Our Lady Around the World: Calendar

I promised a series of posts on Our Lady around the world for May and have been busy this week doing my homework (it became addictive!). To whet your appetite, here is a list of the thirty countries I will be visiting and the titles of Our Lady I will be exploring. May 31st is the Feast of the Visitation, so I will not do a post for that day.

• 1st - Algeria: Our Lady of Africa
• 2nd - Argentina: Our Lady of Lujan
• 3rd - Austria: Our Lady of Mariazell
• 4th - Belgium: Our Lady of Banneux
• 5th - China: Our Lady of China
• 6th - Columbia: Our Lady of Chiquinquira
  
• 7th - Costa Rica: Our Lady of the Angels
• 8th - Dominican Republic: Our Lady of Altagracia
• 9th - Egypt: Our Lady of Zeitun
• 10th - England: Our Lady of Walsingham
• 11th - France: Our Lady of Lourdes
• 12th - Germany: Our Lady of Altotting
• 13th - India: Our Lady of Vailankanni
• 14th - Ireland: Our Lady of Knock
• 15th - Italy: Our Lady of Loreto
• 16th - Japan: Our Lady of Akita
• 17th - Kuwait: Our Lady of Arabia
• 18th - Lebanon: Our Lady of Lebanon
• 19th - Lithuania: Our Lady of Siluva
• 20th - Mexico: Our Lady of Guadalupe
• 21st - New Zealand: Our Lady of Pukekaraka
• 22nd - Philippines: Our Lady of La Naval
• 23rd - Poland: Our Lady of Czestochowa
• 24th - Portugal: Our Lady of Fatima
• 25th - Russia: Our Lady of Vladimir
• 26th - Spain: Our Lady of the Pillar
• 27th - Sri Lanka: Our Lady of Madhu
• 28th - United States: Our Lady of La Leche
• 29th - Vietnam: Our Lady of La Vang
• 30th - Wales: Our Lady of Cardigan

My selection was almost entirely random, although I am pleased to say I managed to include at least one from each continent. Most of the titles and images were new to me, and I was amazed to find just how varied the different stories were ... they range from a shrine that claims to date back to just a decade or so after the resurrection to one that grew up after Our Lady appeared only thirty five years ago; there are shrines that were destroyed and rebuilt hundreds of years later, and one that was destroyed by shellfire less than three weeks ago; there are miraculous cures, miraculous protection, visions and apparitions. I hope others will enjoy learning about these as much as I have.