marian anniversaries september
September 15
Our Lady of Sorrows, Roman Catholic Church
The order of the Servants of Mary, founded in 1223 by seven young Florentine noblemen who wished to live as hermits, early developed a devotion to the Seven Sorrows of Mary. Their
chaplet of the seven sorrows uses a rosary of seven groups of seven beads upon which Hail Marys are said while meditating on the Virgin's sorrows:
- Mary hears St. Simeon prophesy that a sword will pierce her soul (Luke 2:35)
- Mary and Joseph flee with the baby Jesus to Egypt (Matthew 2:14)
- Mary and Joseph lose the child Jesus (Luke 2:45)
- Jesus carries his cross (John 19:17)
- Jesus dies on the cross (John 19:25)
- Jesus' body is taken from the cross (John 19:38)
- Jesus' burial (John 19:42)
The Catholic Church granted the Servite Order a liturgical feast of Our Lady of Sorrows in 1667. In 1814 the feast was extended to the entire church. Devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows has been very strong throughout the Catholic world, notably in eastern Europe and above all in Latin America, as the Virgen de Dolores. She is often depicted with one or more swords in her heart, usually seven, as in the the statue of Maria Santissima Addolorata in the Servite Church of San Pier Piccolo in Arezzo, Tuscany (right, from www.immaginidimaria.it).
Also celebrated this date:
 | Nossa Senhora das Dores, Brasiléia, Acre, Brazil (Our Lady of Sorrows). Town patron. Festa: procession, mass. |
| Nossa Senhora das Dores, Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil. Close of 15-day festa: masses, farewell ceremony, procession, fireworks. |
| Maria Mãe do Redentor, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil. Festa. |
| Nossa Senhora do Patrocinio, Salto Grande, São Paulo, Brazil. Town patron. Procession of boats. |
| Nossa Senhora das Dores, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Festa. |
| Notre-Dame-du-Saguenay, Sainte-Rose-du-Nord, Québec, Canada. Monumental statue dedicated, 1881. |
| Panna Maria Loretánská, Rumburk, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic. Loretto chapel consecrated, 1707. Anniversary celebration 2nd Sat. Sept. |
| Notre-Dame de Vaudouan, Briantes, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France. Chapel consecrated, 1866. Pilgrimage 2nd Sun. after Sept. 8. |
| Notre Dame de Pitié, Chaudes-Aigues, Cantal, Auvergne, France (nearest Sunday) |
| Notre Dame de Pitié, La Chapelle-Saint-Laurent, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France. Pilgrimage. Also Sept. 8. |
| Maria Frieden, Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany (Mary Peace). Mass on nearest Sunday. |
| Maria im Sand, Dettelbach, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. Patronal feast day. |
| Santa Maria del Suffragio, Cesena, Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (Our Lady of Intercession). Church consecrated, 1689. |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Corchiano, Viterbo, Latium, Italy. Festa: solemn mass, marching band, food stands, concert. |
| Madonna del Colle, Lenola, Latina, Latium, Italy (Our Lady of the Hill). Apparition, 1602. |
| Madonna del Canale, Campolattaro, Benevento, Campania, Italy. Procession, concert, fireworks. |
| Madonna di Montauro, Sarconi, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy. Statue processes from mountain shrine to town to stay until Pentecost. |
| Santisssima Maria della Luce, Mattinata, Foggia, Apulia, Italy (Most Holy Mary of the Light). Festa: solemn mass Sept. 15, procession Sept. 16. |
| Madonna Addolorata, Maglie, Lecce, Apulia, Italy (Sorrowful Madonna). Mass, procession, music, fireworks. |
| Madonna Addolorata, Matino, Lecce, Puglia, Italy. Mass, procession with local band; concert. |
| Matka Boża Saletyńska, Dębowiec, Cieszyn, Silesia, Poland (Mother of God of La Salette). Statue crowned, 1996. |
| Matka Boża Bolesna, Radomyśl nad Sanem, Stalowa Wola, Subcarpathia, Poland. Painting crowned, 1991. Pilgrimage Sun. after Sept. 15. |
| Panna Mária, Pozba, Nové Zámky, Nitra, Slovakia. Annual pilgrimage. |
| Sedembolestná, Šaštín-Stráže, Trnava, Slovakia (Seven Sorrows). National pilgrimage. |
| Virgen del Cristal, Celanova, Orense, Galicia, Spain. Romería. |
| Nuestra Señora de la Bien Aparecida, Hoz de Marrón, Cantabria, Spain |
| Virgen de Valvanera, Anguiano, La Rioja, Spain. Romería. |
| Virgen del Rosario, Fonzaleche, La Rioja, Spain. Thanksgiving. |
| Virgen de la Vega, Serón de Nágima, Soria, Castilla y León, Spain (Virgin of the Bottomland) |
| Virgen de la Soledad, Badajoz, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain |
| Nuestra Señora de las Angustias, Granada, Andalucía, Spain |
| Nuestra Señora del Socorro, Tíjola, Almería, Andalucia, Spain |