continue the vision of Saint Luigi Orione who wished to pair every work of charity with a work of faith. The 35 ft statue of the Blessed Mother stands on a globe and her crown tops the whole building, crowning
One must pull up some deep roots, and many were not ready yet to do that. But suddenly one of the faithful cried out: 'Lord, I have forgiven! I beg you, forgive me!' The violent hostility he had harbored
their blessed home”. This intercession definitely encompasses Purgatory. We can therefore pray with faith to Our Lady Liberatrix and invoke her especially for our deceased because Mary helps us today and [...] Marie-Aimée and established in the diocese of Séez by Bishop Dubigeon as a public association of the faithful. The sisters settled in La Chapelle-Montligeon, a small village with a population of 500 in southeastern
ed, with the expertise of the architect Antonio Barluzzi. The Church of the Visitation Here the faithful celebrate the meeting of the Virgin Mary and her cousin Elizabeth in particular. Elizabeth greeted
Childhood and youth His parents were devout Russian Orthodox Christians who raised their children in the faith. His father, an illiterate man, was full of gentleness and wisdom. As a young man, Simeon grew uncommonly
were published in his Knight of the Immaculata. Addressing the first category first, if the Catholic faith is true, then there is something fundamentally flawed in the theology of a Jew who rejects Jesus as
1512). From Latin America... It was mainly in America (Central and South America) that the Catholic faith and its Marian piety first developed. To this day there are innumerable sanctuaries consecrated to
Following the second-century Church Fathers, he vigorously proclaimed the primitive core of the faith on which rests the whole work of Salvation: Mary’s virginal conception and true motherhood. Mary’s
the Church. The section ends with a study of how we should respond to such calls, namely through faith, prayer, penance, concern for peace and unity, and by accepting her as our Mother. [1] www.onthewing
Since the first miracle of 1675, the walls of the shrine have been covered with ex-votos left by the faithful in thanksgiving for the innumerable graces and miracles obtained through the intercession of the