Rome Honors the Feast of the Immaculate Conception! 🇮🇹 Each year on December 8, Rome celebrates one of its most beloved traditions—the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. In Piazza di Spagna, Rome’s firefighters or the Vigili del Fuoco climb their ladder high above the crowd to place a wreath of flowers on the arm of the Virgin Mary, whose bronze statue stands atop the Column of the Immaculate Conception. This moving gesture of devotion dates back to 1857, when the monument was first erected t

Novena of the Immaculate Conception. Feast Day December 8. Ninth Day. I adjure you, daughter of Jerusalem, to tell her that I am faint with love. Those who are very close to God, like Mary, are invited to go to Heaven and be with Jesus. But we still need her here on Earth because she helps us and cares for us. Mary, the Mother of Jesus, is on Earth now, but she is so full of love that she belongs in Heaven. She is called by God her Father, her Heavenly Spouse (Jesus), and her Son (Jesus). Her lo