Our Lady
Our Lady of La Salette
Title of the Blessed Virgin Mary · Feast September 19
Mary venerated as the weeping Mother who appeared at La Salette, France, calling her people to conversion, prayer, and the keeping of the Lord's Day.
Origin
On September 19, 1846, the Blessed Virgin appeared in tears to two shepherd children, Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud, on a mountainside at La Salette; the apparition was approved by the Bishop of Grenoble in 1851.
Why it matters
Under this title Mary is honored as the Reconciler of sinners, whose tears call her children back from sin to penance and the mercy of her Son.
Feast day
September 19