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The Order of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary ( Latin: Ordo de Annuntiatione Beatæ Mariæ Virginis ), also known as Sisters of the Annunciation or Annonciades, is an enclosed religious order of contemplative nuns founded in honor of the Annunciation in 1501 at Bourges by Joan de Valois, also known as Joan of France, daughter of King ...
The Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Italian: Frati della Beata Gloriosa Vergine Maria; Latin: Ordo Militiae Mariae Gloriosae), also called the Order of Saint Mary of the Tower or the Order of the Knights of the Mother of God, commonly the Knights of Saint Mary, was a military order founded in 1261.
The year and day of the Annunciation cannot be determined as long as new material does not throw more light on the subject. The present date of the feast (March 25) depends upon the date of the older feast of Christmas. The Annunciation is the beginning of Jesus in His human nature.
The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Author: Alban Butler. THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. Feast: March 25. This great festival takes its name from the happy tidings brought by the angel Gabriel to the Blessed Virgin Mary, concerning the incarnation of the Son of God.
After the annulment of her marriage with Louis XII she retired to Bourges, where, overcoming the opposition of her confessor Father Gilbert Nicolaï, and the counsellors of the Pope, she succeeded in her design of founding an order in honour of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary [March 25.] WE beseech thee, O Lord, pour thy grace into our hearts; that, as we have known the incarnation of thy Son Jesus Christ by the message of an angel, so by his cross and passion we may be brought unto the glory of his resurrection; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
