This is surely a miracle. CNA: Seven young women in Kirkuk credit the Virgin Mary for their safety after spending a harrowing eight hours hidden underneath beds while Islamic State group fighters used their room as a hideout during an assault … Continue reading
Category: Our Lady
A Swiss Guard and His Rosary
Dr. Mario Enzler: On the liturgical calendar October 7th is the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. This feast celebrates the naval victory of the Holy League fleet at Lepanto which in 1571 saved Christian Civilization from defeat at the hands … Continue reading
Facts to Share With Unbelievers About the Miraculous Tilma of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Mountain Catholic: Here’s four (literally) awesome facts about the tilma of Our Lady of Guadalupe: 1. It has qualities that are humanly impossible to replicate. Made primarily of cactus fibers, a tilma was typically of very poor quality and had a rough … Continue reading
Procession With Pilgrim Virgin Through the Streets of Chicago
Church Militant, Bradley Eli: Our Lady of Fatima, represented by the International Pilgrim Virgin Statue, will be processing down Chicago’s streets starting at St. John Cantius Church this Saturday, August 27. Read more here.
Sri Lanka: 400,000 Pilgrims Visit Shrine of Our Lady and St. Anne During August
AsiaNews: Hundreds of thousands of people, both Catholic and non Catholic this month have flocked to the nation’s Marian shrines to celebrate the feasts of St. Anne and the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. More here.
The ‘Dormition’ of Our Lady and a Special Privilege Jesus Granted Her
I use the word “dormition” (sleep) in the title as Our Lord used it in referring to the death of Lazarus. Our Lady did truly die, desiring to be in all things like Jesus, as the article that follows demonstrates … Continue reading
Four Great Marian Dogmas
There are four defined dogmas of the Faith concerning Our Lady’s divine prerogatives. They are: 1) Her Immaculate Conception, 2) Her Perpetual Virginity, 3) Her Divine Maternity, and 4) Her Glorious Assumption. How fitting it is that she whose fiat … Continue reading
Maronite Patriarch Renews Consecration of Lebanon and Mid-East to Immaculate Heart
AsiaNews: The Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Bechara Rai, yesterday renewed the consecration of Lebanon and all the Middle East to the “Immaculate Heart of Mary” (pictured). The devotional act comes within the framework of the Fatima apparitions (1917), during which the Blessed … Continue reading
20,000 Faithful Honor Our Lady on Her Feast Day at Shrine in Shanghai
AsiaNews: Thousands of Catholics have come on pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Sheshan, on the feast day of Mary Help of Christians. But according to the Diocese of Shanghai, the lists of pilgrims include at least 20,000 people … Continue reading
Vatican Responds to Affirmation That There Is More to the Third Secret of Fatima
1Peter5: Today, May 21, 2016, the Holy See Press Office has released, in its daily bulletin, a statement attributed to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. The statement categorically denies the affirmation, reported here, from Fr. Ingo Dollinger, which speaks of a private conversation … Continue reading
Priest Friend of Pope Benedict Says There Is More to the 3rd Fatima Secret
1Peter5: Maike Hickson:Today, on the Feast of Pentecost, I called Fr. Ingo Dollinger, a German priest and former professor of theology in Brasil, who is now quite elderly and physically weak. He has been a personal friend of Pope Emeritus Benedict … Continue reading
Pastor Dedicates Aleppo and All Syria to Immaculate Heart
AsiaNews: The people of Aleppo “are in shock, the schools are closed, children stay at home, shops have lowered their shutters…the streets “have been emptied of cars and people”. Everyone, “avoids having to go out, although this does not mean that … Continue reading
Holy Scripture Proves the Perpetual Virginity of Mary
This is a good and concise defense of the dogma of Our Lady’s Perpetual Virginity by Tim Staples for Catholic Answers. Perhaps the two most commonly employed texts by those who deny Mary’s perpetual virginity are: Matthew 13:55-56: Is not this the … Continue reading
21 Great Quotes of St. Louis de Montfort on the Rosary and Devotion to Mary
Thursday, April 28, is the feast day of our Order’s patron saint. Louis de Montfort. It is also the 300th anniversary of his death. Joseph Pronechen has provided 21 of his favorite quotes (below) from the Marian saint. They are … Continue reading
Story of Miraculous Picture of Our Lady of Good Counsel
America Needs Fatima: Because of its proximity to Rome, the city was chosen by many patricians and imperial courtiers as a site for their country villas. The vast gardens surrounding these villas often served as the stage for perverse feasts, pagan … Continue reading