Mary, if you obtain for me a prompt and favorable answer to this letter, I promise to have you honored at New Orleans under the title of Our Lady of Prompt Succor.” She sent her letter on March 19, 1809, [...] January 8 - Our Lady of Prompt Succor (Louisiana, USA, 1809) Homage and Veneration to Mary in New Orleans (I) In 1803, the boarding school and orphanage in a New Orleans convent founded by French Ursuline [...] Mother Saint Michael was given permission to appeal to the pope. The pope was a prisoner of Napoleon, and it seemed unlikely he would even receive her letter of petition. So Mother Saint Michael prayed
statue was solemnly placed it in the convent chapel. Homage and veneration to Mary under the title of Our Lady of Prompt Succor has been constant since then, and the Blessed Virgin has interceded for those [...] Lady of Prompt Succor, we are lost unless you hasten to our help.” Immediately the wind changed the direction of the flames, the convent and the properties around it were relieved of danger the fire died [...] January 9 - Our Lady of Beyond the Tiber (Rome) Homage and Veneration to Mary in New Orleans (II) On Mother Saint Michael’s and several postulants’ arrival in New Orleans on December 30, 1810, the statue
14 – Our Lady of Pasenika, or Mary’s Victory (Constantinople) A second city in Ivory Coast consecrated to Mary The town of Grand-Bassam, in the southeastern part of Ivory Coast, was consecrated to the [...] this consecration to Mary "calls for a deeper personal commitment to Christ" and will allow, thanks to Mary, "the birth of a new dynamism in the heart of each one of us and in the hearts of Ivorians." The [...] on of Grand-Bassam was called for by the city’s mayor, Jean Louis Moulot, who said: "I have decided, in the light of our faith, to bring to the Lord, through the immaculate hands of His Mother, our city
Philippines, reacted to a Philstar newspaper column on women’s lives under quarantine: “One of the many agonizing moments of our lives under quarantine is being separated from the members of my family. My husband [...] October 22 – Our Lady of Kazan (Russia) Rosary Brigades in the Philippines set to protect against Covid-19 Betty Lou Penera, an active alumna and chief publicist for the Centro Escolar University Alumni [...] mantle of protection!” The same prayer for divine intervention during these difficult times drew members of the Centro Escolar University Alumni Foundation to do a Rosary Brigade from June 19th to July 10th
even mind-boggling. First of all, the joy of being a priest of Jesus Christ; the joy of speaking about Jesus; of serving Him; and of celebrating the Eucharist every day. My joy is to exercise my ministry in [...] morning before going to morning Mass, and every evening before going to bed. I had plenty of opportunity to watch priests closely, and was always struck by their sense of service to everyone. During Mass [...] October 3 - Our Lady of Graces (Italy, 1697) Entrust your vocation to the Blessed Virgin I was born and baptized on March 5, 1959, in Bafoussam, Cameroon. I was later ordained a priest by Bishop André
(Padre Pio) – Our Lady of Valvanera (Spain) As a good Mother, Mary never wants to abandon her children There can be a no more difficult experience for a mother than to witness the death of her child. It [...] that He is not there. Mary was the first of her Son’s disciples and in moments of difficulty she kept the hope of the apostles alive… A woman attentive to the needs of others, she could say–when it seemed [...] wants to abandon her children, rather, she always shows up whenever one of her children is in need. For the simple reason that she is our mother. Taken from a homily by Pope Francis, Esplanade in of the
September 11 - Our Lady of Coromoto (Venezuela) Prayer is the thread that binds us to Heaven The Gospel reminds us to make ourselves little, to become children again. The Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, [...] us to Heaven. These nuns from Abruzzo made a huge rosary out of balloons and flew it over the roof of their church. As a local news outlet, Torre Marsicane, reports: From every part of the city of Avezzano [...] an invitation to unite ourselves in the Lord. We transmit the recitation of the Rosary every day on Facebook to hundreds of people… not necessarily from the city, but from every part of Italy and the world
September 4 - Our Lady of the Good Shepherd (Italy) Every prayer to Mary is centered on Christ The maternity of Mary in the order of grace began with the consent she gave in faith at the Annunciation and [...] entrusts to the Mother of Jesus the supplications and praises of the children of God, since she now knows the humanity that in her has been espoused by the Son of God. This double movement of Marian prayer [...] His Mother and our Mother, is completely transparent to Him: she shows the Way, "she is its Sign," according to traditional Eastern and Western iconography. Prayer to the Blessed Mother of God is therefore
May 17 – Our Lady of Holy Desire (Italy, 1890) Why did the Blessed Virgin appear to Pope Liberius? A visit to the Liberian Basilica, as it is often called in honor of Pope Liberius, enriches both the mind [...] under the icon of the Salus Populi Romani, as witness to his great devotion to the Madonna. Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica stands on the site of a temple to the goddess Cybele. According to a 13th-century [...] not uncommon to see visitors rapt in admiration before the spellbinding beauty of the artwork nor, at the same time, to observe the devotion of all those engrossed in prayer in search of comfort and assistance
Saint Matthias the Apostle – Our Lady, patroness of Bavaria (Germany) Pope Benedict pays tribute to Bavaria’s patroness Today, I would like to think back to the various moments of the Pastoral Visit that the [...] "Mariensäule," the Column of Our Lady, stands with a gilded bronze statue of the Virgin Mary on its summit. I wanted to begin my stay in Bavaria with a tribute to the Patroness of Bavaria, which, for me, [...] leaving for Rome. This time, I wanted to pause again at the foot of the Mariensäule to implore the intercession and blessing of the Mother of God, not only for the City of Munich and Bavaria, but for the entire
