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Blessed Virgin Mary was assumed into Heaven after a life of sacrificial service as the mother of our Lord, but hundreds of millions of Catholics know that she retains an active engagement in the world. She is, of course, a frequently-cited intercessor on behalf of all the faithful who ask for her assistance in gaining certain graces from her Son. Was there any doubt, for example, that the woman who persuaded her Son to save the wedding at Cana would also secure victory at the Battle of Lepanto?

But we remember her here, most particularly, for her role throughout history, when she continued to intervene and to warn humanity that the coming chastisements would be dire if people failed to perform acts of prayer and penitence. In 1531, she appeared at Tepeyac Hill before Juan Diego, a peasant native to the area that is now Mexico City, and urged an end to the practice of human sacrifice. She left a miraculous image of herself as evidence that Juan Diego could provide his Bishop. The conversions to Christianity ensued by the millions, and the practice of human sacrifice (at least, as it was performed at that time) ended. For obvious reasons, she is patroness of the Americas and of unborn children, who remain an object of human sacrifice to this day. In some political ideologies, support for committing violent acts to destroy unborn children has achieved fervent support akin to a religious cult. December 12 is the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Titles of the Blessed Mother

Ark of the Covenant
Cause of Our Joy
Comforter of the Afflicted
Co-Redemptrix
Destroyer of Heresy
Gate of Heaven
Joy of the Just
Health of the Sick
Help of Christians (May 24)
Holy Virgin of Virgins
House of Gold
The Immaculate Heart
Mirror of Justice
Mother of the Poor
Morning Star
Mother Inviolate
Mother Most Admirable
Mother Most Amiable
Mother Most Chaste
Mother Most Pure
Mother of Christ
Mother of Divine Grace
Mother of Good Counsel
Mother of Orphans
Mother of Our Creator
Mother of Our Redeemer
Mother of Perpetual Help
Mother of Sorrows
Mother of the Son
Mother Thrice Admirable
Mother Undefiled
Mystical Rose
Our Lady of Confidence
Our Lady of Czestochowa
Our Lady of Good Counsel
Our Lady of Good Deliverance
Our Lady of Good Health
Our Lady of Good News
Our Lady of Good Remedies

Our Lady of Good Success
Our Lady of Good Tidings
Our Lady of Good Tidings, Lempdes
Our Lady of Grace
Our Lady of Grace, Normandy
Our Lady of Grace, Paris
Our Lady of Great Power

Our Lady of Guadalupe
Our Lady of Guam
Our Lady of Guard
Our Lady of Guidance

Our Lady of Happy Assembly
Our Lady of Haut

Our Lady of Helbron
Our Lady of Highest Grace
Our Lady of Hildesheim
Our Lady of Ireland
Our Lady of Justinienne
Our Lady of Kazan
Our Lady of Kieff
Our Lady of Kiev
Our Lady of Knock

Our Lady of Kuehn

Our Lady of La Carolle

Our Lady of La Chapelle
Our Lady of La Guarde
Our Lady of La Rochette
Our Lady of La Salette
Our Lady of Lac Bouchet
Our Lady of Las Lajas
Our Lady of Last Agony
Our Lady of Laon
Our Lady of Lavang
Our Lady of Liesse

Our Lady of Life
Our Lady of Light
Our Lady of Ligny

Our Lady of Loreto
Our Lady of Lourdes
Our Lady of Louvain
Our Lady of Lyons
Our Lady of Mantua

Our Lady of Marienthal
Our Lady of Marseilles
Our Lady of Matarieh
Our Lady of Meliapore

Our Lady of Milan
Our Lady of Miracles
Our Lady of Miracles Brescia
Our Lady of Miracles Paris
Our Lady of Miracles Rome
Our Lady of Molanus
Our Lady of Molene
Our Lady of Mondevi
Our Lady of Moreneta
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Our Lady of Monte-Senario
Our Lady of Montserrat

Our Lady of Montevergine
Our Lady of Moustier
Our Lady of Moyen Point
Our Lady of Myan
Our Lady of Nanteuil
Our Lady of Naples
Our Lady of Narni
Our Lady of Naval
Our Lady of Nazareth
Our Lady of New
Our Lady of Oegnies
Our Lady of Oropa

Our Lady of Oviedo
Our Lady of Paris
Our Lady of Peace
Our Lady of Pellevoisin
Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Our Lady of Pignerol
Our Lady of Pompeii
Our Lady of Pontmain
Our Lady of Pontoise
Our Lady of Port Louis
Our Lady of Power

Our Lady of Premontre

Our Lady of Prompt Succor

Our Lady of Abundance or Prosperity

Our Lady of Pucha
Our Lady of Puig
Our Lady of Puy
Our Lady of Quito
Our Lady of Ransom

Our Lady of Ratisbon

Our Lady of Rennes
Our Lady of Rheims
Our Lady of Rocamadour

Our Lady of Rocks
Our Lady of Rossano
Our Lady of Rouen
Our Lady of Safety

Our Lady of Saideneida

Our Lady of Saint Acheul
Our Lady of St Fort Chartres
Our Lady of Saint John
Our Lady of Savigny
Our Lady of Sasopoli
Our Lady of Saussaie
Our Lady of Schiedam
Our Lady of Schier
Our Lady of Scutari
Our Lady of Seez
Our Lady of Sichem

Our Lady of Sion
Our Lady of Smelcem
Our Lady of Sorrows
Our Lady of Soissons
Our Lady of Speech

Our Lady of Spire
Our Lady of Succor
Our Lady of Tables
Our Lady of Talan
Our Lady of Tears
Our Lady of Tears, Spoleto
Our Lady of Terouenne
Our Lady of the Armed Forces
Our Lady of the Assumption
Our Lady of the Bells
Our Lady of the Bush

Our Lady of the Candles

Our Lady of the Cloister
Our Lady of the Conception
Our Lady of the Conception, Flanders
Our Lady of the Divine Shepherd

Our Lady of the Don
Our Lady of the Doves
Our Lady of the Empress
Our Lady of the Fields
Our Lady of the Flowering Thorn
Our Lady of the Forest
Our Lady of the Forests
Our Lady of the Founders
Our Lady of the Fountain
Our Lady of the Fountain, Constantinople
Our Lady of the Grotto Lamego
Our Lady of the Hermits
Our Lady of the Hill
Our Lady of the Holy Chapel
Our Lady of the Holy Cross
Our Lady of the Jesuit College
Our Lady of the Lily
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
Our Lady of the Mountains
Our Lady of the Palm
Our Lady of the Pillar

Our Lady of the Place
Our Lady of the Pond
Our Lady of the Portuguese
Our Lady of the Rock
Our Lady of the Rosary
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart

Our Lady of the Silver Foot
Our Lady of the Slain

Our Lady of the Snows

Our Lady of the Star
Our Lady of the Star, Portugal
Our Lady of the Taper
Our Lady of the Thorn

Our Lady of the Tower

Our Lady of the Underground
Our Lady of the Valley
Our Lady of the Vault
Our Lady of the Vine
Our Lady of the Way
Our Lady of the Woods

Our Lady of Tongres

Our Lady of Tortosa
Our Lady of Trapani

Our Lady of Treves

Our Lady of Trut
Our Lady of Valvenere
Our Lady of Vaussivieres
Our Lady of Verdun

Our Lady of Victories

Our Lady of Victory
Our Lady of Victory, Spain
Our Lady of Victory, Senlis
Our Lady of Victory, Tourney
Our Lady of Victory, Valois
Our Lady of Virtues
Our Lady of Vivonne
Our Lady of Vladimir
Our Lady of Walsingham
Our Lady of Zapopan

Our Lady of Zell
Our Lady the Helper
Our Lady Refuge of Sinners
Our Lady, Star of the Sea
Our Lady Queen of Peace
Tabernacle of the Lord
Temple of the Most Holy Trinity
Treasure House of God’s Graces
Queen of Angels
Queen of Heaven

Queen of Patriarchs
Queen of Prophets
Queen of Apostles
Queen of Martyrs
Queen of Confessors
Queen of Virgins
Queen of All Saints
Queen Conceived Without Original Sin
Queen of the Most Holy Rosary
Queen of Peace
Refuge of Sinners
Seat of Wisdom
Singular Vessel of Devotion
Spiritual Vessel
Mary, Spouse of the Holy Spirit

Apparitions of the Blessed Mother

Title & Feast Day: Our Lady of the Rosary
Site: San Nicolas, Argentina
Witness: Gladys Quiroga de Motta
Date(s): September 25, 1983 – ONGOING
Approved: Monsignor Hector Sabatino Cardelli (2016)
Message: Numerous healings; Apparitions to Gladys, a woman with no formal knowledge of the Bible or of theology.

Title & Feast Day: Mother of the Word (November 28)
Site: Kibeho, Rwanda
Witness: Alphonsine Mumureke, Nathalie Mukamazimpka, and Marie Claire Mukangango
Date(s): November 28, 1981 – November 28, 1989
Approved: Bishop Augustin Misago (2001)
Message: Apparition messages are intended not just for immediate witnesses but for all the faithful; Identification as Mother of the Word, synonymous with “Mother of God” Blessed Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception.

Title & Feast Day: Our Lady of Cuapa
Site: Cuapa, Nicaragua
Witness: Bernardo Martinez
Date(s): April 15, 1980 – October 13, 1980 (statue wept 101 occasions from 1973 until September 15, 1981)
Approved: Bishop Pablo Antonio Vega Mantilla; Bishop Bosco M. Vivas Robelo (1982)
Message: Pray the Scriptural Rosary; Renew First Saturday Devotions; Reject violence and pursue peace.

Title & Feast Day: Reconciler of People and Nations
Site: Betania, Venezuela
Witness: Maria Esperanza
Date(s): March 25, 1976 – January 5, 1990 (statue wept 101 occasions from 1973 until September 15, 1981)
Approved: Bishop John Shojiro Ito (1984)
Message: Warning of war and suffering; Identification as the “Reconciler of People and Nations”.

Title & Feast Day: Our Lady of Akita
Site: Akita, Japan
Witness: Sister Agnes Sasagawa (received stigmata)
Date(s): July 6, 1973 – October 13, 1973
Approved: Bishop Pio Bello Ricardo, S.J. (1987)
Message: Restoration of Sr. Agnes’ hearing; Guardian angel led Sr. Agnes to a statue, from which Marian messages were heard. Statue bled from a wounded hand, and cried repeatedly.

Title & Feast Day: Our Lady of the Golden Heart (August 22)
Site: Beauraing, Belgium
Witness: Fernande (15), Berthe (13), and Albert (11) Voisin; Andree (14) and Gilberte (9) Degeimbre
Date(s): November 29, 1932 – January 3, 1933
Approved: Bishop André-Marie Charue (1949)
Message: Pray for the conversion of sinners; Build a chapel; Identification as the Immaculate Conception; Revelation of her golden heart.

Title & Feast Day: Virgin of the Poor (May 31)
Site: Banneux, Belgium
Witness(es): Mariette Beco (11)
Date(s): January 15 – March 2, 1933
Approved: Bishop Monsignor Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs of Liege
Message: Pray; Promise to intercede for the poor and the suffering; Identification as Virgin of the Poor.

Title & Feast Day: Our Lady of Fatima (May 13)
Site: Fatima, Portugal
Witness(es): Lucia dos Santos, Jacinto Marto, Francisco Marto (initially); 70,000+ witnessed “Dancing of the Sun”
Date(s): May 13 – October 13, 1917
Approved: Bishop Dom Jose Alves Correia da Silva (1930)
Message: Pray for the Rosary for the conversion of sinners, and for consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary; Identification as Our Lady of the Rosary.

Title & Feast Day: Our Lady of Sorrows (March 22)
Site: Castelpetroso, Italy
Witness(es): Fabiana Cecchino and Serafina Giovanna Valentino
Date(s): March 22, 1888 – June, 1890
Approved: Bishop Monsignor Macarone-Palmieri (1889)
Message: Image of the Blessed Mother bleeding from seven sword wounds.

Title & Feast Day: Our Lady of Knocke (August 21)
Site: Knocke, Ireland
Witness(es): 15
Date(s): August 21, 1879
Approved: Archbishop Thomas Patrick Gilmartin (1936)
Message: Image of a Paschal Lamb on an altar, with a cross hanging above, and St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist accompanying the Blessed Mother next to the altar

Title & Feast Day: Our Lady of Gietrzwald (June 27)
Site: Gietrzwald, Poland
Witness: Justyna Szafrynska and Barbara Samulowska
Date(s): June 27, 1877 – September 16, 1877
Approved: Bishop Filip Krementz (1878)
Message: Pray the Rosary daily; Identification as the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception.

Title & Feast Day: Our Lady of Hope (January 17)
Site: Pontmain, France
Witness(es): Eugene Barbadette, Francoise Richer, Jeanne-Marie Lebosse, Eugene Friteau
Date(s): January 17, 1871
Approved: Bishop Casimir-Alexis-Joseph Wicart (1872)
Message: Pray; “Invisible Madonna” credited with halting the Prussian advance, and within a few months, a peace treat between France and Prussia was signed.

Title & Feast Day: Our Lady, Help of Christians (January 13)
Site: Fillippsdorf, Czech Republic
Witness(es): Magdalene Kade
Date(s): January 13, 1866
Approved: Pope Leo XIII (1885)
Message: Miraculous healing of the bedridden ill; clothed in white and crowned in gold.

Title & Feast Day: Our Lady of Good Help (October 9)
Site: Champion, Wisconsin, United States of America
Witness: Adele Brise
Date(s): October 9, 1859 – October 17, 1859
Approved: Bishop David L. Ricken (1859)
Message: Evangelize with the Catechism; Identification as the Queen of Heaven.

Title & Feast Day: Our Lady of Lourdes (February 11)
Site: Lourdes, France
Witness: Saint Bernadette Soubirous
Date(s): February 11, 1858 – July 16, 1858
Approved: Bishop Bertrand Severe Laurence (1862)
Message: Pray and perform penance for the conversion of sinners; Identification as the Immaculate Conception; Revelation of miraculously healing waters.

Title & Feast Day: Our Lady of La Salette (September 19)
Site: La Salette, France
Witness(es): Maximin Giraud, Melanie Mathieu
Date(s): September 19, 1846
Approved: Monsignor de Bruillard (1851)
Message: Pray for the conversion of sinners; Respect and revere the sacred name and the sacred day of the Lord.

Title & Feast Day: Our Lady of Zion (November 17)
Site: Rome, Italy
Witness(es): Marie Alphonse Ratisbonne
Date(s): January 20, 1842
Approved: Cardinal Patrizi, Vicar General of Pope Gregory XVI (1842)
Message: Blessed Mother appeared to an anti-Catholic Jewish man while he was wearing a Miraculous Medal to please a friend, prompting his conversion and the launching of a ministry to evangelize to the Jews.

Title & Feast Day: Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal (November 27)
Site: Rue du Bac, Paris, France
Witness: Saint Catherine Laboure
Date(s): July 18, 1830 – November 27, 1830
Approved: Archbishop Hyacinthe-Louis de Quelen (1836)
Message: Commissioned the Miraculous Medal for distribution throughout the world.

Title & Feast Day: Madonna of Montagnaga (May 26)
Site: Montagnaga, Italy
Witness(es): Domenica Targa (initially), many witnesses subsequently
Date(s): May 14, 1729 – May 26, 1730
Approved: Bishop of Trento (1894)
Message: Pray the Rosary.

Title & Feast Day: Our Lady of Happy Meetings (September 27)
Site: Laus, France
Witness(es): Benoite (Benedicta) Rencurel (17 and throughout next 54 years)
Date(s): 1664 – 1718
Approved: Bishop Jean-Michel di Falco
Message: Build a house for priests to promote conversion of sinners, most especially through Sacrament of Reconciliation; Healings via lamp oil placed on wounds.

Title & Feast Day: Our Lady of Eternal Aid
Site: Querrien, Bretania, France
Witness(es): Jeane Courtel
Date(s): August 15 – 20, 1652
Approved: Archbishop Denis de La Barde (1652)
Message: Blessed Mother miraculously healed Jeane Courtel of deafness and speech impediment; Revelation of a statue buried on site.

Title & Feast Day: Our Lady of Siluva (September 8)
Site: Siluva, Lithuania
Witness(es): Four children
Date(s): 1608 – 1612
Approved: Pope Pius VI (1775)
Message: Blessed Mother appeared, holding a baby and crying; Conversion from Calvinism.

Title & Feast Day: Our Lady of Good Success (February 2)
Site: Quito, Ecuador
Witness: Venerable Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres
Date(s): February 2, 1594 – December 8, 1634
Approved: Bishop Salvador de Riber (1611)
Message: Prophesied decline of faith among priests and a decline in vocations to the priesthood.

Title & Feast Day: Our Lady of Lezajsk
Site: Lezajsk, Poland
Witness: Thomas Michalek
Date(s): 1578
Approved: Bishop Henryk Firlej (1724); crowned by Pope Benedict XIV (1752)
Message: Build a church.

Title & Feast Day: Our Lady of Guadalupe (December 12)
Site: Guadalupe, Mexico
Witness(es): St. Juan Diego
Date(s): December 9-12, 1531
Approved: Archbishop Alonso de Montúfar y Bravo de Lagunas
Message: Build a church on Mount Tepeyac

Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Guadalupe,
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