prayer One day, after Saint Bernard had prayed a Hail Mary with great respect in front of a statue of the Virgin, the statue gently bowed her head and answered: "I salute you, Bernard!" Blessed Alan said that [...] surpasses the price of the whole world." The Children's Rosary From the booklet Histoires sur la Sainte Vierge IX, p. 4-5

saw a "bright light" rise from a bush. In it they discovered a 50 cm-tall statue of the Madonna and Child. This original statue still exists but the one exposed in the basilica is a replica. Travelers are [...] was in fact raised to the rank of basilica in 1914. Its peculiar name comes from the devotion to a statue representing the Madonna and Child that, according to tradition, was found by some shepherds in the [...] René Laurentin and Patrick Sbalchiero Excerpt from Dictionnaire encyclopédique des apparitions de la Vierge

Translated and adapted from: https://www.rtl.be/info/regions/namur/tornade-de-beauraing-la-statue-de-la-vierge-est-restee-intacte-1307991.aspx [...] Golden Heart was spared: aside for a few trees felled by the strong winds, the whole site and famous statue of the Virgin Mary sustained no damage, while all the houses around it were devastated, including

have brought a statue of the Black Madonna with him to Rocamadour, though the statue is generally dated to the 9th century. With the double attraction of the tomb of Zaccheus and the statue, pilgrims began [...] Shrine of Our Lady of Rocamadour, a complex of religious structures centered around a miraculous statue of the Virgin Mary and the tomb of a saint from long ago. Tourists come to Rocamadour for its religious [...] who made the pilgrimage. Many notable people visited Rocamadour over the years, including Saint Bernard, Saint Dominic, Saint Louis and possibly even Charlemagne, on his way to battle the Moors in Spain

Walsingham statue will begin touring from June, as part of the preparation for the re-dedication of England as the “Dowry of Mary.” England was dedicated as the Dowry of Mary by Cardinal Bernard Griffin in [...] carrying the words: “This is your dowry, O pious Virgin.” In the run-up to the re-dedication, the statue of Our Lady, from the Slipper Chapel at the Catholic National Shrine in Walsingham, will be taken

their waist. It was in the 12th century, during the great surge of Marian devotion generated by St. Bernard of Clairvaux, that the word "rosary" appeared. It designated the crown of flowers - "chapel" (Old [...] thence the French name “chapelet” for the 5-decade rosary) - that was placed on the head of the statue of the Virgin Mary. To the "Our Father" were soon added the words of the Archangel Gabriel at the

pilgrims, including thousands of young people. The Middle Ages, which, especially through Saint Bernard, sang Mary's glory and celebrated her mysteries, witnessed a marvelous flowering of French cathedrals [...] splendor in the pure light of their stained-glass windows and in the harmonious beauty of their statues. They bear witness above all to the faith of a people that outdid itself in a magnificent display

a beautiful statue of Mary as she appeared to St Bernadette at Lourdes. It was given to me for my first Holy Communion, which Mary and I had received at the early age of five. That statue still stands [...] example of Mary’s relationship with her divine son, Jesus. At the secondary school I attended, St Bernard’s College in Essendon, the Christian Brothers also had a special place in their lives for Marian devotion

entered a church, and in a desperate move, ran straight to his divine Mother. Prostrated before her statue, he humbly opened his heart to her, in God’s presence. Then he saw and picked up a leaflet on a railing [...] part of France until 1860, by the Treaty of Turin. (3) Here is the full prayer composed by Saint Bernard (1090-1153): "Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled

for the first time on September 25, 1983. Mary was carrying the Child Jesus, and she resembled the statue venerated in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, which had been put aside in the bell tower