expressed the conviction that Mary made a vow of virginity In the West, Augustine appears to be the first Father and Doctor of the Church to have expressed the conviction that Mary made a vow of virginity. [...] Augustine The Blessed Virgin is our model of holy modesty Another personal virtue of Mary emphasized by Augustine is Mary's humility or holy modesty. She manifested her glorious behavior and action throughout [...] Cana. Mary has always considered herself less than she is: as a servant, follower and profound believer. Augustine said she was unstained, untouched, unknown, and unappreciated. God did not need Mary to become

Cinque continenti, Ed. Segno, Udine, 1997 Shrines in Burkina Faso Yagma: Our Lady of Yagma Mary and Islam Mary in the Holy Qur'an [...] Christians are a small minority in this country, but they are very attached to the Virgin Mary. The people particularly love to sing the litanies of the Virgin in their regional languages, set to splendid [...] splendid music, with special emphasis on the meaning of each invocation. The chapels dedicated to Mary in the missions of Ouagadougou, Bobo-Dioulasso, Koudougou and Ouahigouya are the meeting place of important

Spirit, who consecrated Senegal to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1847 and the next year built the first chapel dedicated to the Holy Heart of Mary, in Dakar. Poponguine, Thies, and Mont-Roland are important [...] Marian shrines. Poponguin is the national shrine. The nation was dedicated to the Virgin Mary in 1963. The church of Mary Queen in Thies was petitioned for in a collective prayer for 9 years. The shrine of

"Ville-Marie" (Mary's town) in honor of the Blessed Virgin, in the 17th century. You can still find, on a map of Terra Nova dated from 1527, the names of Notre Dame Bay, Conception Bay and St. Mary's Bay [...] French navigator departed from Saint Malo to explore the Northern seas on a ship called "Marie, Etoile de la mer" ("Mary Star of the Sea") but reached instead, in 1534, Newfoundland and the coast of Labrador [...] Mary arrived in the Americas with the first great navigators who discovered the New World, at the end of the 15th century. In 1992, Pope John Paul II traveled to the American continent to mark and celebrate

) Then Jesus, the Son of God, joined our humanity in the womb of the Virgin Mary (this is the "Incarnation"). The Virgin Mary said Yes, just as the Hebrew people had done at Mount Sinai: and a "New Covenant" [...] spoke to him in a dream: "Do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because she has conceived what is in her by the Holy Spirit." Venerate Mary and Adore Jesus The manner in which Luke wrote his [...] veneration of Mary. She is the Mother of the Messianic King, the Virgin Mother, the Mother of the Son of God. Coming to this shrine in Nazareth is a way of getting closer to the mystery of Mary, Daughter of

the Incarnation of Jesus Christ. Montfort spirituality is going "to Jesus by Mary", since, as Montfort liked to say, "Mary is the shortest way to go to her Son". Montfort is also the person that has given [...] New Advent. The saint is at the origin of the Company of Mary (or Montfort Fathers), founded in the 1720s. Montfort Fathers are "Missionaries of Mary". The "Daughters of Wisdom" is another institute that

________________ (1) CCC 1998 §1814 (2) Vatican II, Lumen Gentium 63 Menu: Mary's Faith Mary's faith unties the knot of sin (Pope Francis) Mary's Faith is like a Pillar Blessed is She who Believed (John-Paul II) [...] God's will. "The righteous shall live by faith." Living faith "work[s] through charity." Vatican II: Mary become the mother of Jesus by her faith "By her belief and obedience, not knowing man but overshadowed

church dedicated to "Nossa Senhora Santa Maria" (Our Lady Holy Mary). The first churches dedicated to Mary date from the late 16 th to 17 th centuries. In the 20 th century, the apparitions of Fatima had [...] the banks of the Kwanza River, the church honors the Immaculate Conception of Mary. There are 9 cathedrals dedicated to Mary: · Luanda: Our Lady of Remedies (built in 1679) which is the current cathedral [...] In the sixteenth century, Portuguese sailors promised the Virgin Mary to make her loved wherever they went. The first missionaries who arrived in Angola on April 29, 1491, immediately built a small church

declared unto Mary, ℟ . And she conceived of the Holy Spirit . Hail Mary, full of grace; the LORD is with thee: blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother [...] LORD. ℟ . Be it done unto me according to thy word. Hail Mary, full of grace... ℣ . And the Word was made flesh. ℟ . And dwelt among us. Hail Mary, full of grace… ℣ . Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God. ℟ [...] France decreed in 1472 that it should be prayed for the peace of the Kingdom. It was called the "Hail Mary of peace," and gradually came to be recited three times a day, in the morning, at midday, and in the

name of Jesus and the most sweet name of Mary (this is why on Marian icons Mary is represented with the Child Jesus in her arms). The one who doesn't venerate Mary doesn't know Christ either. And a faith [...] Orthodox Marian Piety The Orthodox Church honors the Virgin Mary as someone more venerable than the Cherubim and incomparably more glorious than the Seraphim, someone who is above all creatures. She sees