The feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, celebrated on October 7, was instituted by Pope Pius V, commemorating the anniversary of the Christian victory over the naval battle of Lepanto in the year 1571. The victory is attributed to the Mother of God, who was invoked through the praying of the Rosary.
September 8th is the day the Church celebrates the liturgical feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
A pilgrimage is a trip to a shrine or holy place.
When Conchita speaks about the first apparition of Our Blessed Mother in Garabandal, she says that it was as if her Mother had been away on a trip and had just returned home. “We told her so many things… it was as if a Mother hadn’t seen her daughter in a long time and she tells Her everything. Well, even more so with us, who had never seen her before. And She is our Mother in Heaven!” (Conchita’s Diary),
