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1883: Pope Leo
XIII declared October as the month of the rosary.
See document:
Supremi Apostolatus Officio |
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Feast of Mary, Mother of the Good Shepherd.
1954: Consecration of Germany to
the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
2000: Beatification of Pope John XXIII,
great Marian devotee, and of Pope Pius IX, who proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of Mary.
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1295: The holy house of Loreto was transferred to its present location.
See: Santuary of Loreto
1382: Installation of the
miraculous image of Our Lady of Czestochowa to Jasna Gora, Poland. See:
Jasna Gora
1921: Founding of the Legion of Mary in Dublin. See:
an official resource and
an unofficial resource |
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Feast of Mary's Birth.
Patrozinium
of Our Lady of Mariazell, Austria (see The Mary Page national patronages),
Our Lady of Schiluwa, Lithuania,
Our Lady of El Cobre, Cuba. In 1916, Pope Benedict XV proclaimed her patroness of the
island. See:
The Mary Page and
article also in Spanish
1979: Pope John Paul II
went to Loreto as a pilgrim "to ask light and assistance," from Mary for his trip to New York (October 2).
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Feast of Our Lady of Covadonga and Aranzazu, Spain. See:
The Mary Page |
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Feast of Our Lady of Coromoto,
Venezuela. See:
The Mary Page and
article also in Spanish
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Feast of Mary's Name--recalls the historically significant event of Vienna's liberation from the Turks in 1683.
Feast of Mary, Exalted Mother of Austria.
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Patrozinium of Our Lady of Quinche, Ecuador. See:
The Mary Page and
article also in Spanish
1917: Fifth apparition of Our Lady of Fatima. Mary urgently requested praying the rosary for peace.
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Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross. Mary, the Mother of the Lord, stood under the cross.
948: Foundation of the Swiss
place of pilgrimage, Maria Einsiedeln ("Dedication of the Angels").
1967: Cardinal Beran of
Prague (then living in Rome) began in Fatima the "Day of the Persecuted Church."
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Feast of the Seven Sorrows of Mary.
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Feast of Our Lady "de las Lajas" (American Hispanic) |
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1569: Pius V approved the Rosary Sodality and a solemn public rosary procession in
October.
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1577: Gregory XIII approved the age and indulgences of the Carmelite Order (scapular
devotion)
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1846: Apparition of Our Lady of La Salette. Authenticity confirmed by the Bishop of Grenoble in 1851.
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Feast of Our Lady of Itati, Paraguay.
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Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ransom of Captives, established 1696 in
memory of the founding of the Mercedarian order, which Mary requested
through an apparition. See more at:
official website in Spanish
787: In Nicea, start of the
second general council regarding expressions of devotion to images of Christ, Mary, and the saints.
1518: On Haiti, the Mercedarians
establish Cozumel, the first Marian shrine on the island.
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Feast of Our Lady of Mercy
Feast of Mary, Protector of Orphans
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Feast of the Immaculate Mother of God of Alcazar, Toledo, Spain
1666: The city of Luxemburg elects Mary as patroness.
1748: Pope Benedict XIV
publishes the so-called "Golden Bull" to establish Marian sodalities.
Two hundred years later Pope Pius XII published the Apostolic constitution,
Bis Saeculari for Marian sodalities.
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Feast of the Holy Archangels Gabriel, Raphael, and Michael. Gabriel appeared to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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1979: Pope John Paul II visited Knock, Ireland, conferred the status of basilica on the new church and gave the golden rose to the
shrine.
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Sunday after September 8th
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Feast of Our Lady of Fuensanta, Murcia, Spain. |
