Crowning of a statue of Our Lady of Fatima by the Archbishop of Ottawa at the start of a 50-day pilgrimage to 7 dioceses (Canada, 1947) The essence of Our Lady’s message at Fatima Sister Lucia, one of the three [...] Dominican priest who wanted to carve a statue of Our Lady of Fatima, asked Sister Lucia what Our Lady’s main message was. She replied: "The conversion of sinners and the return of souls to God. This plea was [...] visionaries of the Virgin Mary at Fatima in Portugal, repeatedly said that prayers and sacrifices offered for the conversion of sinners form the core of the devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Father
the integral development of the person." As in 1942—the year of the consecration of the country to Our Lady of Perpetual Help—all the bishops of the country attended the ceremony of this Marian anniversary [...] Consecration of Germany to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1954) - Saint Gregory the Great (d. 604) Haiti and Our Lady of Perpetual Help On June 27, 2018, Haiti celebrated the 75 th anniversary of its consecration [...] consecration to Our Lady of Perpetual Help, patron saint of the island. For this solemn occasion, Haiti’s Episcopal Conference organized a great procession of prayer and praise, followed by a Mass of thanksgiving
August 3 - Our Lady of the Stairway to Heaven (Italy, 1498) The Great Miracle of Our Lady Del Pilar In 1637, a youngster employed on a farm, Juan Miguel Pellicer (1617-1647), born in Calanda, Spain in [...] had merely prayed to Our Lady of the Pilar before going to bed and then he "had a dream in which he saw the Blessed Virgin rubbing his sore stump with oil from the lamps in the chapel of Saragossa." [...] June 5, 1640. On April 22, 1641, the municipality of Calanda chose Our Lady of the Pilar as its patron saint. On April 27, Bishop Apaolaza, Archbishop of Zaragoza, declared: "We say, vote and declare that
April 26 - Our Lady of Perpetual Help given to the Redemptorists (Rome, 1886) Our Lady of Perpetual Help The original icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, of Byzantine style, is one of the many icons attributed [...] attributed to Luke. This image shows the Mother of God holding the Christ Child in her arms. The Child has a frightened look on His face caused by the instruments of His future passion presented to Him by [...] lost His sandal out of fear. This icon was revered for centuries on the island of Crete. In the 15th century, the island was invaded by the Turks, but a Christian managed to get a hold of the icon and flee
January 20 - Apparition of the Miraculous Medal to Ratisbonne (Rome, 1842) Our Lady of the Miracle Alphonse Ratisbonne was born to a wealthy family of Jewish bankers in Strasbourg, France, on May 1, 1814 [...] on January 20, 1942, Alphonse entered the Basilica of Saint Andrea delle Fratte in Rome and fell on his knees... After the apparition of Our Lady to Alphonse Ratisbonne, he told an acquaintance (Baron [...] brother Theodore converted to the Catholic faith and became a priest when he was just a boy. Alphonse and his parents reacted with hostility and horror. Why would Our Lady appear to a man who hated the faith
by remorse. In an effort to make reparation, he had a shrine built on the site of the small chapel. The faithful still come to this day to pray to the Mother of God, Our Lady of the Magyars! [...] 18 - Dedication of Canada to the Holy Family (Canada, 1666) Our Lady of Kophaza (II) At 14 years of age, Eleanor had become a beautiful and well-adjusted young girl. She was the pride of her father and [...] Wesselenyi family, a family belonging to the great nobility of Hungary. Talks of marriage began between the two families and Eleanor revealed to her father her vow to remain a virgin. The family was filled
times of particular unease, we would pray the novena to Mary Who Unties Knots. Over the course of nine days, the novena calls on supplicants to lay the burdensome knots in their lives at the feet of Our [...] Our Lady and ask her to place them before her Son to unravel. But aside from merely “solving the problem,” the crux of the prayer is its request of the necessary graces to disallow the knot, whatever it may [...] very close to Our Lady,” advised Saint Teresa of Calcutta. Every season of life comes with its particular trials and tribulations, as well as its own joys and blessings, and, in the midst of such turbulence
one of the three visionaries of Kibeho recalls: "Our Lady taught me to pray the Rosary Crown of the 7 Sorrows because she said that a tragedy was brewing in Rwanda. Our Lady asked us to change our lifestyle [...] lifestyle, to love the sacraments, to do penance, to pray without ceasing by reciting the Rosary of the 7 Sorrows for the conversion of the hearts of those who have departed from God, and to be humble in [...] Republic of Congo." The Bishop of Gikongoro added that Our Lady of Kibeho’s messages concern the whole world. "A conversion of hearts is needed to obtain greater justice. We live in a situation of global
December 12 – Our Lady of Guadalupe (Mexico, 1531) Our Lady of Guadalupe has impacted millions of people Today we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. This is the feast of the apparitions of the Virgin [...] beautiful lady who appeared to him, humbling him to his knees. He learned that she was Mary, the mother of Jesus. She spoke to him in the native language of the Aztecs. After identifying herself to him she [...] miracle, the Bishop agreed to build the church. Juan Diego’s uncle fully recovered. He told the archbishop of his miracle cure. Mary desired to be known under the title of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Today, Juan
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 [...] property. I begged her, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, to carry me, as she carried Jesus when he was a child, and to make me become, not what I would like to become, but what she herself would like for the greatest [...] great sorrow, not knowing where to take refuge, fearing to be misled by 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
