aboard the train. This time the bishop was included, as well as about two dozen oblates of Mary Immaculate, on whom the bishop also exerted a strong influence. The following is a fragment of what he told

and sure hope for all." The Jubilee was officially inaugurated on December 8th, the feast of the Immaculate Conception, with the opening of the Holy Door presided over by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro

o’clock p.m. Holy Hour is considered important, because, as noted on the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary website , it is the hour that recalls Jesus’ death on the

illness. Saints Louis and Zélie Martin had a lifelong devotion to the Blessed Virgin. A statue of the Immaculate Virgin was enthroned in their house and it was before her that the family would gather to pray

of the True and Living God, while Saint Bernadette Soubirous (Lourdes) learned that Mary was the Immaculate Conception. In October 1859, the Blessed Mother appeared to Adele Brise in the United States as

Sister Lucia of Fatima about the lack of response concerning the consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary: "They did not want to listen to my request! Like the King of France, they will be

Thanks to his many disguises and infinite precautions, thanks above all to the protection of the Immaculate Virgin, Father Chaminade escaped death more than once. He was not able however to avoid exile.

pilgrims was built. In 1993, the shrine was entrusted to the Franciscan brothers and sisters of the Immaculate. On March 19, 1995, Pope John Paul II visited the site. Source: Patrick Sbalchiero, article "C

the devotion of the first five consecutive Saturdays in reparation for the offenses done to her Immaculate Heart. This apparition re-emphasized the existing link between Saturday and devotion to Our Lady

more recently, in 1993, the shrine was entrusted to the Franciscan brothers and sisters of the Immaculate. On March 19, 1995, John Paul II visited the site. Source: Marian Enciclopedia