s, Doctor of the Church (d. 1787) Mary and Alphonsus Liguori smiled at each other as the saint was dying Saint Alphonsus Liguori is the author of The Glories of Mary, published in 1750, which was a bestseller [...] the person and life of the Virgin Mary, explains Marian spirituality, and includes prayers of the saints and some popular devotions. Its author ends each chapter with an edifying "example", generally the [...] same 'encounter' occurred again." St. Alphonsus Liguori’s biographer Théodule Rey-Mermet cssr, in Le Saint du siècle des Lumières, quoted in Dictionnaire des apparitions, by Fr. Laurentin, Fayard, 2007.

July 23 – Saint Bridget of Sweden (d. 1373) Revelations from the Heart of Jesus and Mary to Saint Bridget St. Bridget heard the Mother of God explain to her: "I can therefore boldly say that his pain was

July 19 – 1st Apparition of the Virgin Mary to Saint Catherine Labouré (Paris, France,1830) A dialogue between the Virgin Mary and Saint Marie Rivier Marie Rivier, a French nun who founded 141 schools

– Mary Mother of Grace (France) – St Ephrem the Syrian, deacon and doctor of the Church (d. 373) Saint Ephrem’s prayer to Mary to obtain a pure body and a pure mind "Most holy Lady, Mother of God, the [...] worthy to glorify you, to sing freely to you, the only true mother of the true light- Christ our God." Saint Ephrem Ephrem the Syrian or Ephrem of Nisibia (ca. 306 in Nisibia, d. 373 in Edessa) was a 4th -century

of Fosseta (Italy) A new Breton pilgrimage in which Mary goes to visit the shrines of her mother Saint Anne Tanguy and Claire de Penfentenyo can attest to the fact that the Virgin Mary touches people's [...] their region. " More than a pilgrimage, the “Troménie” is about Mary coming on a visit to her mother, Saint Anne, and to the people of Brittany, " Tanguy de Penfentenyo enthusiastically told Aleteia. Accustomed

of the Congregation of the Daughters of the Heart of Jesus (d. 1884) Our Lady of the Road, patron saint of the Jesuits Our Lady of the Road (in Italian 'Madonna della Strada') is a fresco of the Virgin [...] Lady of the Road has always been held in great veneration by the Jesuits, who made her their patron saint and often invoke her when traveling. Adapted and translated from: https://www.facebook.com/Jackya

a monk-bishop who was a friend of Saint Caesarius of Arles, had three churches built: one dedicated to the Mother of God, another to the Trinity, and the third to Saint John the Baptist (the latter called [...] January 26 – Our Lady of Life (France) The Institute of Our Lady of Life: learning from the Carmelite saints In Venasque, southeastern France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region), the Shrine of Our Lady of Life [...] Friars were expelled from their convent, which was then confiscated. In 1806, the parish priest of Saint-Didier, a native of Venasque who had escaped the revolutionary turmoil, bought back Our Lady of Life

December 14 –Saint John of the Cross, Doctor of the Church (d. 1591) –Last apparition of Mary at L'Île-Bouchard (France, 1947) Saint John of the Cross, a great lover of Mary A young John de Yepes y Álvarez [...] belong to the said order (the Carmel), under the protection of His most Blessed Mother.” Chosen by Saint Teresa of Avila and sent by the apostolic vicar, John of the Cross became the confessor of the Carmel [...] order. After that he founded several Carmelite monasteries for men. Although he was younger than her, Saint Teresa of Avila called him her spiritual father. His brothers of Andalusia gave the following testimony

Miraculous Icon (Russia) Saint Josaphat: A defender of Church Unity Today the Church honors a great champion and promoter of Orthodox reunion with the Apostolic See in Rome. Saint Josaphat Kuncewicz (born

November 1 – All Saints’ Day “On the feast of All Saints, let us pick up our rosaries” "Our beautiful France is again partially shutting down. But Life goes on. Its source is the Heart of Jesus, from which [...] meditate on the mysteries of Jesus' life? On Sunday, November 1, we contemplate the lives of the saints, those brothers and sisters of ours who conformed their lives to the Gospel. They loved God and their