(Russia) - Publication of the 3rd secret of Fatima (2000) - Virgin Hodegetria ("She Who Points the Way") Saint Luke, possible painter of the Virgin Hodegetria icon It is the Mother of all icons, because it inspired
April 29 - Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin, Dominican tertiary, Doctor of the Church, patroness of Europe Saint Catherine of Siena: "Have recourse to Mary, while embracing the Cross" Faith in Providence
Health (Italy, 1428) - Beatification of Sister Faustina (1993), canonized on April 30, 2000 Mary to Saint Faustina: "I am the Queen of Heaven and Earth, but above all your Mother" St. Faustina Kowalska reported
March 8 - Our Lady of Graces (Italy, 1487) - St. John of God Mary saved Saint John of God from death when he was a soldier In 1638 the Spanish army besieged Fontarrabia, occupied at that time by the French
of Good Journey (India, 1599) - Conversion of St. Paul Saint Paul, who never met Mary, placed her at the central point of Salvation History Saint Paul did not witness the earthly life of Jesus, and probably
Lady of Almudena (Madrid, Spain) The Virgin of Almudena is the patron saint of Madrid The Virgin of Almudena has been the patron saint of Madrid since 1623. This was confirmed in 1646. She is celebrated
Our Lady of Aparecida (Brazil, September 1717) Our Lady of Aparecida, Queen of workers and patron saint of Brazil The 36 cm-tall statue of Our Lady of the Conception was found in 1717, in the nets of fishermen
when patrons and saints are not enough" "There are days when patrons and saints are not enough. Be they the greatest patrons and the greatest saints. Or ordinary patrons and ordinary saints. And there are
Let us pray to Mary Queen of Nations, with Saint Louis Saint Louis had wished to die on a Saturday (a day dedicated to the Virgin Mary) and this grace was granted to him by Mary: it was on Saturday, August [...] for the preservation of the faith and of religious liberty." Letter from Pope Gregory IX to King Saint Louis addressed in 1230. This letter was recalled by Pope St. Pius X on December 13, 1908, during [...] on of Joan of Arc. It was received with a holy fervor by an anticlerical government, gathered at Saint Peter's in Rome for the occasion. Today's France is far, far from deserving the beautiful title of
the Virgin Mary (Solemnity for the universal Church) The dogma of the Assumption of Mary and All Saints' Day On November 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII issued the Apostolic Constitution "Munificentissimus Deus"[1] [...] Deus"[1] proclaiming the dogma of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. This happened on All Saints' Day (November 1), which gave great significance to the destiny of all the elect. The year was 1950, shortly
