Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Feast of Instituted among the Carmelites c.1880 as a feast of thanksgiving in commemoration of favors received through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin. It was assigned to 16 July, the traditional date on which the Blessed Mother appeared to Saint Simon Stock and gave him the brown scapular (1251). … Continue reading “Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Feast of”
Our Lady of Mercy, Sisters of
Our Lady of Mercy, Sisters of is the name of a modern Roman Catholic religious order founded in Dublin by Miss Catharine McAuley in 1830. Miss McAuley was born in Gormanstown Castle, near Dublin, Sept. 29, 1787, and died Nov. 13, 1841. Her parents. who were Roman Catholics, died when she was a child, and … Continue reading “Our Lady of Mercy, Sisters of”
Our Lady of Mercy, Feast of
Our Lady of Mercy, Feast of Celebrated 24 September , commemorating the foundation of the Order of Our Lady of Mercy at Barcelona, 1223, established to relieve captives from the infidel. The patronal feast of Barcelona, extended to the universal Church, 1696. It is of special observance in England , where Our Lady is invoked … Continue reading “Our Lady of Mercy, Feast of”
Our Lady of Lourdes
Our Lady of Lourdes City in the department of Hautes-Pyrenees, France. The greater part of the new town has grown up around the shrine which has become the most famous in France. In 1858 a young peasant girl saw many times an apparition of the Blessed Virgin in the grotto of Massabielle. “I am the … Continue reading “Our Lady of Lourdes”
Our Lady of Loreto
Our Lady of Loreto So-called from the tradition that the house, wherein the Holy Family dwelt at Nazareth, was transported by angels to the city of Loreto, Italy . The Holy House is now encased by a large imposing basilica. It has been one of the famous shrines of the Blessed Virgin from the 13th … Continue reading “Our Lady of Loreto”
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Feast of
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Feast of 12 December , patronal feast of Mexico and a holy day of obligation there, commemorating the apparition of the Blessed Virgin to an Indian convert, Juan Diego, in 1531, whom she instructed to convey to the bishop her desire that a chapel be erected in her honor on the … Continue reading “Our Lady of Guadalupe, Feast of”
Our Lady of Good Counsel, Feast of
Our Lady of Good Counsel, Feast of Records dating from the reign of Paul II (1464-71) relate that the picture of Our Lady, at first called “La Madonna del Paradiso” and now better known as “Madonna del Buon Consiglio”, appeared at Genazzano, a town about twenty-five miles southeast of Rome, on St. Mark’s Day, 25 … Continue reading “Our Lady of Good Counsel, Feast of”
Our Lady of Good Counsel
Our Lady of Good Counsel A title given to the miraculous picture of the Madonna at Genazzano, honored particularly in the Order of Saint Augustine. The devotion arose from the legend that the Madonna of Genazzano was miraculously transported from Albania into Italy , accompanying across the Adriatic two Christians who fled from the Mussulman … Continue reading “Our Lady of Good Counsel”
Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd
Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd The aim of this institute is to provide a shelter for girls and women of dissolute habits, who wish to do penance for their iniquities and to lead a truly Christian life. Not only voluntary penitents but also those consigned by civil or parental authority are admitted. … Continue reading “Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd”
Our Lady, Help of Christians, Feast of
Our Lady, Help of Christians, Feast of The invocation Auxilium Christianorum (Help of Christians) originated in the sixteenth century. In 1576 Bernardino Cirillo, archpriest of Loreto, published at Macerreta two litanies of the Bl. Virgin, which, he contended, were used at Loreto: One a form which is entirely different from our present text, and another … Continue reading “Our Lady, Help of Christians, Feast of”