devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and on establishing a feast in honor of the Most Chaste Heart of Joseph on the Wednesday following the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus [...] a place of pilgrimage. This is a very important distinction to keep in mind. Masses are celebrated here as you can see, and plans are under way to build a large shrine dedicated to Our Lady to accommodate [...] May 7 – Our Lady of Monticino (Italy, 1776) This devotion to Saint Joseph was willed by Jesus and Mary The Virgin Mary has been appearing in Itapiranga, Brazil (state of Amazonas) since 1994, to seers Edson
April 16 – Our Lady of the Vines (Genoa, Italy, 1816) – Saint Bernadette Soubirous (except France and Canada) "I promise to make you happy ..." What were the Virgin Mary’s first words to Bernadette in [...] According to author Henri Lasserre, who met Bernadette, in a book published in 1869, Mary’s words were: "I promise to make you happy, not in this world but in the next." Why were those words changed to "I don’t [...] happiness of Heaven. Why? Because it would negate the Christian message. Saint Paul says that "the kingdom of God is a matter of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit" (Rom 14:17). It is today
(France, 1858) – Our Lady of Walsingham Mary’s only plan is to let God act "In the sixth month, the Angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth." Let us try to understand the role [...] great mystery of God's plan. God's messenger was sent to Nazareth: Salvation began in a village. One of the greatest secrets of God’s heart, at least the one that he most emphatically reveals to us, is that [...] often modest: Gabriel came to a village ... Too often, in our faith’s journey, we miss the reality of God, because we wait for it or seek it in the extraordinary, somewhere out of space, in a world disconnected
director of Family Theater Productions, encourages families to make the most of prayer, starting with saying grace at the table. “Take a moment and invite members of the family to offer prayers of intercession [...] March 18 – Our Lady of Ajaccio (Corsica, France) The car is a great place to pray the Rosary Every time Chris and Jennifer Sariego and their four children leave their home in Los Angeles and get into their [...] the car is a great place to pray the Rosary.” It’s one of the ways their family is growing in holiness together as a domestic church, in the hallowed footsteps of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
March 10 – Our Lady of Miracles (Bari, Italy, 1576) I overcame great trials thanks to Mary I am Catholic, and the quest for the spiritual is essential to me. On May 30, 1976, five miners assaulted me with [...] from what is essential and to find joy in life, every day of my life, and to express gratitude every day. I chose "anti-revenge" therapy, that is, I decided not to sue my attackers but instead forgive them [...] in my life. On the verge of death, paralyzed for two years, my eyes riveted on hospital ceilings, without knowing if I would ever walk again, I made two promises to myself: to never again turn away from
offered for an increase of vocations to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Dubuque.” In fact, the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary (October 7) was established in gratitude to Mary for her intercession [...] February 1 – Our Lady of Copacabana (Bolivia) The Holy Rosary is a helpful prayer to discern one’s vocation The Holy Rosary is a helpful prayer when you are trying to learn if God is calling you to be a single [...] behind and clinging to our mother’s skirts. (2) We pray for what we need, and we pray to the One that can deliver. The Rosary is sometimes prayed to ask Mary to pray for us sinners to God, for example: “This
specifically to us to purchase a Combat Rosary. They are not looking for a classic rosary but for a strong and effective way to get help," says Pauline Alves, manager of the online store of the Rosary Palace [...] according to the models) and the Cross of Forgiveness consecrated by Pope St Pius X, the Combat Rosary helps people pray to ward off evil and to be freed from addictions. The Blessed Virgin of the Miraculous [...] December 13 – Our Lady of Oglio (Italy, 1534) A Rosary to fight the devil, the world and the flesh Although the so-called Combat Rosaries were originally distributed by the US military during the World
November 19 – Our Lady of the Good News (Nancy, France) From prostitution in the Bois de Boulogne to Lourdes Isidore is not an actor. His story, featured in the documentary film simply called Lourdes recently [...] from an abusive father, leaving Portugal to go to France. There, his only connections were in the street. A string of bad encounters led him into the sordid nets of prostitution. The only light in the night [...] (Paris), where he is a regular adorer of the Blessed Sacrament. "I take refuge in the Lord. I search the Holy Scriptures to hear what He wants to tell me. I ask Him and Mary to help me become better. My life
under the name of Our Lady of the Angels. Costa Rican Catholics express their gratitude, respect and devotion to the Virgen de los Ángeles by making a pilgrimage to the Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels in [...] October 24 – Our Lady of La Regla (Cuba) The Blessed Virgin wanted to stay near the source About 2 million people took part in the Cartago Pilgrimage on August 2, 2019, in honor of the patron saint of Costa Rica [...] surprised to find a statuette of a woman with a child in her arms on the top of a rock. She brought the statue of the Virgin Mary home and put it in a trunk. The next morning, Juana went out again to find wood
October 22 – Our Lady of Kazan (Russia) A new film about Lourdes comes to boost "the Church’s immune system" Pilgrims file through the Grotto caressing the rock with their hands, going to fill bottles [...] making a comeback. Evidence of this is the popular success of the Saint John festival in Porto Vecchio, southern Corsica. Or the procession of the Holy Headdress—venerated as one of the mortuary cloths that [...] Captured with great discretion, these gestures of faith brought to the screen in a documentary simply titled "Lourdes" have moved more than 200,000 viewers. To quote Brother Frank Dubois, who led the Rosary
