(Belgium, 1933) - 13th apparition in Lourdes (France, 1858) - Pius XI’s letter on France "Kingdom of Mary" (1922) Banneaux: The Virgin of the Poor Banneux is a small village southeast of Liège in French-speaking [...] French-speaking Belgium. In the winter of 1933, a young girl named Mariette reported that the Virgin Mary had appeared to her on eight separate occasions. Mariette was 11 years old at the time and came from a

February 23 - Saint Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, martyr (d. 155) - Apparition of Mary Immaculate Mother of Victory to Cäcilia Geyer (Wangen/Wigratzbad, Germany, 1938 – approved) "If Our Lady wants you to [...] Although I had never really understood what those little beads could do, I begin to recite Hail Marys and Our Fathers for hours! And in Croatian too! The Rosary brought me the inner peace I craved. The

February 17 – Ash Wednesday - The Seven Holy Founders of the Servants of Mary - 1941: Saint Maximilien Kolbe is arrested The Virgin presented two crowns Saint Maximilian Kolbe, a 20th-century Polish priest [...] " This remark deeply troubled him. Shortly after, he had a life-changing encounter with the Virgin Mary. He later told his mother: "I often prayed to Our Lady and asked her to tell me what would become [...] Father Kolbe was transferred to the Auschwitz camp where he died as a martyr on August 14, 1941. The Marie de Nazareth team

King Louis XIII consecrated France to Mary (1638) Feast of the Assumption of Mary: A major national holiday in France In 1636, the Blessed Virgin asked Mother Anne Marie of Jesus Crucified, a stigmatized French [...] solemnly consecrated France to the Virgin Mary. He also instituted an annual public procession to take place every August 15th, the feast of the Assumption of Mary, in all the churches of all the dioceses [...] King of France, Louis XIII, "in the secret of his heart," consecrated his person and his Kingdom to Mary, and he and the Queen, Anne of Austria, multiplied prayers and pilgrimages to obtain an heir who had

February 6 – Mary, Mother of Piety (Italy) – French mystic Marthe Robin (d. 1981) "I increasingly depend on Our Good Mother" Marthe Robin left us the following thoughts: "The whole program of my life consists [...] consists of remaining united to Mary, my Mother, under the dependence of the Interior Master who directs me, in allowing myself to be invaded, devoured, consumed by God. "I entrust all things to my Beloved

Joan of France, foundress of the Order of the Virgin Mary known as the Annonciade (d. 1505) The Order of the Virgin Mary The Order of the Virgin Mary or the Annonciade was founded by Saint Joan of France [...] as follows: Imitate the Virgin Mary in order to please Christ. Christ’s pleasure is accomplished by imitating the Virgin Mary as often as possible. At the school of Mary, the life of the Annonciades is [...] spirituality: she had an ardent love for Jesus and the Virgin Mary. In the castle of Lignières (central region France), the Virgin Mary made this promise to her: "Before your death, you will found a religious

Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The other side has an image of Mary as she appeared to Catherine, surrounded by the words “O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse [...] January 13 - The Council of Trent declares that Mary is free from all sin by a special grace (1547) - Saint Hilary of Poitiers 2020 marked the 190th anniversary of the Miraculous Medal Pope Francis blessed [...] blessed a statue of the Immaculate Virgin Mary of the Miraculous Medal at the end of his general audience on November 11, 2020. The statue will travel around Italy as part of an evangelization initiative

JMJ, where ‘Ave’ represents the prayer to Mary, while JMJ is the Spanish acronym of World Youth Day, but also the initials of the names of Jesus, Joseph, and Mary,” explains Monsignor Bürcher. The project [...] December 15 – Mary Mediatrix Three special rosaries in each WYD pilgrim’s pack Over one and a half million rosaries made in Bethlehem from olive wood are being produced in Bethlehem for the World Youth

December 30 – Holy Mary of Saint Celsius (Italy, 1485) Kidnapped priest says “I had moments of fear but I felt Our Lady’s help” Father Maurizio Pallù, 63, an Italian missionary priest, was kidnapped in

Apparition of the Sacred Heart to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (Paray-le-Monial, France, 1673) The Messiah was promised for a time of Peace When the Virgin Mary gave birth to Jesus, all wars had stopped on