Dec 252008
Memorials
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| Moveable Feasts | ||
| The Seven Dolors of the Blessed Virgin | - | Friday in Passion Week |
| Our Lady of Solitude | - | Holy Saturday |
| Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles | - | Saturday after Ascension |
| Our Lady, Health of the Sick | - | Saturday before the last Sunday in August |
| Our Lady of Consolation | - | Saturday after the Feast of Saint Augustine (28 August) |
| Mary, Mother of Divine Providence | - | Saturday before 3rd Sunday of November |
- The Feasts of 8 September originated in Jerusalem.
- In the 7th century, in the Byzantine Rite and at Rome, the Birth of the Blessed Virgin was celebrated this day. The feast is also celebrated on September 8 in the Syriac Rite and on September 7 in the Coptic Rite.
- The Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows was originally granted to the Order of the Servants of Mary in 1667; it was introduced into the Roman Calendar in 1814 and assigned to the third Sunday in September. In 1913 the date of the feast was assigned to September 15.
Profile
Mother of Jesus. Spouse of the Holy Spirit. Betrothed of Saint Joseph
Born
- unknown, perhaps 20BC
- celebrated on 8 September
- unknown
- assumed into heaven, date unknown but celebrated on 15 August
Name Meaning
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- archdiocese of Agra, India
- archdiocese of Atlanta, Georgia
- archdiocese of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
- archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland
- archdiocese of Birmingham, England
- archdiocese of Bologna, Italy
- archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
- archdiocese of Cologne, Germany
- archdiocese of Denver, Colorado
- archdiocese of Dhaka, Bangladesh
- archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
- archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, Texas
- archdiocese of Gatineau, Québec
- archdiocese of Grouard – McLennan, Alberta
- archdiocese of Halifax, Nova Scotia
- archdiocese of Kansas City, Kansas
- archdiocese of Keewatin – Le Pas, Manitoba
- archdiocese of Kingston, Ontario
- archdiocese of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
- archdiocese of Miami, Florida
- archdiocese of Mobile, Alabama
- archdiocese of Moncton, New Brunswick
- archdiocese of Montreal, Quebec
- archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana
- archdiocese of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
- archdiocese of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- archdiocese of Ozamiz, Philippines
- archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India
- archdiocese of Portland, Oregon
- archdiocese of Québec, Québec, archdiocese of
- archdiocese of Regina, Saskatchewan
- archdiocese of Saint John’s, Newfoundland
- archdiocese of Seattle, Washington
- archdiocese of Southwark, England
- archdiocese of Sydney, Australia
- archdiocese of Vancouver, British Columbia
- archdiocese of Zamboanga, Philippines
- archdiocese of Guadalajara, Mexico
- diocese of Aachen, Germany
- diocese of Albany, New York
- diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania
- diocese of Armidale, Australia
- diocese of Arundel and Brighton, England
- diocese of Austin, Texas
- diocese of Balanga, Philippines
- diocese of Banjul, Gambia
- diocese of Bathurst, Canada
- diocese of Belleville, Illinois
- diocese of Benguela, Angola
- diocese of Bismark, North Dakota
- diocese of Brooklyn, New York
- diocese of Brownsville, Texas
- diocese of Burlington, Vermont
- diocese of Buxar, India
- diocese of Calgary, Alberta
- diocese of Camden, New Jersey
- diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina
- diocese of Cheyenne, Wyoming
- diocese of Chittagong, Bangladesh
- diocese of Colorado Springs, Colorado
- diocese of Corpus Christi, Texas
- Diocese of Coutances, France
- diocese of Crookston, Minnesota
- diocese of Des Moines, Iowa
- diocese of Dodge City, Kansas
- diocese of Duluth, Minnesota
- diocese of East Anglia, England
- diocese of Edmundston, New Brunswick
- diocese of Elphin, Ireland
- diocese of Essen, Germany
- diocese of Evansville, Indiana
- diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts
- diocese of Fargo, North Dakota
- diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana
- diocese of Gallup, New Mexico
- diocese of Gaylord, Michigan
- diocese of Grand Falls, Newfoundland
- diocese of Grand Island, Nebraska
- diocese of Greensburg, Pennsylvania
- diocese of Hallam, England
- diocese of Hamilton, Ontario
- diocese of Hearst, Ontario
- diocese of Hildesheim, Germany
- diocese of Honolulu, Hawaii
- diocese of Imus, Philippines
- diocese of Jaén, Spain
- diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri
- diocese of Johannesburg, South Africa
- diocese of Kamloops, British Columbia
- diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri
- diocese of Keimoes-Upington, South Africa
- diocese of Khulna, Bangladesh
- diocese of Lafayette, Indiana
- diocese of Lafayette, Louisiana
- diocese of Lake Charles, Louisiana
- diocese of Lancaster, England
- diocese of Lansing, Michigan
- diocese of Lanusei, Italy
- diocese of Laoag, Philippines
- diocese of Las Cruces, New Mexico
- diocese of Leeds, England
- diocese of Legazpi, Philippines
- diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska
- diocese of London, Ontario, Canada
- diocese of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy
- diocese of Malolos, Philippines
- diocese of Memphis, Tennessee
- diocese of Metuchen, New Jersey
- diocese of Middlesbrough, England
- diocese of Molfetta, Italy
- diocese of Monterey, California
- diocese of Mont-Laurier, Québec
- diocese of Nashville, Tennessee
- diocese of Nelson, British Columbia
- diocese of New Ulm, Minnesota
- diocese of Ogdensburg, New York
- diocese of Orlando, Florida
- diocese of Oudtshoorn, South Africa
- diocese of Palm Beach, Florida
- diocese of Peoria, Illinois
- diocese of Phoenix, Arizona
- diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- diocese of Ponce, Puerto Rico
- diocese of Port Elizabeth, South Africa
- diocese of Portland, Maine
- diocese of Providence, Rhode Island
- diocese of Pueblo, Colorado
- diocese of Quilon, India
- diocese of Rapid City, South Dakota
- diocese of Reno, Nevada
- diocese of Rockford, Illinois
- diocese of Sacramento, California
- diocese of Saginaw, Michigan
- diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec
- diocese of Saint John, New Brunswick
- diocese of Salina, Kansas
- diocese of Salt Lake City, Utah
- diocese of San Bernardino, California
- diocese of Sandburst, Australia
- diocese of San Fernando, Philippines
- diocese of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario
- diocese of Savannah, Georgia
- diocese of Shanghai, China
- diocese of Shreveport, Louisiana
- diocese of Sioux City, Iowa
- diocese of Speyer, Germany
- diocese of Spokane, Washington
- diocese of Springfield, Illinois
- diocese of Steubenville, Ohio
- diocese of Syracuse, New York
- diocese of Thunder Bay, Ontario
- diocese of Toledo, Ohio
- diocese of Toowoomba, Australia
- diocese of Townsville, Australia
- diocese of Trenton, New Jersey
- diocese of Trier, Germany
- diocese of Trois-Rivières, Québec
- diocese of Tyler, Texas
- diocese of Umtata, South Africa
- diocese of Urgell, Spain
- diocese of Venice, Florida
- diocese of Victoria, Texas
- diocese of Virac, Philippines
- diocese of Wichita, Kansas
- diocese of Winona, Minnesota
- diocese of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
- Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter
- —
- Kea Island, Greece
- Tzia Island, Greece
- Argentinian Army
- Army of Argentina
- Army of Ecuador
- Ecuadorian Army
- Order of Teutonic Knights
- Teutonic Knights
- Army of Chile
- Chilean army
- Chilean navy
- Navy of Chile
- Chartres, France
- Alava, Spain
- Donostia, Spain
- Gambia
- Victoria, Aragua, Venezuela
- Camillians
- Order of the Servants of the Sick
- San Fulgencio, Spain
- Birkirkara, Malta
- B’Kara, Malta
- Fgura, Malta
- Il-Fgura, Malta
- Gudja, Malta
- Il-Gudja, Malta
- Gzira, Malta
- Il-Gzira, Malta
- Citta Invicta, Malta
- Senglea, Malta
- Il-Marsa, Malta
- Marsa, Malta
- L-Imgarr, Malta
- Mgarr, Malta
- Mgiarro, Malta
- against epidemics
- against flooding
- against lightning
- against storms
- enlightenment
- Aarle, Netherlands
- Abrigada, Portugal
- Acadians
- Cajuns
- Africa (declared by Cardinal Lavigerie in 1876)
- air crews
- aircraft pilots
- aviators
- flyers
- pilots, aircraft
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Albania
- Alcamo, Italy
- Alezio, Italy
- Algeria
- Alhaurin el Grande, Spain
- Allumiere, Italy
- Almería, Spain
- Andali, Italy
- Andorra
- Angola (21 Novemer 1984)
- Arabia
- Argentina
- Argentinian military chaplains
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Armento, Italy
- Asturias, Spain
- Attard, Malta
- Australia
- Australian military chaplains
- Austria
- Avezzano, Italy
- Balzan, Malta
- Banyalbufar, Spain
- Barcelona, Spain
- Barletta, Italy
- Bassignana, Italy
- Belgium
- Benidorm, Alicante, Spain
- Bicol, Philippines
- bicycle riders
- bicyclists
- cyclists
- Bilbao, Spain
- blood donors
- Bolivia
- Botricello, Italy
- Bra, Italy
- Brazil
- Brivio, Italy
- builders
- construction workers
- Cabra, Spain
- Calatafimi, Italy
- Calgary, Alberta, city of
- California
- Campotosto, Italy
- Canada
- Cantalupo Ligure, Italy
- Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec
- Carlopoli, Italy
- Casaleggio Boiro, Italy
- Catanzaro, Italy
- Catemaco Veracruz, Mexico
- Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
- Central Africa
- Central America
- Cerignola, Italy
- Chiampo, Italy
- Chiaravalle Centrale, Catanzaro, Italy
- childbirth
- Chile
- China
- Cidra, Puerto Rico
- Cistercian Order
- clothworkers
- coffee house keepers
- coffee house owners
- Colombia
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- cooks
- coopers
- Corsica, France
- Cosenza, Italy
- Costa Rica
- Cotia, Brazil
- Cremolino, Italy
- Cuba
- Curinga, Italy
- Delaware
- Desio, Italy
- Dingli, Malta
- distillers
- Dolores, Philippines
- Dominican Republic
- drapers
- Dundee, Scotland
- Ecuador
- El Salvador (10 October 1966)
- England
- Enna, Sicily
- Equatorial Guinea (25 May 1986)
- Estonia
- Estremadura, Spain
- Extremadura, Spain
- Exeter College, Oxford, England
- Falconara Marittima, Italy
- fishermen
- fish dealers
- fishmongers
- Florida
- Foggia, Italy
- Foligno, Italy
- Forli, Italy
- Fornalutx, Spain
- France
- French air crews
- Gavello, Italy
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghajnsielem, Gozo, Malta
- Gharb, Gozo, Malta
- Ghaxaq, Malta
- Hal Ghaxaq, Malta
- Gibraltar
- goldsmiths
- Granada, Spain
- Greece
- Grezzana, Italy
- Guadalajara, Mexico, city of
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Guidonia Montecelio, Italy
- Haiti
- harness makers
- Hawaii
- Holsbeek, Belgium
- Hondarribia, Spain
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Idaho
- Qrendi, Malta
- India
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Ireland
- Ispica, Sicily
- Italy
- Ix-Xaghra, Gozo, Malta
- Jalisco, Mexico
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Kercem, Malta
- Koblenz, Germany
- Korea
- Kretinga, Lithuania
- La Ceja del Tambo, Antioquia, Colombia
- Lampedusa e Linosa, Italy
- lamp makers
- La Paz, Bolivia
- La Seu d’Urgell, Spain
- Laurenzana, Italy
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Lithuania
- Livonia
- Logroño, Spain
- Louisiana
- Luxembourg
- Maine
- Malaga, Spain
- Manaoag, Pangasinan, Philippines
- Manfredonia, Italy
- boatmen
- mariners
- sailors
- watermen
- Marsaxlokk, Malta
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
- Medellin, Colombia
- Il-Mellieha, Malta
- Mellieha, Malta
- Menorca, Spain
- Merizo, Guam
- Mesocco, Switzerland
- Messina, Italy
- Mexico
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Molfetta, Italy
- Mondragone, Italy
- Montana
- Montemignaio, Italy
- Morlupo, Italy
- Il-Mosta, Malta
- Mosta, Malta
- motherhood
- bikers
- motorcyclists
- Mqabba, Malta
- navigators
- In-Naxxar, Malta
- Naxxar, Malta
- Nebraska
- needle makers
- Nettuno, Italy
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New Orleans, Louisiana, city of
- news dealers
- New York
- New Zealand
- Niagra Falls, Ontario
- Nicaragua
- Nigeria
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- nuns
- Oaxaca, Mexico
- Obado Bulacan, Philippines
- Oblate vocations
- vocations, Oblate
- Oceania
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Oruro, Bolivia
- Ottawa, Canada
- Panama
- Casal Paula, Malta
- Paola, Malta
- Rahal Gdid, Malta
- Paraguay
- Parati, Brazil
- Pasig, Philippines
- Pennsylvania
- Pergamino, Agentina
- Petit Goave, Haiti
- Pietà, Malta
- Pietrelcina, Italy
- pin makers
- Poggio a Caiano, Italy
- Pojoaque Indian Pueblo
- Poland
- Portugal
- potters
- Puerto Rico
- Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
- Puno, Peru
- Quebec, Canada
- Racalmuto, Sicily
- Ragalna, Sicily
- Rapallo, Italy
- Reggio Calabria, Italy
- restauranteurs
- Rhode Island
- ribbon makers
- Ronco Scrivia, Italy
- Rossano, Italy
- Sa Cabaneta, Spain
- San Pawl il-Bahar, Malta
- San Gwann, Malta
- Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Sardinia, Italy
- Savona, Italy
- against bodily ills
- against illness
- against sickness
- sick people
- silk workers
- silversmiths
- Skiathos Island, Greece
- Sliema, Malta
- Slovakia
- soldiers of the United States
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- South Africa (15 March 1952)
- Spain
- architects, Spanish
- Spanish architects
- Spanish infantry
- police officers, Spanish
- Spanish police officers
- Ceylon
- Sri Lanka
- Subbiano, Italy
- Susa, Italy
- Swieqi, Malta
- Switzerland
- Tagbilaran, Bohol, Philippines, city of
- Tanzania (8 December 1964)
- tapestry workers
- tapisers
- Tarxien, Malta
- Tenerife, Canary Islands
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Americas
- Andorran security forces
- Apostleship of the Sea
- Archconfraternity of Christian Mothers
- Air Force of Argentina
- Argentinian Air Force
- armies of Jalisco
- Army of the Andes
- Bolivian navy
- Navy of Bolivia
- Canary Islands
- human race
- Philippines
- Romanian Navy
- United States
- Venezuelan National Guard
- Zia Indian Pueblo
- tile makers
- Toa Alto, Puerto Rico
- Torre Annunziata, Italy
- Torrevieja, Spain
- Trapani, Sicily
- travellers
- Tunisia
- Tuscany, Italy
- Uganda
- Ul, Portugal
- Unaí, Brazil
- upholsterers
- Uruguay
- Utah
- Valencia, Spain
- Valletta, Malta
- Vega Alta, Puerto Rico
- Venezuela
- Vermont
- Viareggio, Italy
- Vicenza, Italy
- Victoria, Gozo, Malta
- Viet Nam
- Virginia
- virgins
- Vitoria, Brazil
- District of Columbia
- Washington
- West Virgina, USA
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- workers
- Wyoming
- Xghajra, Malta
- yachtsmen
- Ypres, Belgium
- Zabbar, Malta
- Zacatecas, Mexico
- Zalaszabar, Hungary
- Zamboanga City, Philippines
- Zebbug, Gozo, Malta
- apostolic vicariate of Jolo, Philippines
- apostolic vicariate of San Jose, Philippines
- eparchy of Van Nuys, Arizona
- eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles for Maronites
- military ordinariate of the Philippines
- prelature of Isabela de Basilian, Philippines
- Annunciation
- Holy Family
- Madonna and Child
- Our Lady of Fatima
- Our Lady of Guadalupe
- Our Lady of LaSallette
- Our Lady of Lourdes
- Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
- Immaculate Heart
- Saint Anne
- Other Images and links
- Assorted Statuary
- Act of Consecration to Mary
- Akathist Hymn in Honor of the Mother of God, The
- Aspirations to Mary St Alphonsus Liguori
- Canticle of Mary (the Magnificat)
- Chaplet of the Seven Sorrows of Mary
- …of Entrustment to the Virgin Mary
- Hail, Holy Queen
- Hail Mary
- Hail Thou Star of Ocean
- …in Honor of the Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- …of Our Lady of all Nations
- …to Immaculate Mary – Blessed Father Annibale Di Francia
- Immaculate Queen of Peace
- Kondakion
- …to Mary, Mother of Grace Saint Athanasius
- …to Mary, Queen of Apostles Saint Pallotti
- …to Mary, Queen of Heaven
- Marian Prayer for the Easter Season
- Memorare Saint Bernard
- …to Our Lady Saint Bernard
- …to Our Lady, Health of the Sick
- …to Our Lady Immaculate
- …to Our Lady, Mother of Mercy, by Saint Augustine of Hippo
- …to Our Lady of Lourdes
- …to Our Lady of Perpetual Help
- …to Our Lady of Sorrows
- …to Our Mother of Perpetual Help I
- …to Our Mother of Perpetual Help II
- …to Our Mother of Perpetual Help III
- …to the Sorrowful Mother for the Church and the Pontiff
- Salve Regina
- Stabat Mater Dolorosa
- Feast of Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary I
- Feast of Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary II
- Feast of Mary, Mother of God – I
- Feast of Mary, Mother of God – II
- Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe,
- Litany of Our Lady of Lourdes,
- Litany of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows,
- Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
Titles
- Titles used for the Blessed Virgin Mary
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Virgin Mary“. Saints.SQPN.com. 9 May 2013. Web. 20 June 2013. <>
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