Most Popular Marian Apparitions
Below are a list of the most commonly known Marian Apparitions around
the world.
This is by no means an exhaustive list as there have been hundreds of
apparitions throughout history.
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Our Lady of Guadalupe
Mary proclaimed herself "the Mother of the true God who gives life" and left her image permanently upon the tilma of Juan Diego, a recent convert to Christianity. Through this apparition of Mary, all of Mexico converted to Christianity.
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Our Lady of Laus
Benoite Rencurel, a poor shepherdess, was born in 1647. The Virgin Mary started appearing to her in 1664 and continued visiting her throughout the rest of her life. The Blessed Mother told her to “pray continuously for sinners.”
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Our Lady of The Miraculous Medal
Mary appears to St. Catherine Labouré at the Rue de Bac Chapel. Standing on a globe with lights streaming from her hands. The apparition had the following inscription: “O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.”
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Our Lady of La Salette
Six thousand feet up in the French Alps, Mary is believed to have come to Maximin and Melanie while they tended sheep. Her appearance in sorrow and tears called for conversion and penance for sins. La Salette's prophetic message can be applied to what our world is living through today.
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Our Lady of Lourdes
Mary appears to young Bernadett in the grotto of Massabielle while gathering firewood with her sister and friend. Mary asks her to pray for the conversion of sinners, as well as to tell the priests to build a chapel there. The water from the spring at Lourdes has miraculously healed many people of infirmities.
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Our Lady of Fátima
While tending sheep, Lucia de Santos and her two cousins, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, reported six apparitions of Mary, who identified herself as "Our Lady of the Rosary." Mary urged prayer of the rosary, penance for the conversion of sinners and consecration of Russia to her Immaculate Heart.
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Our Lady of Akita
In 1973, The Virgin Mary appears to Sister Agnes Sasagawa of the Handmaids of the Eucharist in the city of Akita Japan. Sr. Agnes received 101 messages emanating from a bleeding wooden statue. The messages detail specific warning of worldwide chastisement.”
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Our Lady Of Carmel
Our Lady Of Carmel Appeared To Four Girls in Garabandal, Spain from 1961-65. The messages that Mary gives encourages us to make sacrifices, do acts of penance, visit the Blessed Sacrament, all in order to make reparations for the sins of the world, and help alleviate a future chasticement.
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Our Lady of Knock
In 1936, in a town called Knock in County Mayo, Ireland, The figures of Mary, Joseph, John the Apostle and a lamb on a plain altar appeared over the gable of the village chapel, enveloped in a bright light. None of them spoke. At least 15 people, between the ages of 5 and 75, saw the apparition.
Learn MoreMarian Catholic Devotions
Throughout history, Christians have shown great respect, love, and admiration to Mary. Having a devotion to the Virgin Mary is NOT the same as worshipping her and placing her above God. Because God created her to be the mother of His only beloved Son, Jesus Christ, Mary is praised and honored for having such an important role in the story of salvation, and it is why she will always lead us to Jesus. The checklist denotes popular Marian devotions practiced around the world.
- Praying the Rosary
- Participating in the First Saturday Devotion
- Wearing the Scapular of our Lady of Mount Carmel
- Wearing the Miraculous Medal
- Praying the Memorare
- Joining the Legion of Mary
- Planting a Mary Garden