France, 1876) - 2nd apparition of Lourdes (1858) The tallest statue of the Madonna and Child in Europe A monumental statue of the Madonna and Child stands in the village of Mas Rillier, in Central France [...] lights on December 8th, feast of the Immaculate Conception. The story of this statue began in 1930 when the parish priest, Father Thomas, prayed to the Virgin Mary to be healed of tuberculosis. His prayer was [...] can be visited from the inside thanks to a staircase that leads up to Mary's crown. The illuminated statue has been called "Hope of the Hopeless." Berengère Dommaigne, December 2020 Adapted from: Aleteia
statue of Our Lady set at the top of the building in Jerusalem, a sculptor, Roger de Villers, used the statue of the Virgin as a model for a second seven and a half yard-high statue of Notre-Dame of France [...] October 14 - Our Lady of the Fountain (Italy, 1320) Notre-Dame of France and Cardinal Verdier's Wish (I) The story of Notre-Dame of France began in Jerusalem when the French Assumptionist Fathers built [...] built a very large edifice overlooking the city, completed and crowned with the great statue of Our Lady (Notre-Dame of France) in 1904. The buildings were heavily damaged during the conflict between Israeli
However, many do not know that Our Lady traveled to Mars under the title of “Nuestra Señora de Flores” (Our Lady of Flowers), patron saint of Álora, Spain. NASA selected inscriptions for 150,000 name plates for [...] there, in space, between the valleys and deserts of Mars,” he added. Francisco happily recounted the “Marian presence” on Mars with member of the Brotherhood of Nuestra Señora de Flores, Álvaro Fernández G [...] July 22 – Saint Mary Magdalene – Our Lady of Kaloja (Russia) Our Lady traveled to Mars in 2021! NASA’s 2020 Mars expedition landed the Perseverance Rover on Mars on February 18, 2021, after a seven-month
and the direction of my life. Death is the ultimate grace, the crowning of our Christian life. It is not the end, as many unfortunate souls still too often think. It is the beginning of a beautiful new birth [...] April 26 - Our Lady of Perpetual Help given to Redemptorists’ Church (Rome, 1886) Mary, for Jesus My Redeemer, Make My Heart White like a Lily (II) O Blessed Virgin, my tender Mother, for Jesus my Redeemer [...] birth. "For me, Jesus Christ is my life." To die will be to my advantage since the great effect of death will be to clear away the dark veil, which hides such an adorable wonder from my eyes. "Everything
and the direction of my life. Death is the ultimate grace, the crowning of our Christian life. It is not the end, as many unfortunate souls still too often think. It is the beginning of a beautiful new birth [...] April 26 - Our Lady of Perpetual Help given to Redemptorists’ Church (Rome, 1886) Mary, for Jesus My Redeemer, Make My Heart White like a Lily (II) O Blessed Virgin, my tender Mother, for Jesus my Redeemer [...] birth. "For me, Jesus Christ is my life." To die will be to my advantage since the great effect of death will be to clear away the dark veil, which hides such an adorable wonder from my eyes. "Everything
Pope Pius XII ratified the decree of the bishops, and officially declared in a brief of the Holy See Our Lady of Coromoto patron of Venezuela and crowned the statue. He set up the shrine in a basilica [...] had a change of heart towards God and asked for baptism. A Christian passing by poured water on his head. The chief did not die and he became one of the apostles of Our Lady. The enthusiasm of this Indian [...] the charge of this village called San-José-de-la-Aparicion (St Joseph of the Apparition). This village disappeared one year after huge floods, but the place of the apparition became a place of pilgrimage
Pope Pius XII ratified the decree of the bishops, and officially declared in a brief of the Holy See Our Lady of Coromoto patron of Venezuela and crowned the statue. He set up the shrine in a basilica [...] had a change of heart towards God and asked for baptism. A Christian passing by poured water on his head. The chief did not die and he became one of the apostles of Our Lady. The enthusiasm of this Indian [...] the charge of this village called San-José-de-la-Aparicion (St Joseph of the Apparition). This village disappeared one year after huge floods, but the place of the apparition became a place of pilgrimage
the Assumption, in all the churches of all the dioceses of the kingdom. Here is an excerpt from the edict of consecration of France to Mary, promulgated by King Louis XIII: “So many evident graces have been [...] XIII consecrates France to Mary (1638) France was consecrated to Mary by a royal edict recorded by the Parliament In 1636, the Blessed Virgin asked through Mother Anne-Marie of Jesus Crucified, a French [...] to her. The following year, King Louis XIII of France, "in the secret of his heart", consecrated his person and his Kingdom to Mary, and with the Queen, Anne of Austria, he multiplied prayers and pilgrimages
Our Lady of Valfleury (France) The Shrine of Our Lady of Valfleury, a pilgrimage destination since 1200 AD During the reign of Charlemagne, around Christmas of 800 AD, a statue of the Virgin Mary was discovered [...] beautiful name of Valfleury ("flowered valley"), in memory of the discovery of the statue of Mary in that valley. Sadly, in the 16th century, with the wars of religion and the disastrous system of the commendam [...] renewal was intense. The statue of Our Lady of Valfleury was crowned in 1860 by Pope Pius IX. Fr. Nicolle, then superior of the Lazarists, also instituted in 1862 the work of the Holy Agony, an archconfraternity
Nazarene village girl. Mary's blessedness - her beatitude - is not merely a peculiarity of Saint Luke's Gospel. It is in the Book of Revelation as well. At the dramatic climax of John's vision, he sees [...] June 3 - Our Lady of Sasopoli (Italy, 14th C.) All Holy Vessel of Honor (II) Mary's kinswoman Elizabeth, inspired by God, recognizes the young girl's uniqueness as she cries out: "Blessed are you among [...] the fruit of your womb!"(Lk 1:41-42). Again, Mary - unlike the other saints (...) - is "blessed" in life, from the first moment we see her, and not merely in death, having "died in the Lord." Mary herself
