On October 5th 2022, the faithful of Częstochowa and the surrounding area had the opportunity to listen to a lecture by Father Karl Stehlin. Father had visited Częstochowa many times, but, as he admitted, this was the first time he had given a lecture there at the initiative of theRead More →

Mélanie Calvat, who was 14 years old, and Maximin Giraud, who was 11 years old, were looking after their respective herds in the mountain pastures on Mont Planeau, which dominates the village of La Salette. On September 19th 1846, after their meal and a nap, while they were looking forRead More →

At the time, the shrine of the three ears of corn had no buildings. It was only a vast forest. On the 3rd of May 1491, at 10 o’clock in the morning, a blacksmith from the village of Orbey named Thierry Schoeré, was passing through this forest on his wayRead More →

1.Our Lady of the Three Ears in 1491 – Alsace, France – 2. Our Lady of Mercy in 1536 – Savona, Italy – 3. Our Lady of Graces in Cotignac, 1519 – Var, France – 4. Our Lady of “Wesemlin” defends Catholicism against iconoclastic Protestantism, 1530 – Switzerland – 5.Read More →

In the title Our Lady of Mercy, the Spanish word “Merci” means “grace”, or in Latin “merces” means ransom. The Order of Mercedaries was in charge of buying back the Christians held captive by the Muslims, on the orders of Our Lady herself. On the night of August 1st toRead More →

The foundation of the Order of Mercedaries in 1218 – Spain – 2. 13th century Servites of Mary in 1233 – Florence – 3. Our Lady’s support for the Order of Carmel in 1251 – Holy Land Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin to support the foundation or development of religiousRead More →

1. Basilica of Saint Mary Major, Rome, 356 – 2. Shrine of Panaghia Hodegetria, Constantinople – 4th century – 3. Shrine of Evesham, 709 – England – 4. Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, 1323 – Spain, Extremadura. (To be build) The oldest sanctuary and the apparition of Mary TORead More →