In the title Our Lady of Mercy, the Spanish word “Merci” means “grace”, or in Latin “merces” means ransom. The Order of Mercedaries was in charge of buying back the Christians held captive by the Muslims, on the orders of Our Lady herself. On the night of August 1st toRead More →

The foundation of the Order of Mercedaries in 1218 – Spain – 2. 13th century Servites of Mary in 1233 – Florence – 3. Our Lady’s support for the Order of Carmel in 1251 – Holy Land Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin to support the foundation or development of religiousRead More →

1. Basilica of Saint Mary Major, Rome, 356 – 2. Shrine of Panaghia Hodegetria, Constantinople – 4th century – 3. Shrine of Evesham, 709 – England – 4. Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, 1323 – Spain, Extremadura. (To be build) The oldest sanctuary and the apparition of Mary TORead More →

For centuries it was the national shrine of all Spain. A one-metre high black wooden statue of the Virgin is still venerated there today. The manuscript found with the statue and signed by the ecclesiastical authorities of the time indicates that the statue was originally carved by the evangelist St. LukeRead More →

To be build… Thank you for your patience 1. Our Lady of the Pillar or Nuestra Señora “del Pilar” – during the lifetime of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in Zaragoza – Spain – 2. Our Lady of Le Puy en Velay in 47 A.D. – France – 3. Our LadyRead More →

The first official Feast of the Nativity of the Virgin, September 8th Saint Maurille was a disciple of Saint Martin. Originally from Italy, he became a monk at Marmoutier. He founded a monastery near Chalonnes in Anjou and in 423 he became bishop of Angers. According to a very oldRead More →

At the time of Saint George, the first bishop of Velay, in the first century, a woman named Vila, who had been suffering from a high fever for a long time and could not get rid of it, went to Mount Anis one night, lay down on a stone thatRead More →