The apparitions of
the Blessed Virgin Mary
and some of Her images
Remarks
• A beautiful and challenging topic
• The church and apparitions
The Black Madonna- Czestochowa,Poland
• Belief:
– painted by St Luke the evangelist
– on a cedar wood table worked by Jesus.
• Kept in Jazna Gora (Bright Hill).
• Protected the city from invasions.
Guadalupe (1530)
Saint Juan Diego
Guadalupe
The signal: Castilla roses
for bishop Zumarraga
Guadalupe
John Paul II
Juan Diego’s canonization: 2002 Mexico’s independence banner
Paris, 1830. The Miraculous Medal
Catherine Laboure
La Salette, France (1846)
If my people shall not
obey I shall be
compelled to loose
Maximin Giraud my Son’s arm
Melanie Mathieu
Lourdes, France (1858)
I am the Immaculate
Bernardette Sobirous
Conception
canonized in 1933
Time for a break!
Fatima, Portugal (1917)
Jacinta and Francisco Marto,
beatified 2000
Lucia dos Santos, deceassed
February 13, 2005
Beauraing, Belgium (1932)
Andree Degeimbre
Fernande Voisin
Gilberte Degeimbre
Albert Voisin
Gilberte Voisin
Offer yourself up for me!
I shall convert the sinners.
Banneaux, Belgium (1933)
Mariette Beco (with brother Julian)
I am the Virgin of the Poor
Betania, Venezuela (1984)
Maria Esperanza
de Bianchini
Passions and thirst of power and material goods have turned mankind cold and selfish.
Apparitions with partial approval
Akita, Japan (1973)
Message approved by Cardinal
Ratzinger upon completion of
canonical investigation
If men do not repent and better themselves the Father will inflict a terrible
punishment on all humanity
San Nicolas, Argentina
Gladys Quiroga
de Motta
Message in full
Jesus Christ will win agreement with
the great battle the Scriptures
Apparitions
without church’s final decision
Garabandal, Spain
Sacrifice, fast, penance.
Visit the Eucharistic
Sacrament.
Mari Loli Mazon, Jacinta Gonzalez,
Mari Cruz Gonzalez, and Conchita Gonzalez
Medjugorje, Bosnia-Hercegovina
Faith, prayer, fasting, Ivan Dragievic
reconciliation Vicka Ivankovic
Marija Pavlovic Lunetti
Ivanka Ivankovic Elez
Mirjana Dragicevic Soldo
Jakov Colo