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Devotion to Mary under the ancient title of  "Our Lady of Good Remedy" is widely known in Europe and Latin America and the Church celebrates her feast day on October 8. 800 years ago Christians were being captured and sold into slavery by the thousands, and nobody knew what to do about it. Then, in the year 1198, a man had an idea. St. John of Matha founded the Trinitarians to go to the slave markets, buy the Christian slaves and set them free. To carry out this plan, the Trinitarians needed large amounts of money. So, they placed their fund-raising efforts under the patronage of Mary. They were so successful at that, over the centuries, the Trinitarians were able to free thousands and thousands of people and to return them safely home. In gratitude for her miraculous assistance, St. John of Matha honored Mary with the title of "Our Lady of Good Remedy." Our Lady of Good Remedy is often depicted as the Virgin Mary handing a bag of money to St. John of Matha...

Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the ancient title of  "Our Lady of Good Remedy" is widely known in Europe and Latin America and the Church celebrates her feast day on October 8. 800 years ago Christians were being captured and sold into slavery by the thousands, and nobody knew what to do about it. Then, in the year 1198, a man had an idea. St. John of Matha founded the Trinitarians to go to the slave markets, buy the Christian slaves and set them free. To carry out this plan, the Trinitarians needed large amounts of money. So, they placed their fund-raising efforts under the patronage of Mary. They were so successful at that, over the centuries, the Trinitarians were able to free thousands and thousands of people and to return them safely home. In gratitude for her miraculous assistance, St. John of Matha honored Mary with the title of "Our Lady of Good Remedy." Our Lady of Good Remedy is often depicted as the Virgin Mary handing a bag of mon...

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