The dates to start a 33 day period of preparation in order to offer the prayer of consecration at a Marian feast day Mass are as follows:
Start of |
Marian Feast You've Chosen |
Feast / |
9 Jan |
Apparition of the Immaculate |
11 Feb |
20 Feb 1 |
The Annunciation2 |
25 Mar |
10 Apr |
Our Lady of Fatima |
May 13 |
13 Jun |
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel |
16 Jul |
13 Jul |
The Assumption |
15 Aug |
6 Aug |
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
8 Sep |
13 Aug |
Our Lady of Sorrows |
15 Sep |
19 Oct |
Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
21 Nov |
5 Nov |
Immaculate Conception |
8 Dec |
9 Nov |
Our Lady of Guadalupe |
12 Dec |
1 21 Feb when February has 29 days. The Feast of the Annunciation is the Feast that St. Louis de Montfort recommends most of all as it is this Feast that commemorates God Himself taking on flesh and, thereby, subjecting even Himself to trust in and dependency on Our Lady. 2
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Retreatants (L-R); top row to bottom row
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