April 8 – Our Lady of Basella (Italy, 1356) - Saint Julie Billiart, foundress of the Institute of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur (d. 1816) The two reference points for “understanding who we are” Polish
March 14 – Virgin of Saint Theodore (Russia) Florida woman refuses to remove an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe from her trailer: “They’ll have to kill me first!” Millie Francis almost died once. She’s [...] dead for 15 minutes. Her fierce devotion to her Catholic faith and to Our Lady of Guadalupe, patron saint of the Americas, have remained strong, and she said she’ll go to court if she has to. She does not
Death of Saint Louise de Marillac (1660) Two hundred years before the dogma of the Immaculate Conception Despite her initial desire to enter the convent, after she met Saint Vincent de Paul, Saint Louise [...] organizing charity work. She first helped direct Saint Vincent’s Ladies of Charity, then she founded the Society of the Daughters of Charity. With Saint Vincent de Paul, Louise de Marillac gave the Daughters [...] and immaculate Conception.” Michèle Rivière de Précourt President of the French Federation of the Saint-Vincent Teams from 2013-2016 Notre Histoire avec Marie
March 11 – Madonna Miracolosa (Italy, 1855) – Birth of Saint Jacinta Marto of Fatima (Portugal, 1910) A Mother’s embrace is essential In today’s fragmented world, where we risk losing our bearings, a Mother’s [...] Mother’s embrace is essential,” the successor of Saint Peter stated, recalling the list of modern woes. How much dispersion and solitude there is all around us! The world is completely connected, yet seems
March 17 – Our Lady of the French (Nagasaki, Japan) – Saint Patrick (Ireland, d. 464) He noticed the bust of the Madonna, with her burnt eyes In October 1945, Father Kaemon Noguchi, a former Japanese soldier
March 20 –Saint Nicholas of Flüe (Switzerland, 1417-1487) who had several apparitions of the Virgin Mary I needed that hug to find my way Franco Gedda is director of the Cenacolo “school of life” in Lourdes
March 19 - Saint Joseph So that Jesus would grow in wisdom, age and grace We look to Joseph as the model educator, who watches over and accompanies Jesus as he grows “in wisdom, age and grace,” as the
March 8 - Saint John of God (d. 1550) A crescent moon under her feet… In the conclusion of a historical study on the Catholic Church and Anatolia recently posted online, we read: "The opposition between
March 11 - Saint Sophronius of Jerusalem (d. 639) She understands the sinner and loves him Mary is a luminous sign and an appealing example of moral life, who deserves the title of "Throne of Wisdom."
March 17 – Second Sunday of Lent – Virgin of the French (Nagasaki, Japan) - Saint Patrick (Ireland, d. 461) After a vision of the Virgin Mary Blessed Alix Le Clerc, a French religious sister from Lorraine [...] a white veil on my head, like the simple village girls," she wrote. Encouraged by her confessor, Saint Peter Fourier, priest of Mattaincourt (Vosges, France), she had the idea of founding a new house
