years ago. When Pope Francis visited
June 6 – Saint Marcellin Champagnat, founder of the Little Brothers of Mary "I began to recite the fifteen mysteries of the Rosary every day" When he was still a bishop, Pope Francis joined a group that [...] path that had been destined for him since he was a child. That’s when I understood the importance of Mary in the life of the Pope. The Blessed Mother was present at his side at every moment, and he never [...] recite the fifteen mysteries of the Rosary every day." The Rosary brings us together around Jesus and Mary and also unites us to all the faithful in the world, as if we were only one great army led by the
Apostle - Leo XIII consecrates the world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, "one" with the Heart of Mary (1899) Mary leads us to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Every morning, a young girl of about 12—a sweet, silent [...] time, in front of a statue of Our Lady of Lourdes. Then she lights a candle and kisses the statue of Mary. She exits the church, quietly. She does that every morning. Bishop Atanasios Firas Dardar, Patriarchal [...] Muslim. Yet she comes to pray every day at the Church of the Sacred Heart. "I don't really know who Mary is. But this woman never leaves you empty-handed," she says. "The simple faith of this child is the
