of Mary and promised to defend the mystery of her Immaculate Conception, the soldiers fought with a rosary in their hands and proclaimed Mary their captain. And Pius XII called this country "Mary's Garden" [...] mountains, beaches, towns and villages and streets are named for the Virgin Mary. The whole country has a strong attachment to Mary. During the reign of Pope Pius XII, the president of Colombia recited the [...] Colombia. Following this separation, internal divisions remained, triggering a civil war that led to the secession of Panama in 1903, with the interference of the United States. Colombia experienced armed conflict

Josaphat: A defender of Church Unity Today the Church honors a great champion and promoter of Orthodox reunion with the Apostolic See in Rome. Saint Josaphat Kuncewicz (born around 1580) was a native of [...] Devotion to Mary, a common element that unites East and West, will certainly foster unity. Adapted and translated from: https://www.medaille-miraculeuse.fr/billet/st-josaphat-une-memoire-confiee-a-marie.html [...] northwestern Ukraine. A contemporary of Francis de Sales and Vincent de Paul, he looked more like an 11th-century Greek monk, and did penance in the manner of the ancient Thebaid ascetics (1). A priest, archimandrite

arranged for them to have a convenient room and took care of their donkey. A servant washed Joseph's feet and gave him a clean set of clothes while his own clothes were being washed. A woman did the same for [...] later she got a surprise Joseph made frequent stops towards the end of the trip, because the Blessed Virgin was increasingly tired. Seven leagues from Bethlehem, Mary and Joseph asked a shepherd for his [...] The mistress of the house kept to herself... She had noticed with jealous eyes the beauty of the Blessed Virgin. Fearing, moreover, that Mary would ask to stay at her house to deliver her baby, she did

given a print of a painting especially created for the event. Mr. Renaud, a Carthage Central High School art instructor and an artist, supplies the original artwork. One of the pieces created for a former [...] event took place on May 18 th in Carthage, N.Y., with Mass at 5:15 pm, and the evening continued with seven hours of praying the Rosary in honor of Mary’s “Seven Sorrows.” Mr. Renaud sent emails around the [...] us is a pilgrimage,” wrote Mrs. Schweigert in an email. “The three-hour trip to Carthage is a chance to put aside all our mundane activities and concerns and focus on our personal relationship with God.

pilgrimage traces a big "M" over France On France’s traditional national feast day–not the revolutionary July 14th Bastille Day but the Catholic feast of the Assumption of Our Lady on August 15th–a remarkable [...] Marian pilgrimage made a stop at the Sacred Heart Basilica of Montmartre in Paris, where Archbishop Michel Aupetit celebrated Mass and consecrated France to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. The dramatic fire [...] then to the southwest, also to reach Pellevoisin. The “M for Mary” pilgrimage was to have started at the beginning of May, the month of Mary. Because COVID-19 restrictions on public worship were only lifted

Queen). Mary is present with us in our "valley of tears" as a "Mother of mercy" who shows us Christ, the Savior of all humankind. Véronique Benz (1) Saint Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux (1090–1153), was a Burgundian [...] also particularly venerate the Virgin Mary. All Cistercian churches are dedicated to the Virgin of the Assumption. The Cistercians understood how the Virgin Mary was a model of openness to the mystery of [...] abbey of Cîteaux, in Burgundy (France), Humbeline, sister of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, married a lord and led a dissipated and worldly life. Saint Bernard(1) provoked in her the decisive shock that led to

hope, in accordance with each person’s state of life … Life can survive only because of the generosity of other lives.” He concluded with these words:” With Mary’s protection, may we be for our world sentinels [...] proper state, God effects a general mobilization against the indifference that chills the heart and worsens our myopia.” “Indeed God created us to be a source of hope for others, a true and attainable hope [...] July 8 – Our Lady of Kazan (Russia) For a general mobilization against the risk of hell In his homily of May 13, 2017, in Fatima (Portugal), for the canonization of the shepherds Francisco and Jacinta

to go into a well-deserved retirement in early 2008, at the age of 70 years old. Edmond was a lawyer in the old city of Saint-Denis (near Paris). He had been filled with love for God and a contagious [...] suddenly "awash with love" for the Immaculate Conception, and The Secret of Mary became his favorite book. He went deep into Monfortain spirituality, and became a tireless evangelizer, a man who didn't [...] Bethlehem (December 24, 1999), which led to the "Mary of Nazareth" Project. Edmond died on Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, of a heart attack, while vacationing in Guadeloupe with his wife and most of their children and

theme, gave a very beautiful spiritual note to this WYD and brought participants to the center of the faith, with the example of Mary and with a sense of her presence. It was a perfect choice for Latin [...] "WYD is a wonderful achievement in terms of organization, participation, and the young people’s enthusiasm ... I also think that the Marian accent, after a three years preparation that had a Marian theme [...] not cross Central America, for different reasons. But they undertook the journey with energy and faith, and they gave a testimony of young people who believe and want to be missionaries. And the Holy Father

(Italy, 1546) Lionel Messi, a fervent son of Our Lady of the Rosary Famed footballer Lionel Messi made a promise on the Argentinean television channel TyC Sports that he sealed by a handshake: If he wins the [...] the 2018 World Cup in Russia with the Albiceleste team (Argentina’s soccer team), the 30-year old player who has yet to hold up the supreme trophy, will make a pilgrimage to a Marian shrine! From his hometown [...] honor and thank the Virgin Mary who is prayed and celebrated under the title of Our Lady of Rosary. If he wins the World Cup with his Argentinian team, Lionel Messi will go on a 40-mile pilgrimage—walking