offered the crown of Hungary to the Virgin Mary There are several altar paintings depicting King Saint Stephen of Hungary offering the crown of Hungary to the Virgin Mary in different churches all over Hungary [...] countries (for until 1920 they belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary). Since the eleventh century the Virgin Mary has been honored as Patrona Hungariae (Patroness of Hungary). Hungarian Catholics are deeply convinced [...] le, well-organized country and was able to defend her independence. Greatly devoted to the Virgin Mary, Stephen had several churches built in her honor. However, suffering came to the king when only one

“In God’s name who are you and what do you want of me?” Mary’s response: “I am the Queen of Heaven who prays for the conversion of sinners.” Mary teaches a very important lesson here, because she tells [...] October 10 – Our Lady of Mercy (Italy, 1492) - Canonization of Father Maximilian Kolbe (1982) Mary reveals herself as Queen and Mother In October 1859, the Blessed Mother appeared to Adele Brise in the [...] mill and then on the way to and from church. During the third and final apparition (the only time Mary spoke), Adele became a student of Our Lady, learning heavenly lessons and then being asked to become

The Virgin Mary promised Saint Mechtilde that whoever would pray three Hail Marys every day would receive her help during life and her special assistance at the moment of death—the Virgin Mary would appear [...] People (Italy) Where does the Three Hail Marys devotion come from? Among the devotions to Our Lady, there is one that is very special: that of praying three Hail Marys every day. But, where did this devotion [...] of lifting up a prayer of thanksgiving to the Holy Trinity for the privileges granted to the Virgin Mary. Mechtilde was born in 1241 into a noble family. One day, while thinking about her own death, she

appeared to the group of Christians, singing and carrying the Virgin Mary on a pillar which they set on the ground beside the apostle. Mary then addressed him: "My son, this place is now marked and set aside [...] October 12 – Our Lady of El Pilar, patroness of Hispanics Mary appeared in Zaragoza, Spain, while still on earth The Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar (Nostra Senora del Pilar) in Zaragoza, [...] the seven first Iberian Christians, who were struggling to implant the faith in Spain. At that time, Mary had not yet ascended to Heaven and was still living in Jerusalem with the Apostle John. That day,

lost Christ, it may be that through Mary it will recover him.” When at 12 Jesus was lost, Our Lady found him. “Now that he has been lost again, it may be through Mary that the world will recover Christ [...] September 25 – Our Lady of Saint Peter (Italy, 1751) The world could recover Christ through Mary Bishop Sheen (1), former Auxiliary Bishop of New York (United States), wrote in 1951: “There is Hope and

September 21 – Our Lady of Graces (Trieste, Italy, 1486) - St Matthew Mary unfolded her plan for me, very slowly On a rocky hillside, above the small village of Medjugorje, two young girls, maintained

– Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (Issoudun, France, 1854) It is in these moments that I would paint Mary The Madonna is pale and she looks at the Child. The way one should depict her should be with a sort [...] and breathes, a God who can be touched and is alive. And it is in those moments that I would paint Mary, if I were a painter, and I would try to render her expression of bold tenderness and the shyness

Delon: "Mary is the woman I love the most in the world" A cinema legend with a reputation as a ladies’ man, French actor Alain Delon (b. 1935) frequently shares his attachment to the Virgin Mary. Can she [...] abstract for him? Mary, on the contrary, is very real to him, with her two feet on the ground. Could this be the secret of the attraction she exerts on the star? "I really believe in Mary. I talk to her a [...] Today, living alone and with declining health, he says he has only one woman in his life: the Virgin Mary. A surprising revelation from this eternal charmer, who confides that he would have liked to play

Virgin. His motto was "To Jesus through Mary." After summoning the Second Vatican Council, the pope went to Loreto and Assisi to ask for the intercession of Mary and Saint Francis on behalf of the Council [...] feasts of the Motherhood of Mary and of the Immaculate Conception. Pope from 1958 to 1963, Saint John XXIII published no less than 501 documents wholly or partly dedicated to Mary. In his broadcast message [...] – Our Lady of Graces (Ancona, Italy, 1836) – Saint John XXIII (d. 1963) Vatican II was overseen by Mary When he was still archbishop of Venice, Italy, Pope Saint John XXIII (1881-1963) had promised to recite

Holy Rosary (1883) - Saint Therese of Lisieux Mary is an excellent teacher Whenever we pray the Rosary, as Saint John Paul II said, we sit in “the school of Mary,” asking her to teach us about her son Jesus [...] every year, for the rest of our lives. Mary is an excellent teacher. Many saints have looked to her to teach them the virtues and how to live the Christian life. Mary has also revealed herself as a teacher [...] was the Mother of the True and Living God, while Saint Bernadette Soubirous (Lourdes) learned that Mary was the Immaculate Conception. In October 1859, the Blessed Mother appeared to Adele Brise in the