which translates from Arabic to English as ‘Mary Mother of Jesus’: Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Abu Dhabi crown prince and deputy supreme commander of the UAE armed forces, ordered that the mosque [...] “consolidate bonds of humanity between followers of different religions.” Our Lady plays an important role in Islam. She is the virgin mother of Jesus, although with no connotation of the Incarnation as [...] Virgin with the Golden Heart (Beauraing, Belgium) - Our Lady of Knock (Ireland, local feast day) Abu Dhabi mosque renamed the ‘Mary, Mother of Jesus’ mosque In a move to promote religious tolerance, a mosque
flower of incorruptibility; Rejoice, crown of continence! Rejoice, Thou from whom shineth the Archetype of the Resurrection; Rejoice, Thou Who revealest the life of the angels! Rejoice, tree of shining [...] February 10 - Our Lady of the Dove (Bologna, Italy) Mystery of Mary's Virginity The Creator showed us a new creation when He appeared to us who came from Him. For He sprang from a seedless womb, and kept [...] nourished; Rejoice, tree of goodly shade by which many are sheltered! Rejoice, Thou that has carried in Thy womb the Redeemer of captives; Rejoice, Thou that gavest birth to the Guide of those astray! Rejoice
flower of incorruptibility; Rejoice, crown of continence! Rejoice, Thou from whom shineth the Archetype of the Resurrection; Rejoice, Thou Who revealest the life of the angels! Rejoice, tree of shining [...] February 10 - Our Lady of the Dove (Bologna, Italy) Mystery of Mary's Virginity The Creator showed us a new creation when He appeared to us who came from Him. For He sprang from a seedless womb, and kept [...] nourished; Rejoice, tree of goodly shade by which many are sheltered! Rejoice, Thou that has carried in Thy womb the Redeemer of captives; Rejoice, Thou that gavest birth to the Guide of those astray! Rejoice
October 23 – Our Lady of Frassino (Lake Guardia, Italy) In the Assumption of Mary, our eternal destiny is revealed to us The Assumption of Mary shows us that death is not the end of life, but the boundary [...] beyond the mystery of death—a destiny of complete happiness in the divine glory. "Mary," Pope Saint John Paul II wrote, "was received in Heaven to serve. She is still ‘the handmaid of the Lord’ in eternal [...] mediation until the eternal crowning of all the elect" (id, 41). "No one trusted God more than Mary, as her Magnificat expresses: ‘My soul magnifies the Lord.’ Mary proclaims the Lord great and therefore
his visit he crowned two statues of Mary, venerate a third, and took part in a Marian prayer service. In Chile, Pope Francis crowned a statue of Our Lady of Mount Carmel — the patroness of Chile — during [...] independence from Spain. In Peru the pope’s first Mass in Trujillo was in honor of “Holy Mary, Door of Heaven.” While he did not crown any statues here, the opening and closing prayers were focused on Our Lady [...] The Black Madonna of Mende (France, 1857) Virgin Mary especially present during pope’s travels to Chile and Peru Pope Francis’ visit to Chile and Peru placed the Blessed Virgin Mary on center stage. During
Virgin of the French (Nagasaki, Japan) - Saint Patrick (Ireland, d. 461) Mary, emblem of the victory against the evil one In these times of rejection of God and the truth of religion, the Virgin Mary, who [...] question remains of whether these revolutions, or at least these movements, have led to the improvement of the living conditions of the populations, or led countries to fall under the yoke of new dictatorships [...] who is herself a victim of so many blasphemies and insults from ignorant and spiritually malicious people, remains for the world of believers the emblem of victory against the evil one and the death he has
Pius XII consecrates Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1952) The first fruits of the consecration of Russia to the Heart of Mary The "Consecration of Russia to her Immaculate Heart" is a votive prayer [...] Mystical Body of Christ; he made it to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of Christ and of his Mystical Body, so that with her and through her, with Christ, it could be carried and offered for the salvation [...] 1917. The first text of the visionary Sister Lucia evoking Russia dates from May 29, 1929. And in 1952, Pope Pius XII consecrated "the peoples of Russia" to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in his papal bull
Santa Casa of Ephesus is transferred to Loreto (Italy, 1295) – Foundation of the Legion of Mary in Dublin (Ireland, 1921) – Apparition of Our Lady of Aparecida (Brazil, September 1717) Our Lady of Aparecida [...] Aparecida, Queen of workers and patron saint of Brazil The 36 cm-tall statue of Our Lady of the Conception was found in 1717, in the nets of fishermen Felipe Pedroso, João Alves and Domingos Garcia, who were [...] bringing pilgrims from near and far. In July 1930, by decree of Pope Pius XI, Our Lady of Aparecida was proclaimed Queen and Patroness of Brazil, a title officially recognized by the Brazilian government
Canonization of Catherine Labouré by Pius XII attended by 10.000 Children of Mary dressed in white (1947) "In a time of great sorrow, I remembered the heart of the Mother of Perpetual Help" In a time of great [...] the evil one, I remembered the heart of the Mother of Perpetual Help, and I placed myself in her care, like her child, like her property. I begged her, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, to carry me, as she carried [...] herself would like for the greatest glory of her Son, according to his will, according to what she read in his heart. Since that time, I consider myself yours, O Mother of Perpetual Help! Charles de Foucauld
November 3 – Holy Mary of Petition (Italy) – Our Lady of Coromoto (Venezuela) One of the most beautiful expressions of the spirituality of the Council The place of Mary in the mystery of the Church is the [...] he solemnly gave Mary the title of Mother of the Church . Ten years later, in Marialis Cultus , the same Paul VI gave one of the finest expressions of the spirituality of the Council, saying that " love [...] the consequence of her fundamental place in the mystery of Christ, as Theotokos, Mother of God. Based on Scripture and the great Tradition of the Church Fathers and the Saints, the Vatican II Council brought
