Mary Charms

In 2020, Shining Light Dolls™ founder, Chantal Baros, was inspired to create a new and vibrant depiction of Mary after reading an excerpt from The ...

Mary is the mother of Jesus - an unparalleled title in the communion of saints! The Scriptures call her "blessed among women," and all Christians a...

The ancient title "Mary, Help of Christians" refers to Mary's special assistance in our most difficult trials, and the trials of our Church. Organi...

"Eve, by her disobedience, tied the knot of disgrace for the human race; whereas Mary, by her obedience, undid it." Inspired by these words of St. ...

In 1717, three Brazilian fishermen went to catch fish for a festival. They prayed to Our Lady for help, but caught nothing. Finally, they found in ...

The little village of Dong Lu was very poor, but full of devout Chinese Catholics. As the Boxer Rebellion swept the country, Catholics were violent...

Our Lady of Częstochowa is a depiction of Mary and Jesus, said to have been painted by Saint Luke on the Holy Family's cedar tabletop! In the image...

In 1917, Mary appeared to three shepherd children in Fátima, Portugal. Word spread, and tens of thousands of people gathered for the final appariti...

Our Lady of Good Health can be traced to three 16th-century miracles that happened in India, near the small town of Vailankanni. There, Mary appear...

In 1859, northeast of Green Bay, Wisconsin, Mary appeared to a young Belgian woman named Adele Brise. In response to Mary's call to catechize child...

In 1531, the Virgin Mary appeared to a Mexican Indian named Juan Diego. When Juan Diego's bishop asked for proof of Mary's appearance, Mary told Ju...

Our Lady of Kibeho began appearing to several Rwandan schoolgirls in 1981, as tension increased between two Rwandan ethnic groups. The visions occu...

On the night of August 21, 1879, in the suffering little Irish village of Knock, fifteen people all saw the same thing. Judith Campbell describes: ...

Devotion to Our Lady as a nursing mother began in the Holy Land, particularly near a grotto where she was believed to have nursed baby Jesus while ...

In the French town of Lourdes, in 1858, Mary appeared to 14-year-old Bernadette. She wore a beautiful white dress and blue sash with yellow roses a...

Our Lady of Mount Carmel is Mary's title as patroness of the Carmelite Order, which began on Mount Carmel near Jerusalem more than 800 years ago. O...

The icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help depicts Mary comforting little Jesus as he clings to her, frightened at the idea of his suffering and death....

Under the title "Seat of Wisdom," Mary is often depicted holdingJesus on her lap. Jesus, Wisdom incarnate, is protected and safe with his mother wh...

The beloved title "Star of the Sea" has been given to Mary for centuries. Saint Bernard of Clairvaux wrote: "If the winds of temptation arise; if y...