January 26 – Our Lady of Life (France) The Rosary is our weapon! The theme of the 27th International Week of Prayer and Fasting at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in 2019 [...] Alar, a priest with the Marians of the Immaculate Conception, who wrote a book about dealing with the aftermath of suicide. The event included Rosaries of the sorrowful, joyful and glorious mysteries led [...] the U.S. Capitol as a day of prayer to end abortion, followed by seven days of prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. It moved to the national shrine in 1997 because, Flynn said in an interview with Catholic

Aug 27 - Our Lady of Quezac (France) Mary is the Path to Jesus The Blessed Virgin speaks about Jesus Christ in her apparitions from four main perspectives: (1) as the Sorrowful Mother; (2) as an educator; [...] evangelizer. Mary is the Sorrowful Mother who is distraught by the sufferings of her Son. She asks us to make atonement for the wounds inflicted to him. As an educator, Mary is the mother of her Son's brothers [...] July 17, 1917). Last, but not least, Mary is an evangelizer leading to her Son those who do not know him. Mary is truly the path to Jesus if we look at her different roles in this way. Historians believe

the clergy and the consuls of Cotignac to build me a church here, under the name of 'Our Lady of Graces', and tell them to come in procession to receive the gifts that I want to bestow in this place." The [...] Lawrence, deacon and martyr (d. 258 in Rome) – Our Lady of Graces (Cotignac, France, 1519) "Tell the people to come here in procession to receive the gifts I want to bestow!" On August 10, 1519, a lumberman [...] surrounded by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint Catherine the Martyr, and the Archangel Saint Michael. Our Lady was standing with her feet on a crescent moon. She said to John: "I am the Virgin Mary.

October 30 – Our Lady of Mondevi (Italy, 1540) A World Rosary from August 15 to October 7, 2018 The success of Rosary Coast to Coast has prompted organizers in various countries to launch a new movement [...] novena which started in the evening of August 15, 2018, feast of the glorious Assumption of the Virgin Mary, and ended on October 7, 2018, feast of the Holy Rosary and anniversary of the Victory of Lepanto [...] the face of the many dangers threatening the world. They decided to launch a "Holy League of Nations" to raise a prayer of supplication from many countries. This prayer has taken the form of a 54-day novena

who recommended it because of the fruits of holiness that its practice produced in the good people of God. St. Bernardine of Siena said of it: "It is by means of the crown of the seven joys that I have [...] - Feast of the Seven Joys of Mary (Annunciation, Visitation, Christmas, Adoration of the Magi, Recovery in the Temple, Resurrection, Ascension) Devotion to the Seven Joys of Mary St. Francis of Assisi was [...] originator of the Nativity scenes and that his order was the propagator of the feast of the Visitation, a joyful feast if ever there was one. The Franciscans, sons of St. Francis, were also the first to contemplate

Sister Lucia, a seer of Fatima, personally confirmed that this solemn and universal act of consecration corresponded to what Our Lady of Fatima wanted: " Yes, it was done, as Our Lady had asked, on March [...] Heart! Help us to conquer the menace of evil, which so easily takes root in the hearts of the people of today, and whose immeasurable effects already weigh down upon our modern world and seem to block the paths [...] consecrates Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Deliver us, deliver us! “In entrusting to you, O Mother, the world, all individuals and peoples, we also entrust to you this very consecration of the world, placing

the month of the Rosary (1883) In times of crisis in the Church, it is imperative to pray to Mary and Joseph! At this proximity of the month of October, which We have already consecrated to the Virgin [...] Virgin Mary, under the title of Our Lady of the Rosary, We earnestly exhort the faithful to perform the exercises of this month with, if possible, even more piety and constancy than heretofore. We know that [...] to her, for so long a time, with special appeals. But We entertain another object: (...) That God may be more favourable to Our prayers, and that He may come with bounty and promptitude to the aid of His

days of the Church Fathers to the doctrine of the Dormition and bodily Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the end of her earthly life. This homily is cited by Pope Pius XII in his definition of the [...] January 27 – Holy Mary of the Angels (Aix-en-Provence, France) - Feast of the Dormition of Mary (Coptic Church) The bodily Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Saint John Damascene is one of the strongest witnesses [...] Mistress, the Mother of God who has truly given birth to God has been translated to the royal palaces of heaven. … Angels and archangels have borne you upwards, the impure spirits of the air have trembled

Delighted as she was to see Our Lady again, Benoite was embarrassed to see the dirtiness of the chapel. She suggested cutting her apron in two, so as to put a cloth under the Lady's feet. The Lady answered that [...] August 30 - Our Lady of Carquere (Portugal) My Name is Lady Mary (II) Finally, one morning at the end of September, the shepherdess, who had left her sheep and goats to graze on a river bank, saw Lady Mary in [...] good Lady, why have you deprived me for so long of the honor of seeing you?” “From now on, when you want to see me, you will be able to in the chapel in The Laus,” replied the Lady, pointing out to her

Delighted as she was to see Our Lady again, Benoite was embarrassed to see the dirtiness of the chapel. She suggested cutting her apron in two, so as to put a cloth under the Lady's feet. The Lady answered that [...] August 30 - Our Lady of Carquere (Portugal) My Name is Lady Mary (II) Finally, one morning at the end of September, the shepherdess, who had left her sheep and goats to graze on a river bank, saw Lady Mary in [...] good Lady, why have you deprived me for so long of the honor of seeing you?" "From now on, when you want to see me, you will be able to in the chapel in The Laus," replied the Lady, pointing out to her