the Coptic Patriarch and institution of the feast of the Apparitions of de Zeitoun – Death of Pope Saint John Paul II (2005) In 1968, the Virgin appeared in Egypt (I) In the popular district of Zeitoun,
March 27 – Madonna del Piratello (Italy, 1483) - Saint Abibus of Edessa (d. 322) One of the pains of Purgatory An English mystic, Saint Julian of Norwich (1342 – c. 1416), said something that I like very
Author of the first biography in French: Joséphine Bakhita, l’esclave devenue sainte (Josephine Bakhita, the slave who became a saint) [...] April 16 – Tuesday of Holy Week – Our Lady of the Vines (Genoa, Italy, 1816) – Death of Saint Bernadette Soubirous (Nevers, France, 1879; her body is incorrupt) "I felt a mysterious force inside me that [...] that supported me" Josephine Bakhita (1869-1947), a former Sudanese slave who became a saint, is well known in Africa, but still too little known in the West. Her youth was rich in unusual events, but it
March 24 – Our Lady of the Thorn (Châlons-sur-Marne, France, 1400) - Saint Catherine of Sweden (d. 1381) Being a woman is not second best Mary is given as an example of the perfect accomplishment of femininity [...] is the very Being of God, because God IS Love! There is nothing second best about being a woman. Saint John Paul II helps us to become aware of women’s specific mission: "Our time in particular awaits [...] for human beings in every circumstance: because they are human!!" How could we not be reminded of Saint Therese of Lisieux? ... She would have liked to have other vocations—to be a soldier, priest, apostle
April 4 – Our Lady of Sorrows (Italy, 1897) – Saint Francisco Marto, seer of Fatima (d. 1919) "I have a rosary for you!" One day in 1942, prisoners were walking in a line inside the Nazi prison yard in
March 23 – Mater Domini (Italy, 1650) – Saint Rafqa (Lebanon) The grace of Christmas can be for every day! The grace of Christmas is given to all, but it is received in fullness only with Mary, and by
March 20 – Saint Joseph, the Spouse of the Virgin Mary Mary and Joseph, model of perfect spouses Mary was perfect and very beautiful; Joseph must have loved her passionately. They had probably made a vow
__ April 30 – Our Lady of Africa (Algiers, Algeria, 1876) - Saint Joseph-Benedict Cottolengo In May become a Missionary of Mary! The month of May 2017, which is about to begin, is starting in a difficult [...] her Son. Wherever you are, we invite you to become a missionary of Mary! Why Missionaries of Mary? Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort (1673-1716), author of the famous Treatise on the True Devotion to [...] earlier, was first forgotten and preserved in anonymity among the archives of the Missionaries of Saint Laurent-sur-Sevres, before reappearing in the middle of the 20th century. Marthe Robin of Chateau
April 28 - Saint Louis de Montfort “I myself found reading this book a great help.” " St Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort wrote the Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin at the beginning of the [...] of the crucified Jesus: the gift of his Mother, just as his disciple John did on Calvary. " Pope Saint John Paul II Taken from André Frossard’s conversations with John Paul II, "Do not be afraid!" 1982
April 21 - Saint Anselm In Lourdes the Virgin is so close to us! On February 11, 2017, Cardinal Parolin, sent as papal legate in Lourdes, France, for the Day of the Sick and explained what a ‘papal legate’
