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2 |
1836: Establishment of the Heart of Mary brotherhood in the Church of Our
Lady of Victories in Paris. |
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5 |
1584: Gregory XIII
established a Marian sodality in the Jesuit college under the title of the
Annunciation |
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8 |
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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10 |
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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12 |
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of all America
1531: Apparition of Our Lady of
Guadalupe in Mexico |
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15 |
Feast of Mary, Mediatrix |
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18 |
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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24 |
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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25 |
Solemnity of the Birth of Our Lord
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26 |
Sinaxis of
the Mother of God or Feast of Mary's Motherhood (Byzantine Church)
Feast of
Mary' Ecstacy (Maronite Church for the Chaldeans, Malabarians, and
Assyrians) |
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29 |
1932: In Beauraing, Mary describes herself as the "Virgin with the Golden
Heart." |
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31 |
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
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Sunday after
Christmas |
Feast of the Holy Family, always celebrated on the Sunday between Christmas
and New Year
Feast of Our Lady of Nazareth |
