September 23 – Saint Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) – Our Lady of Valvanera (Spain) Mary's feminine "here I am" reveals the universal feminine "here I am" (I) The Church is fundamentally a bride, and this
Paul, priest (d. 1660) - Our Lady of Alcazar (Toledo, Spain) - Luxembourg takes Mary as its patron saint (1666) "I owe Mary all the graces I have received" After a reckless youth, a serious accident, and [...] exterior struggles, but all of them prepared me for that key moment when, during a pilgrimage to Saint Francis de Sales shrine in Annecy, thanks to God, I finally realized the errors that had kept me from [...] be able to make Jesus the Savior and Mary our Mother known and loved! I am reminded of a saying of Saint Louis de Montfort: "Jesus is not known enough, because Mary is not known enough"! Theo Testimonial
August 24 – Saint Bartholomew, Apostle – Dedication of the church of Our Lady of Benoite-Vaux (France, 1138) Through the virginal womb of Mary God unites Himself to man “The Word became flesh” does not
– Pope Saint Pius X (d. 1914) – Our Lady of Knock (Ireland, 1879) – The Virgin with the Golden Heart (Beauraing, Belgium, 1932-33) To know Jesus better, we must entrust ourselves to Mary Saint Pius X (pope
August 20 – Saint Bernard, Doctor of the Church (d. 1153) Mary’s humility It would be easy to say of the disciples that they were altogether worldly when, not having not yet received the Holy Spirit (because
August 9 – Saint Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) – Our Lady of the Parish (Italy, 1829) Where Mary is, so too is the Church I’ve sometimes had to explain to non-Catholics that we do not worship the
8 August – Saint Dominic, founder of Order of Preachers (d. 1221 ) – Our Lady of Laeken (Belgium) – Feast of Our Lady of La Vang (Vietnam) "I have already answered your prayers!" An oral tradition says
August 11 - St. Clare of Assisi (d. 1253) - Death of Saint John Henry Newman (d. 1890) - Inauguration of Constantinople (Byzantium) dedicated to the Mother of God The New Rome, dedicated to the Mother
revealing the Virgin Mary with the Child Jesus, 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 [...] August 10 – Saint 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
August 14 – Saint Maximilian Kolbe, martyr (d. 1941 in Auschwitz) – Madonna del Sasso (Locarno, Switzerland, 1480) Let us "teach everyone who the Immaculate is" allow the Immaculate to act by all means [...] of the Immaculate, just as she intimately united her will to the will of God, to the Heart of God. Saint Maximilian Kolbe, December 2, 1931, ESI. p.154 See also: Marian Encyclopedia
