Saint Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) – Our Lady of Valvenere (Spain) Sweet Chain which binds us to God O Blessed Rosary of Mary, sweet Chain which binds us to God, Bond of love which unites us to the Angels [...] Angels, Tower of salvation against the assaults of hell, safe Haven in the universal shipwreck, we shall never abandon You. Petition to Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii, often recited by Padre Pio
- Saint Pius X, Pope (d. 1914) - Our Lady of Knock (Ireland, 1879) - The Virgin of the Golden Heart (Beauraing, Belgium) How Pope St. Pius X promoted true devotion to Mary The great Pope Pius X, who ushered [...] work. First of all, he was the Pope of frequent communion: he had noticed that the sacrament of First Communion was being delayed in an abusive manner almost everywhere and lowered the age of its reception [...] Music). The 50th anniversary of the proclamation of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception was for him another reason to make people love the Virgin Mary: with the encyclical Ad diem illum (On the Immaculate
Feast of the Holy Family – Our Lady of the Flowers (Bra, Italy, 1336) Filipino priest calls on the faithful to pray the Rosary for world peace A Fatima crusader on Saturday called on the faithful to repent [...] observe the “Miracle of the Sun” that occurred during the 6th Apparition of Our Lady of Fatima, as witnessed by more than 70,000 people in Portugal. In this miracle, the sun is said to have swirled and danced [...] every day in response to the request of the Blessed Virgin Mary for the world to attain genuine and lasting peace. “The world is currently undergoing purification because of the sin of mankind, but in the
April 16 - Our Lady of the Vines (Genoa, Italy, 1816) - Death of Saint Bernadette Soubirous in Nevers (France, 1879) - Saint Bernadette (except France) I promise to make you happy...
November 13 – Our Lady of Nanteuil (France) - Beatification of Charles de Foucauld "Remove your apparatus,” she heard a voice say to her I had recently moved to a town in northern France. My doctor, a [...] that Jesus was walking in our midst and was bearing all our suffering. In this chapel, I experienced a sort of resurrection, even though I didn’t understand what was happening to me. During worship, after [...] Catholic, invited me to participate in the Lourdes pilgrimage for the sick. It struck me that my name was Bernadette, and that we were going to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the apparitions! ... After
August 7 – Feast of Our Lady of Los Reyes (Seville, Spain) Victorious football players present their trophy to Mary Following their victory in the Champions League on May 26, 2018, Zinedine Zidane and [...] went on Sunday to the Cathedral of Santa María La Real in La Almudena, in Madrid, to present their trophy to the Blessed Virgin Mary. What would be more natural than presenting one’s trophy to the Blessed [...] On Sunday, May 27th, before the celebration of their victory of the day against Liverpool (3-1) with the fans, the players of Real Madrid made a detour to thank the “high-ranked people.” The players,
July 22 – Our Lady of Kaloja (Russia) – Birth of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (France, 1647) As a child, Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque loved to recite the Rosary As a child, Margaret loved to recite the [...] on the day of her confirmation, she added the name of Mary to her baptismal name. On May 25, 1671, Margaret Mary entered the monastery of the Visitation of Mary, in Paray-le-Monial (France). Of fragile health [...] his Agony. Since the revelation of the Heart of Jesus to Saint Margaret Mary, the Church has established the feast of the Sacred Heart on the Friday following the octave of Corpus Christi. Source: Notre
June 18 – Apparition of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Garabandal (Spain, 1961-1965, approval pending) A new shrine to "Mary Who Unties Knots" On February 12, 2018, Bishop Dominique Rey of Fréjus-Toulon blessed [...] official shrine dedicated to "Mary Who Unties Knots" in France, at the parish of the Immaculate Conception in the city of Toulon. For a few years already, many pilgrims have come to bring their own “knots” [...] but also their expressions of thanksgiving. The shrine is open from 7am to 7pm, seven days a week, and anybody can leave a prayer intention to Mary. On Mondays a high mass to "Mary Who Unties Knots" is
June 3 – The Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) - Our Lady of the Letter (Italy) - Saint Kevin When the Rosary brings teens closer to their parents Scott Anthony, a youth minister in Pennsylvania [...] decade of the Rosary, but there was a catch — he forgot the words to the Hail Mary, Anthony said. “I kind of looked out of the corner of my eye and I saw her reach over, grab her dad’s hand and just start [...] start to whisper the prayer to him,” Anthony said. “It was one of those moments that was just etched in my memory, because it was so beautiful to see this young teenage girl with the love she had for her
since the day of the Visitation, has been to come to you, to give you to Jesus, to bring you to the life of her Son. So, when you are before the Blessed Sacrament, do not be afraid to ask Mary to exercise her [...] Sunday of Advent – Our Lady of Victories (Paris, France, 1836) Bring Mary to Adoration with you "Do not be afraid to come and worship the Lord, the Almighty, who, in his great mercy, wished to stay in [...] in our midst, so that we could live in his presence. But I have something else to tell you: when you worship, do not be afraid to take Mary with you—she is the new Ark of the Covenant, who bore the One who
