January 31 - Saint John Bosco Ask my Mother for my name At the age of nine, I had a dream that remained deeply etched in my mind all my life. In this dream, it seemed to me that I was near our house in [...] of this Woman whom your mother taught you to pray three times a day. Ask my mother for my name." Saint John Bosco Biographical Memoirs

January 30 - Saint John Chrysostom (Eastern Churches) Because the Blessed Virgin offered them her hand In the Franciscan chronicles it is related of Brother Leo, that he once saw a red ladder, upon which [...] for the Blessed Virgin offered them her hand, and they arrived in that manner safe in paradise. Saint Alphonsus of Liguori In The Glories of Mary

January 28 – Our Lady of the People (Italy, 1771) - Saint Thomas Aquinas Every time I prayed the Rosary, I felt an extraordinary peace in my heart A Syrian priest who spent 84 harrowing days in an ISIS

January 24 – Our Lady of Prayer (Toledo, Spain) - Saint Francis de Sales Two women were reciting the Rosary in a train... On Sunday, June 29, 1891, the village of Münchenstein, Switzerland, was holding

January 11 – Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary in Cosmedin (Rome, 6th century) A Marian response to the scandal of sin “A spiritual D-Day” is a description Doug Barry uses in referring to the “Rosary

Council of Trent declared Mary to have been exempt from original sin through a special grace (1547) - Saint Hilary The powerful Children’s Rosary for Peace Filipino children from different parts of the country

January 4 – Our Lady of Roses (Italy, 1418) - Saint Angela of Foligno The strength of the Rosary is noticeable in so many children! Schoolchildren from around the diocese learned about the Blessed Mother

December 31 – Holy Virgin Hodegetria (Italy) – Saint Catherine Laboure (d. 1876) Mary invites us to enter the New Year with confidence On January 1st, the Church celebrates Mary, Mother of God. I find [...] through faith in God. It knows that God is with us and guides us if we entrust our life to him. As Saint Paul wrote: All things work together for good to those who love God. (Rm 8:28). To trust is to surrender

December 26 – Mary weeps for Saint Stephen (Jerusalem) - Synaxes of the Mother of God (Byzantine Church) The normal course of things has been upturned Looking at the sleeping Child, Joseph and Mary understand

December 30 – Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph – Holy Mary of Saint Celsius (Italy, 1485) You who gave birth to the Sun, you shine with him Star shining in the morning, Virgin Mary, your