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| 1 | Feast of Our Lady of Light (Mahal na Ina ng Kaliwanagan), in Cainta, Rizal, the Philippines. |
| 2 | 1836: Establishment of the Heart of Mary brotherhood in the Church of Our Lady of Victories in Paris. |
| 5 | 1584: Gregory XIII established a Marian sodality in the Jesuit college under the title of the Annunciation |
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Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception 1624: By enthroning her image in Luxembourg, the Jesuits founded the place of pilgrimage, Our Lady, the Mother of Jesus and Consolation of the Afflicted. The image was crowned in 1866. 1933: Canonization of St. Bernadette Soubirous |
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Feast of Our Lady of Loreto (Italy)
1925: Mary appeared to Lucia and asked for consolation by celebrating the first Saturday of the month by going to confession, receiving communion, praying the rosary |
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Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of all America 1531: Apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico |
| 15 | Feast of Mary, Mediatrix |
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Feast of
Mary's Expectation,
established at the Council of Toledo in 656, and better known for a victory in 1499 in Granada, after which thousands were baptized
Feast of Our Lady of the Way (Miraculous image in the Philippines) |
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Feast of Our Lady of Bethlehem
1883: Pope Leo XIII added the invocation, "Queen of the most Holy Rosary," to the Litany of Loreto |
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Solemnity of the Birth of Our Lord |
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Synaxis of the Mother of God or Feast of Mary's Motherhood (Byzantine Church) Feast of Mary's Ecstasy (Maronite Church for the Chaldeans, Malabarians, and Assyrians) |
| 29 | 1932: In Beauraing, Mary describes herself as the "Virgin with the Golden Heart." |
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Feast of St. Catherine Labouré (1806-1876), seer of the Miraculous Medal 1995: Pope John Paul II added the invocation, "Queen of Families," to the Litany of Loreto |
| Sunday after Christmas |
Feast of the Holy Family, always celebrated on the Sunday between Christmas and New Year Feast of Our Lady of Nazareth |
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