March 9 – Our Lady of Miracles (Treviso, Italy, 1510) – Death of Saint Dominic Savio (Italy, 1842 - 1857) An unlimited trust in Mary Having cherished the Blessed Virgin from an early age and oriented his [...] Savio died on March 9, 1857, at the age of 14. He had been a pupil of the Italian priest and educator Saint John Bosco(1), in Turin, Italy. Don Bosco quickly noticed Dominic’s abilities and his great desire

March 4 – Our Lady of Sorrows (Italy, 1603) - Saint Casimir (1458-1484) – 15th apparition in Lourdes He held in his hands a hymn to the Blessed Virgin Deeply devoted to the Blessed Virgin and inviolably [...] inviolably attached to chastity, Prince Casimir (now Saint Casimir, patron of Lithuania) tamed his passions by leading a life of austere mortification. He died of pulmonary tuberculosis in Grodno, Poland, on March

March 3 – Our Lady of Help (Italy) – Saint Winwaloe (c. 460-532) – 14th apparition in Lourdes The Holy Family was the Ark of the Covenant The Holy Family was a missionary community. In fact, the mission [...] the missionary vocation of Mary and Joseph who put their freedom at the Son’s disposal. These two saints, united in the respect and in the love of a pure and fecund community, began the journey of their

Graces (Italy, 1487) - Saint John of God (1495-1550) At the foot of all our crosses, stands Mary, our Mother The Virgin Mary is the patron saint of the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God. Brother [...] He has this to say about the constant protection of the Virgin on the Order: "Since the time of Saint John of God, our founder, the Order has constantly experienced her presence and protection. Mary has [...] the poor, and the forgotten. To all she offers her presence, her protection and her consolation." Saint Jean de Dieu

February 21 – Sixth apparition in Lourdes (France, 1858) - Saint Peter Damian The life of a married couple is like a Rosary Father Franck Stéphane Yapi is a priest of the diocese of Agboville in southern

February 25 – Virgin Nicopeia (Venice, Italy) – 9th apparition in Lourdes – Saint Joan of Arc met King Charles VII in Chinon (France, 1429) You have the same God that Mary carried in her womb in your heart

September 20 - Korean Martyrs Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang and Companions Two mountain guides climb the seven peaks of Mont-Blanc topped with statues of Virgin Mary In an unprecedented

September 21 - Saint Matthew, apostle and evangelist - Our Lady of Graces (Trieste, Italy, 1486) Our hope is in Mary’s Immaculate Heart In a time of increasing isolation, conflicts and fragmentation –

September 23 - Saint Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio, 1887-1968) - Our Lady of Valvanera (Spain) "Let us strive to be always behind this blessed Mother" Padre Pio's devotion to the Blessed Virgin, the same

rapports qu'elle eut avec les apôtres après l'Ascension du Seigneur?... Si le Saint-Esprit ne l'a pas dépeinte dans les Saintes Lettres, s'il vous a laissé le soin de vous en former vous-mêmes l'image, ça [...] 22 septembre – St Thomas de Villeneuve (+ 1555) – Italie : Sainte Marie de la cour Royale (1575) L’Evangile ne nous a-t-il rien raconté de la vie de Marie ? Je me suis demandé pourquoi les évangélistes