Marian Commemoration Days
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MARCH
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Marian Commemoration Days |
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MARCH
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1858: Twelfth apparition of Mary in Lourdes |
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1858: Thirteenth
apparition of Mary in Lourdes. She expressed the wish that people
come in procession to the grotto.
1917: Due to the visions of the farmer, Eudokia Andranova, in Potschinki near Moscow, discovery of the miraculous image of the Dershawnaja Kolomenskoja was honored in Russia from then on.
1933: Eighth and final apparition of Mary in Banneux, Belgium. She said to Mariette Becor, "I am the mother of the Savior, the Mother of God. Pray much!" 1939: Pius XII, called "The Marian Pope," succeeds Pius XI. |
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1858: Fourteenth apparition of Mary in Lourdes. She asked that a chapel be built. |
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1858: Fifteenth apparition of Mary in Lourdes. |
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1476: Approval of the first rosary brotherhood in Germany. |
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1910: Birth of the child visionary, Jacinta Marto of Fatima. |
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Feast of Spain's Our Lady of Guadalupe in Estremadura. |
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1980: The invocation, "Mother of the Church," could be inserted into the Litany of Loreto with the agreement of diocesan bishops. |
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Feast of Our Lady of Kostroma or Fedor, Russia |
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Feast of Our Lady of Blaj, Rumania |
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Feast of Our Lady of Ajaccio, Corsica |
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Feast of St. Joseph, Husband of the Virgin Mary, Mother of God, honored as patron of the universal Church and patron of the dying. |
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Feast of St. Nicholas of Flue (1417-1487) of Switzerland, to whom the Blessed Mother appeared several times. |
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Feast of Our Lady of Nowy Swierjan, Russia |
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1907: Birth of
Lucia, the eldest child visionary of Fatima.
1974: Pope Paul VI publishes Marialis Cultus, an Apostolic Exhortation on the right ordering of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. |
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1858: Sixteenth
apparition of Mary in Lourdes. She stated, "I am the Immaculate
Conception."
1920: Pope Benedict XV declared Our Lady to be the "principal patroness of all aviators." |
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Solemnity of the
Annunciation of the Lord Patronal Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham, England Our Lady of the Don, Russia. See image at: Fine art posters 1981: Promulgation of the Rite for Crowning an Image of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It contains a new litany in honor of Mary's Queenship. |
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Sinaxis of the Archangel Gabriel, Byzantine |
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Feast of Our Lady of Iwer, Russia |
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Friday after Easter |
Feast of Zootokos, Our Lady of the Well |
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