Marian Devotions & May Day

Marian Devotions

In addition to popular Marian devotions of

Private Prayer: the four most ancient and venerable Marian prayers

Hail Mary

Hail Holy Queen

Memorare (R”Remember…”)

Angelus (“The angel…”)

and the Five First Saturdays as a devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on the first Saturday of five successive months which originated in the revelations of Mary at Fatima

Catholic Christians in Ireland, even today, venerate Mary by decorating their doorways with flowers on 1 May for the month of May and participating in May processions and May crowning of the statue of Mary.