Constant Procession PODCASTS

This apparition of the Virgin Mary is another appearance where only children could see the Madonna!

Pontmain is a village on the 1,200 mile trail in France known this year as “The Way of the M.” 

(See Podcast 400 for the May 26 event)

Also in this podcast is an excerpt from my book, “The Very Fine Light.”

Questions? NikosSteves@gmail.com

Pray for a Resolution to the fighting in the Middle East.

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The “M de Marie” is a pilgrimage trail that people from all walks of life will be processing across on Sunday, May 26.

This year the pilgrimage is also known as “The Way of the M.”

Sources and More about the Pontmain Apparition:

Anne (Mary K.) Farran- photos &  translation of first book

The Catholic Travel Guide (Pontmain)

Official Website of Pontmain- The Story (in English)

Catholic Straight Answers (Pontmain-Our Lady of Hope)

Official Website of Pontmain- The Witnesses (in English)

This video, though in French is mostly the visual representation of how the apparition appeared and the various stages of the apparition, (worth watching)

I used an original translation as well as a number of other sources for this installment. Check them out as they all that have even more information about Pontmain:

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.

This episode includes a destination site where an apparition the Virgin Mary took place in 1876 called ‘Our Lady of Pellevoisin’

Pellevoisin is just one of the places along the 1,200-mile “M” pathway through France known as “The M de Marie” (The M of Mary.)

This year the pilgrimage is also known as “The Way of the M.”

The “M de Marie” is a pilgrimage trail that people from all walks of life will be processing across on Sunday, May 26.

May 26 is the official day that France celebrates Mother’s Day.

This unique pathway traces the letter ‘M’ (for Mary) across France.

This course was created in part, to honor the Virgin Mary and in celebration of some of the major apparition sites where she has visited humanity over the centuries since she passed on from the world.

 Also in this installment, I will read an excerpt from my book, “The Very Fine Light.”

Questions? NikosSteves@gmail.com

Pray for a Resolution to the fighting in the Middle East.

And, Pray for the People of Ukraine. There are links below on ways to support them.

Great links for more information about Our Lady of Pellevoisin:

Devine Mysteries- Pellevoisin

Miracle Hunter- Pellevoisin

Official Lady of Pellevoisin site (in French)

Marian Library at the University of Dayton

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book The Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession (the podcast) is published here every Tuesday morning.

This is the 400th episode of “Constant Procession”!

In celebration- I’m  featuring an upcoming  “modern miracle” by pilgrims who will be honoring the Virgin Mary very soon!

The Route of the “M de Marie” For 2024 to be known as “The Way of the M”

Below are directions for when you decide to do your pilgrimage on the “M de Marie”

Pilgrims have a choice of starting from two apparition sites, The westernmost point begins at the famous Our Lady of Lourdes apparition site in Lourdes, France or one can start from the easternmost point, at the LaSalette apparition site.

Let’s say, for example, you choose to begin your pilgrimage from the Lourdes apparition site after spending time there. Next you will travel north until you reach the top of that part of the M which is where the Pontmain apparition site is.

From there dear pilgrim you will turn south and travel to the Pelevoisin apparition site, which on the M is at the center of the letter if you will. The next destination now goes north to Paris, where you will stop at the apparition site of Rue du Ba also known as the Miraculous Metal site. From Paris, you begin the final leg, heading southeast to the LaSalette apparition site at the southeastern part of France near the Alps

Questions? NikosSteves@gmail.com

Pray for a Resolution to the fighting in the Middle East.

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book The Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession (the podcast) is published here every Tuesday morning.

Reflecting on this Holy Season of Easter with an Easter Story from when I was a Kid.

Also in this podcast is information about my novel “The Very Fine Light.”

Even the Newspaper’s offer a nod to Easter Sunday Sunrise Services

Have you ever been to an Easter Sunday Sunrise Service?

And if you have been to a Sunrise Service leave a comment below or at nikossteves@gmail.com

Questions? NikosSteves@gmail.com

Pray for a Resolution to the fighting in the Middle East.

And, Pray for the People of Ukraine. There are links below on ways to support them

Links to more about Easter Sunrise Services:

Why People Celebrate Sunrise Services at Easter- PennLive.com

United Methodist Church article-umc.org

Denver Post Article 4.2.24- DenverPost.com

The History of Sunrise Services- Wikipedia.com

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book The Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession (the podcast) is published here every Tuesday morning.

Holy Week brings Redemption from the exile of Lent.

The 25^th of March is the Annunciation of the Theotokos (Eastern Church)

Plus, a new journal entry from Canalville, the town from my book “The Very Fine Light.”

Questions? email me at: NikosSteves@gmail.com

Pray for a Resolution to the fighting in the Middle East.

And, Pray for the People of Ukraine. There are links below on ways to support them

NOTE: Though not in todays podcast:

March 25 is the Annunciation- When the Archangel Gabriel met with the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) in the Eastern Orthodox Church.(However for 2024 this feast has been moved to April 8 for the Roman Catholic Church due to March 25 falling within Easter Week.)

For More on The Annunciation:

The Annunciation- Catholic Answers.com

Lent- Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (Easter is May 5th in 2024)- goarch.org

Here is where you can find my book The Very Fine Light:

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since

she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my first book The Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession (the podcast) is published here every Tuesday morning.

Lent continues and it’s good to be deep in the process of doing without.

Use the Virgin Mary as an example to follow.

Also in this podcast is another Canalville journal entry.

Canalville is the village in my novel The Very Fine Light.

Questions? NikosSteves@gmail.com

Pray for a Resolution to the fighting in the Middle East.

And, Pray for the People of Ukraine. There are links below on ways to support them

Thought Provoking articles for ‘DOING LENT’

6 Reasons to Observe Lent (Even If You’re Not Catholic)- beliefnet.com

What is Lent and why does it last forty days- United Methodist Church umc.org

Are Sundays a Part of Lent (in the Catholic Church)- aboutcatholics.com

The Great Lent- OrthodoxWiki.org

Here is where you can find my book The Very Fine Light:

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since

she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my first book The Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession (the podcast) is published here every Tuesday morning.

Why not start your Lenten Journey Today?

Regardless of if it’s the 8th, 9th or even 11th hour- Come!

There is still time! 

Plus in this podcast is a new journal entry from a Canalville villager, the same town that’s in my book The Very Fine Light!

Pray for a Resolution to the fighting in the Middle East.

And, Pray for the People of Ukraine. There are links below on ways to support them.

More information about Lent + Resources for Your Lenten Journey:

Catholic News Agency.com

The Pioneer Woman.com

Georgia Bulletin.org

Questions? NikosSteves@gmail.com

This book is being self-published. Please consider sharing the book with family, friends and acquaintances.

Use this link to check out my book at Amazon!- Read the first chapters for FREE

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Links for more about the stories in this episode:

Read the Book: “The Very Fine Light” by Nikos Steves

“Nikos Steves” is on facebook!

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Places to Donate to help the People of Ukraine save their Country:

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.

“Our Lady of Hrushiv.” Two apparitions of the Virgin Mary that occurred in the Ukraine during the 20th Century.

It’s timely to take a moment and review just why the Ukraine captures the attention of those around her and the world.

The Ukraine was dedicated to the Virgin Mary in the year 1037. It’s a special place for the Madonna.

Also in this podcast- a personal observation about Eastertime for the Eastern Orthodox Christian Churches because it falls five weeks later than “American Easter” this year.

And, Pray for the People of Ukraine. There are links below on ways to support them.

Pray for a Resolution to the fighting in the Middle East.

Questions? NikosSteves@gmail.com

Also- Check Out My Novel- The Very Fine Light

“The Very Fine Light” is a contemporary novel with Christian themes about a village on the verge of bankruptcy, the mayor with a secret and a freewheeling village employee who’s always in trouble for speaking his mind!

More for Eastern Orthodox Christian Easter (Pascha)

Easter Facts and Calendars- Britannica.com

What is Orthodox Easter- Parade.com

Orthodox Easter 2024- thegoodshepherd.org.au

Sources & more about Our Lady of Hrushiv

A timeline of the Virgin Mary’s appearances in Hrushivv- Saints 2B blog

Our Lady of Hrushiv, Ukraine – Devine Mysteries.info

SpiritDaily.com- Book quotes: Witness

Josyp Terelya info and more about the book- Marys Way.net

More information about Lent + Resources for Your Lenten Journey:

Eternal World Television Network- EWTN.com

Catholic Diocese of Wichita.org

Activites for Children for Lent- CatholicIcing.com

My book is being self-published. Please consider sharing the book with family, friends and acquaintances.

Use this link to check out my book at Amazon!- Read the first chapters for FREE

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.

If abstaining or fasting is wearing on you from time to time;

Think about what Jesus went when through when the people turned on him.

Questions? email me at: NikosSteves@gmail.com

And also within this podcast is another journal entry from a Villager faring from ‘Canalville,’ the town that is the centerpiece location in my book “The Very Fine Light”

The Night I Rode in a Patrol Car– a new villager story from Canalville!

Pray for a Resolution to the fighting in the Middle East.

And, Pray for the People of Ukraine. There are links below on ways to support them.

More information about Lent + Resources for Your Lenten Journey:

Eternal World Television Network- EWTN.com

Catholic Diocese of Wichita.org

Activites for Children for Lent- CatholicIcing.com

This book is being self-published. Please consider sharing the book with family, friends and acquaintances.

Use this link to check out my book at Amazon!- Read the first chapters for FREE

And Please Rate and/or Comment about how you liked the book on Amazon after reading.

Please Join My Mailing List for Advanced Updates. (I don’t share information)

Links for more about the stories in this episode:

Read the Book: “The Very Fine Light” by Nikos Steves

“Nikos Steves” is on facebook!

“@ StevesNikos” is on X- formerly Twitter!

Places to Donate to help the People of Ukraine save their Country:

I value feedback through the comments section here

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.

The 2^nd week of Lent considers the Virgin Mary’s feelings as a mother.

And also within this podcast is another journal entry from a Villager faring from ‘Canalville,’ the town that is the centerpiece location in my book “The Very Fine Light”

I Almost Got Hit By An Airplane That Fell From the Sky– a new villager story from Canalville!

Pray for a Resolution to the fighting in the Middle East.

And, Pray for the People of Ukraine. There are links below on ways to support them.

More information about Lent + Resources for Your Lenten Journey:

Eternal World Television Network- EWTN.com

Catholic Diocese of Wichita.org

Activites for Children for Lent- CatholicIcing.com

This book is being self-published. Please consider sharing the book with family, friends and acquaintances.

Use this link to check out my book at Amazon!- Read the first chapters for FREE

And Please Rate and/or Comment about how you liked the book on Amazon after reading.

Please Join My Mailing List for Advanced Updates. (I don’t share information)

Links for more about the stories in this episode:

Read the Book: “The Very Fine Light” by Nikos Steves

“Nikos Steves” is on facebook!

“@ StevesNikos” is on X- formerly Twitter!

Places to Donate to help the People of Ukraine save their Country:

I value feedback through the comments section here

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.

The start of the Lenten season is upon those with the mark of ashes from Ash Wednesday that signals the beginning of new ways for entering this renewal and journey of faith.

And also within this podcast is another journal entry from a Villager faring from ‘Canalville,’ the town that is the centerpiece location in my book “The Very Fine Light”

Pray for a Resolution to the fighting in the Middle East.

And, Pray for the People of Ukraine. There are links below on ways to support them.

More information about Lent + Resources for Your Lenten Journey:

CPR instructions- RED CROSS.org

The Pioneer Woman.com

Catholic News Agency.com

Compassionuk.org

Kate Bowler.com

Georgia Bulletin.org

Also in this podcast is a New Original Mini Story from Canalville!

(Canalville, NY is the setting where my Novel “The Very Fine Light” took place.)

This book is being self-published. Please consider sharing the book with family, friends and acquaintances.

Use this link to check out my book at Amazon!- Read the first chapters for FREE

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Links for more about the stories in this episode:

Read the Book: “The Very Fine Light” by Nikos Steves

“Nikos Steves” is on facebook!

“@ StevesNikos” is on X- formerly Twitter!

Places to Donate to help the People of Ukraine save their Country:

I value feedback through the comments section here

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.

A trip to St. Augustine, Florida is always fun. During my last visit I went to see the Our Lady of La Leche Shrine and Mission.

Our Lady of La Leche is where the first Mass in the USA took place over 50 years before the Pilgrims landed in at Plymouth Rock.

People travel there to pray to the Virgin Mary for the miracle of getting pregnant and testimonials of success abound at this peaceful shrine where dedication to the miracle of childbirth is honored and valued like no other place around.

I encourage you to visit their website for more about it’s history:

https://missionandshrine.org/sacred-spaces/

Pray for a Resolution to the fighting in the Middle East.

And, Pray for the People of Ukraine. There are links below on ways to support them.

Also in this podcast is a New Original Mini Story from Canalville!

(Canalville, NY is the setting where my Novel “The Very Fine Light” took place.)

This book is being self-published. Please consider sharing the book with family, friends and acquaintances.

Use this link to check out my book at Amazon!- Read the first chapters for FREE

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Links for more about the stories in this episode:

Oldest Shrine-Liturgical Arts Journal.com

Miracles of Our Lady of La Leche-onepeterfive.com

Most Peaceful in US- TravelandLeisure.com

Read the Book: “The Very Fine Light” by Nikos Steves

“Nikos Steves” is on facebook!

“@ StevesNikos” is on X- formerly Twitter!

Places to Donate to help the People of Ukraine save their Country:

I value feedback through the comments section here

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.

Here is a New Original Mini Story from Canalville!

Also in this podcast is a poem called A Legend of the Pyrenees by Rev John Hays. It tells of a visit by The Virgin Mary to a Boy in Heaven.

Pray for a Resolution to the fighting in the Middle East.

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Links for more about the stories in this episode:

“The Very Fine Light” by Nikos Steves

“Apparitions and Shrines of Heavens Bright Queen”- William J. Walsh

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“@ StevesNikos” is on X- formerly Twitter!

This book is being self-published. Please consider sharing the book with family, friends and acquaintances.

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.

This podcast includes stories about remarkable miracles and 3 mysterious sculptors.

The miracles from “Our Lady of the Forsaken” come to us from the 15^th century, in the Spanish city of Valencia.

More Information about “Our Lady of the Forsaken”

The information in this podcast is primarily taken from an account by Rev. T. Harper in the book “Apparition and Shrine of Heaven’s Bright Queen by William J Walsh.

Statue Made by Angels- Aleteia.org

Lady of the Forsaken- Thomafoundation.org

Our Lady of the Forsaken; Valencia- visitvalencia.com

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.

I spent time in the Caribbean Islands and was struck by the beauty of the aquamarine waters, the coral reefs, deep blue of the ocean, the luscious vegetation and tropical island feel.

The human tragedy of slavery should never be forgotten in these islands and its lingering memory overshadows much of the beauty.

Fortunately addressing the wrongs of history is top of mind in our contemporary times.

Following this trip my awareness has led me to begin to look more deeply into it, however at this time I have only just begun to scratch the surface and need to spend more time learning of the past before being able to report on it at this time.

Here’s what did strike me that I can report on, the naming of the various islands in the Caribbean and the Virgin Mary’s influence.

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Early Morning vista of Saint Kitts Island (St Christopher) and Nevis Isle

Links with more information about St. Kitts and Nevis:

Saint Kitts and Nevis- Britannica.com

St. Martin of Tours- Wikipedia.com

Nevis- Our Lady of the Snows- MotherOfAllPeople.com

Puerto Rico and San Juan Name Swap, the Untold Story- TheCultureTrip.com

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.