May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary are a series of Marian devotions ... A shrine has since been built at the Carns Grotto site, and the four women remain steadfast in their belief of what ...

Napoleon Pelletier, a French Canadian, led the founding of St. Anne Shrine in the 1920s, and remnants of the Catholic enclave ...

next to the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, for songs and prayers. So many souls yearning to be witnesses for hope, so many souls imbued with the belief that the Virgin Mary was lighting their way.

who by the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary did prepare a worthy dwelling place for your Son, we humbly beseech you that as we contemplate the apparition of Our Lady in the Grotto ...

“The procession of the Blessed Sacrament moved from ... is shaped more like a “D”). Under the grotto’s covering, a small statue of the Virgin Mary occupies a curved niche, opposite a ...

More than 3 million visitors, pilgrims and tourists come each year to the Grotto of Massabielle, where the Virgin Mary appeared to ... was told to always bring a blessed candle with her.

In recent years, a tarred road leading up to the the extended chapel and compound was laid, with an outdoor grotto dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. This facilitated daily and nightly worship at ...

Keywords: pope papacy blessed virgin mary mother of the church Grady Connolly Grady Connolly is the founder and president of Social Thomist, a Catholic social media company working with clergy ...

On April 29, to commemorate the event, the cathedral’s archpriest, Joseph Sultana, led a sung concelebrated mass during which he delivered a homily on the glories of the Blessed Virgin ...

"Luckily, we were blessed with two babies and didn't have to choose between the two names!" they add. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the ...