Blessed Virgin Mary

The Blessed Virgin Mary, sometimes shortened to The Blessed Virgin, is a traditional title specifically used by Roman Catholics, Anglo-Catholics and others to describe Mary, the mother of Jesus. It carries with it a belief not merely in the virginity of Mary, but of her continuing role within the church and in the life of ordinary Catholics, for which Roman Catholicism in the Dogmatic Constitution of the Church (21 November 1964) passed during the Second Vatican Council granted her the title Advocate, Auxiliatrix, Adjutrix, and Mediatrix. Colloquially she is often referred to as Our Lady or sometimes The BVM.

Marian titles and feast days in the Roman Catholic Church

• Our Lady of the Holy Rosary
• Our Lady of Guadalupe
• The Madonna of Consolation
• Our Lady of Perpetual Help (see icon below)
• Our Lady of Good Counsel
• Our Lady of Lourdes (see icon above)
• Our Lady of Loreto
• Our Lady of Sorrows
• Our Lady of el Carmen (Nuestra Señora del Carmen, typical in Spanish language).
• Our Lady of The Miraculous Medal.
• Our Lady of Fatima
• Our Lady of the Pillar (Nuestra Señora Del Pilar)
• Our Lady, Queen of Ireland
• Our Lady of Combermere
• Mary, Queen of Heaven
• Mary, Queen of the World
• Queen of the Angels
• The Virgin of the Charity of Cobre (Patron Saint of Cuba)

Among the most prominent Marian feast days in the Roman Catholic Calendar are

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• January 1 Mary, Mother of God
• February 2 Purification of Mary
• February 11 Our Lady of Lourdes
• March 25 Annunciation by Archangel Gabriel
• May 13 Our Lady of Fatima
• May 31 Mary, Mediatrix of all Graces
• June 27 Our Lady of Perpetual Help
• August 15 Assumption into Heaven
• August 21 Our Lady of Knock
• September 15 Our Lady of Sorrows
• October 7 Feast of the Most Holy Rosary
• December 8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception
• December 12 Our Lady of Guadalupe