August 14 – Madonna del Sasso (Locarno, Switzerland, 1480) - Saint Maximilian Kolbe I smelled the delightful perfume of Mary near me We live in Sainte-Anne-d'Auray (Brittany, France). At the age of 17, after
August 8 – Our Lady of Laeken (Belgium) - Saint Dominic de Guzmán A Marian shrine in China! There are three apparitions listed for 1900 in China: one in Beijing (an apparition of Our Lady dressed in white
July 31 – Ethiopian Orthodox Church: Feast of the Densata (Conception of Mary) - Saint Ignatius of Loyola The Ethiopian Coptic Church: a deeply Marian Church Heirs to the theology of St Athanasius and
August 1st – Icon of the Virgin Hodegetria, “of the guides” (Hodegon Monastery, Constantinople) - Saint Alphonsus Liguori (d. 1787) When tempted, pronounce the names of Jesus and Mary Of all devotions, [...] that Benedict XIII granted fifty days’ indulgence to those who pronounce the name of Jesus and Mary. Saint Alphonsus Liguori, The Glories of Mary , Devotion IX: Of Frequent Recourse to the Divine Mother
July 29 – Pope Callistus III orders the ringing of bells for the Angelus from that day on (1456) – Saint Martha Let us ask the Mother of God to defeat heresies Muslims turn towards Mecca several times a
August 3 – Act of consecration to Mary inspired by Saint Peter Damian (France, 1626) Pope Francis blesses altar for South Korean Marian shrine On Wednesday, June 7, 2017, during his General Audience, Pope
July 19 – First apparition of the Virgin Mary to Saint Catherine Labouré (Paris, France, July 19, 1830) The city of Aleppo consecrated to Our Lady of Fatima Still reeling from the Syrian civil war, the [...] hope with a consecration to Our Lady of Fatima on May 13th. The Mass of Consecration took place in Saint Francis of Assisi Roman Rite Cathedral, which is also known as the Latin Church of the Franciscans [...] Portugal. Present at the Mass of Consecration, according to the Facebook page for the Cathedral of Saint Francis of Assisi, was a statue of Our Lady of Fatima that was sent directly from the shrine in Portugal
July 20 - Canonization of Saint Louis de Montfort (1947) His great secret for attracting souls to Jesus The mainspring of all his apostolic ministry, his great secret for drawing souls and giving them
July 22 – Our Lady of Kaloja (Russia) – Birth of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque Without a doctor or medicine, death seemed inevitable In 1944, Solzhenitsyn's fellow prisoner in an archipelago camp, called
July 26 – Saints Joachim and Anne, Mary’s parents Grandparents are under the protection of Jesus’ grandparents Today is the liturgical commemoration of Saints Joachim and Anne, parents of Our Lady, and
