May 16 - Saint Simon Stock receives the brown scapular from Mary (1164-1265) "Receive this scapular as the sign of a close covenant with me" Saint Simon Stock was born into an illustrious English family [...] Docile to the directives of the Mother of God, Saint Simon Stock joined these Fathers in 1212. Elected Vicar General of the Carmelite Order in 1215, the Saint worked hard to obtain confirmation of his Order [...] not offer him the freedom to lie down and sleep, he took his brief rest in this precarious lodging. Saint Simon Stock spent twenty years in complete solitude, nourishing his soul with the heavenly delights

574, Saint Columban and twelve of his Irish companions landed on the Breton coast and established numerous hermitages and abbeys. Other evangelizers followed, including the Irish monk Saint Gall. In 610 [...] January 31 - Saint John Bosco In 574, the Virgin Mary appeared in Querrien in Brittany. Querrien, in France's Côtes d'Armor region, is a recognized place of Marian apparitions in Brittany, France. In 574 [...] 610, the same Saint Gall made a spring flow in the village of Querrien "so that people could make bread." He built a chapel and sculpted a statue of the Virgin and Child. During a period of adversity, the

the immense distance of the firmament, we beheld Saint Joseph with the Child Jesus and Our Lady robed in white with a blue mantle, beside the sun. Saint Joseph and the Child Jesus seemed to bless the world [...] me to that it was Our Lady of Sorrows. Our Lord appeared to bless the world in the same manner as Saint Joseph had done . " The Marie de Nazareth editorial team

May 23 – La Linda (Peru, 1664) Our Lady of Beauty, patroness of artists Saint Peter's Church of Montmartre (French: E glise Saint-Pierre de Montmartre ), not far from the more famous Sacré-Cœur Basilica [...] cloister used to be the home of Benedictine nuns and part of the Abbey of Notre-Dame de Montmartre . Saint John Eudes, who was spiritual director and confessor of the Benedictines in 1660-1662, then in 1670-1673

has obtained many miracles for those who pray to her. The pilgrimage to Our Lady of Miracles of Saint - Maur-des-Fossés (Val-de-Marne) was interrupted in 1968, until the 1990s. In its day it was as important

on my shoulder! Before that I was an atheist. I became a believer following my first stay at the Sainte-Anne psychiatric hospital in Paris (France). France Dimanche

Rosary is the prayer that accompanies my whole life. It is also the prayer of the simple and of the saints. It is the prayer of my heart. " But not many people know about the spirituality of Pope John Paul

men" (Lk 2:52), at the school of the Holy Family. Father Joseph-Marie Verlinde Member of the Famille Saint Joseph Community (France) 2021 Adapted and translated from: Aleteia

in sublime glory, surpassing all the saints in highest heaven above, scarce could I dream I am your child, O Mary, I would lower my eyes from of you! ... - Saint Therese of Lisieux (May 1897 - PA Rome

the whole world will mourn." Saint Catherine Labouré (1) This is the saint's personal account of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary she received in Paris in 1830. (1) Saint Catherine Labouré (1806-1876) [...] will be with you, have confidence. You will recognize my visit, the protection of God and that of Saint Vincent on both communities. Have confidence, do not be discouraged, I will be with you! There will