September 8 – Nativity of the Virgin Mary – Our Lady of the Kneeling Woman (France, 1550) An apparition near Valence, France, commemorated on September 8th The shrine of Our Lady of Fresneau, in Marsanne [...] under the name of "Our Lady of Consolation." The love of the population of Marsanne for the Virgin Mary found a new impetus when the Virgin intervened to help a young girl, the daughter of an old stone [...] establishing a spiritual connection with the 100 th anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima this year. The Mary of Nazareth Team

The Santa Casa is transferred to Loreto (Italy, 1295) – Founding of the Legion of Mary (Dublin, Ireland, 1921) Before Mary, the chains of hell cannot stand A man and his wife, after their children had grown [...] away by Satan who was on the watch. The priest, sobbing with grief, fell at the feet of the Virgin Mary, begging her. The Mother of the King of Glory did not ignore his pleas—the child was returned and

August 23 – Declaration of the Virgin Mary’s Miracles (Soissons, France) - Estelle Faguette of Pellevoisin (d. 1929) "Madame Saint Mary is holding me up by my feet ..." There once was a thief of great [...] end of the rope, our thief was alive and well, and he greeted them with these words: " Madame Saint Mary is holding me up by my feet and she has her hand on my throat." He was promptly detached, and on the

August 25 – Virgin Mary, Health of the Sick - Saint Louis, King of France (d. 1270) Mary became the Godmother of my vocation My greatest experience with the Virgin Mary took place at home within my family [...] Fathers, where I stayed for 4 years. There I grew in the knowledge and love of the Mother of Jesus. Mary became the Godmother of my vocation. I can say that it was at the feet of Our Lady that I discovered [...] Silva, Bishop of Catanduva - SP - Brazil Exclusive Interview by Thácio Siqueira for A Moment With Mary

scene: they found Mary sitting on the top of the rampart, busy fishing! Attached to the line of her fishing rod was a rosary. Word of a fisherman! St Peter had never seen this kind of bait! Mary was leisurely [...] August 11 – Mary Refuge of Sinners - Blessed John Henry Newman (d. 1890) The hook of her fishing rod is a rosary In a recent issue of Famille Chrétienne (a French Catholic magazine), Juliette Duvivier [...] Duvivier published a little fable for the feast of Mary Refuge of Sinners: "Saint Peter was baffled. Several times already he had noticed souls who had managed to enter Paradise without going through him. There

Assumption of the Virgin Mary In the mystery of the Assumption is expressed the faith of the Church By the mystery of the Assumption into heaven there were definitively accomplished in Mary all the effects of [...] 15:22-23). In the mystery of the Assumption is expressed the faith of the Church , according to which Mary is "united by a close and indissoluble bond" to Christ, for, if as Virgin and Mother she was singularly [...] when "the last enemy to be destroyed is death" (1 Cor. 15:26)." … Thus in her Assumption into heaven, Mary is as it were clothed by the whole reality of the Communion of Saints, and her very union with the

always embraced the divine maternity of Mary. Their Marian offices, recorded sermons, and collections of stories of miracles attest to this fact. In invoking Mary as Theotokos (Mother of God), the Copts [...] privilege of virginity is also one of Mary’s causes of glory: on earth she resembled the angels and in heaven she received a glory superior to theirs. The Copts speak of Mary in the "superlative" degree: she [...] Trinity, but she also deserved it through a life of sacrifice. Mary gave her "Yes" willingly and generously throughout her life. Translated from : Mary of Nazareth

August 3 – Act of consecration to Mary inspired by Saint Peter Damian (France, 1626) Pope Francis blesses altar for South Korean Marian shrine On Wednesday, June 7, 2017, during his General Audience, Pope [...] Pope said the group drew its inspiration for the Adoration centers from the “12 stars in the crown of Mary, Queen of Peace” Devin Sean Watkins, for Vatican Radio

July 19 – First apparition of the Virgin Mary to Saint Catherine Labouré (Paris, France, July 19, 1830) The city of Aleppo consecrated to Our Lady of Fatima Still reeling from the Syrian civil war, the [...] missiles. With emotion we welcome the Virgin of Fatima to Aleppo and with the hope that the Virgin Mary will pray for peace for all of Syria,” they said. On October 13, 2016, at the close of the last i

July 27 - Canonization of Catherine Labouré by Pius XII in the presence of 10,000 Children of Mary dressed in white (1947) Carried to Paradise by the hands of the Blessed Virgin “When the Blessed Virgin [...] globe in her hands. But up until that day her confessors had ignored her request. She therefore begged Mary to tell her if she should share her "secret" with her Superior. She perceived a positive answer in