History of Marian Apparition History… Part Six
Above: AVILA, SPAIN, APRIL – 19, 2016: The St. Theresia of Avila with the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph in church of Real Mo nasterio de Santo Tomas by unknown artist of 18. cent  1563: St Teresa of Avila (of Jesus) From the website of the Discalced Carmelites, General Curia of the Teresian Carmel St […]
History of Marian Apparition History… Part Eight
Statue of the Virgin with an aerial view Quito, Ecuador  1594, Our Lady Appears in Quito, Ecuador From the website, Tradition on Action[2, 3], along with some information from The Miracle Hunter [1], is the story of the apparition of Our Lady in Quito: It is common knowledge that one of the most well known […]
History of Marian Apparition History… Part Seven
Photo above of Church and Monastery built on site of where Our Lady appeared, Lezajsk, Poland  1578, Our Lady Appears in Lezajsk, Poland 1578 Our Lady of Lezajsk, Poland, the story as told on the website Mother-Mary.org: One day Thomas Michaelek, a simple but pious man, had gone, as was his custom, to make up […]
Our Lady of Loreto and the Holy House of Loreto … Marian Apparition History… Part Four
Pope Francis prays inside the Sanctuary of the Holy House on the feast of the Annunciation in Loreto, Italy, March 25, 2019. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)Â The 1200’s continued… Our Lady of Loreto and the Holy House of Loreto We are including this site in the history of Marian apparitions as tradition holds this is the […]
History of Marian Apparition History… Part Five
Above: Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Tilma (original paint), Mexico City, Mexico The 1500’s: Our Lady appears to Juan Diego From CatholicSpirit.com After the Spanish conquest of Mexico in the 16th century, Franciscan missionaries seeking to convert the Aztecs to Christianity destroyed their temples and idols. The missionaries claimed they were acting in the […]
The Rededication of England as the Dowry of Mary
Above: Painting by Amanda de Pulford of Our Lady of Walsingham to be blessed by Pope Francis, Independent Catholic News, 02/08/2020 The Re-dedication of England as the Dowry of Mary on March 29th is both a personal promise of the people of our country and a renewal of the entrustment vows made by King Richard […]
History of Marian Apparitions … Part Three
Photo above of the painted ceiling detail of the church of the “Madonna del Carmine” The 1200’s In 1251, St. Simon Stock receives the Brown Scapular from Mary. As told in a blog post over at Catholicism Pure & Simple, on May 16, 2012: Saint Simon Stock was born to a very illustrious family in […]
St. Priscilla of Rome
Early Christian ceiling art depicting Good Shepherd, sheep and birds. – Photo was taken inside the Catacombs of St. Priscilla, October 2019. Today is the Feast Day of St. Priscilla of Rome (1st c.). She was a Christian noblewoman who served as a benefactor to the Christian community in Rome. She supported St. Peter the […]
History of Marian Apparitions … Part Two
Photo above: aeriel view of Monastery of Montserrat (home of Black Madonna) in Catalonia, Spain. Panoramic view from the top of the mountain. The 900’s In 963, St. Athanasius, the Athonite, establishes a monastery dedicated to the Mother of God on Mt. Athos peninsula in Greece. Here the original Icon to Our Lady of Iveron […]
The Wondrous Exchange Between Divinity and Humanity – Part 3
Madonna Che Adora Il Babino Gesu’ (The Madonna Adoring the Baby Jesus) By Giovanni Ambrogio Bevilacqua (active by 1481-1512), a Lombard painter int he late medieval or early Renaissance style, in Pavia, Italy By Pope Benedict XVI, Public Catechesis, January 4 2012, continued: Christmas is the point at which Heaven and earth converge, and the […]