Our Lady of Guadalupe special altar built for her feast on December 12, at Star of the Sea Church in San Francisco. Our Lady of Guadalupe: Celebrated on December 12, is the most popular Marian title in the Americas and attracts upwards of 15 to 20 million visitors annually to its basilica in Mexico City, making it one of the most visited sacred sites in the world.
Celebrations in the month of October
Our Lady of Champion. October 9. The only approved Marian Appariion in the United States.
OUR LADY OF SORROWS. September 15. The Devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows was given to us by St. Bridget of Sweden (1303–1373). During this month, we are invited to console the Sorrowful Heart of Mary and to unite our suffering to hers and, by doing so, receive graces of consolation and strength.
PRAYER:
Dear Mother Mary, your heart was pained so much on your earthly pilgrimage by the sufferings your family and your nation endured. A sword of sorrow pierced your loving heart each time you experienced the pain of sin which wounded your innocent Son and all those around you. We need you, Mary, to be with us in our sorrows, that we may not give up or despair, but keep hoping in God’s love for us, and in the fulfillment of His promises. We too want to console your tender heart, so pained by our sins, which continue so grievously against your Son today. Sweet Mother of Sorrows, we love you. Amen.
Photograph by Mariella Zevallos. (Image is at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem). “The sword and rosary emphasize her sorrow, prayer, and silent participation in the Passion. It is Mary honored in the very heart of the Passion itself, inside Christianity’s holiest site.”
Our Lady of La Salette
Approved Apparition France 1846
Feast Day, September 19
Our Lady of Knock
Approved Apparition. Feast Day, August 21.
Our Lady of Knock, Queen of Ireland. Feast Day: August 21. Knock, Ireland 1879.
Our Lady appeared to two women in the back of the town church. Mary was clothed in white garments and wearing a brilliant crown. By her side was St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist. Behind them, an altar with a lamb and a cross on it…
August 22
The Immaculate Heart of Mary (Traditional)
August is dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
(read article)
The Queenship of Our Lady (New)
The story of the Queenship of Mary
(read this article)
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Feast Day: August 15
The Assumption of The Virgin Mary. The Virgin Mary was taken up into heaven, body and soul, at the end of her life on earth. It is celebrated as an official dogma in the Catholic Church and a major feast day, on August 15
READ THIS ARTICLE FROM THE VATICAN NEWS:
SOLEMNITY OF THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
SEE THIS REEL:
WHAT IS THE ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN MARY?
Monthly Celebrations
- January: The Holy Name of Jesus
- February: The Holy Family and Preparation for Lent
- March: St. Joseph and the Season of Lent
- April: Easter and the Resurrection of the Lord
- May: Mary, Mother of God and Mother of the Church
- June: The Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary
- July: The Precious Blood of Jesus
- August: The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- September: Our Lady of Sorrows and the Holy Cross
- October: The Holy Rosary
- November: The Communion of Saints and the Holy Souls
- December: Advent, Christmas, and the Immaculate Conception
